Joonas Koski

2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention
2017-18 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2016-17 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2019-20 (Senior): Competed for the Yellow Jackets in the 500, 1000 and 1650 free, 200 back, 200 and 400 IM, and 100 breast … Also competed in the 200 and 400 medley relay groups … Swam the team’s fastest 400 IM of the season, with an NCAA B qualifying time of 3:49.93 at the ACC Championships … Also earned an NCAA B qualifying time in the 1650 free at the Georgia Tech Invitational (15:23.79), finishing fifth … Swam his fastest 500 free of the season at ACCs (4:24.27) … Earned his best 1000 free (9:17.06) and 200 back (1:47.39) at the GT Invite … Runner-up in the 500 free against South Carolina (4:30.46)… Finished third in the 500 free against Georgia Southern, SCAD (4:33.12) and 1000 free against South Carolina (9:30.50) … Earned top-5 finishes in the 500 free against Auburn (4:33.77) and Florida State (4:39.85), and 200 IM against Auburn (1:54.53) and Tennessee (1:53.72).

2018-19 (Junior): Competed in the 200 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM and 400 IM … Also competed with the 400 medley relay group … Recorded one NCAA B qualifying time, swimming a 3:49.72 the 400 IM at the ACC Championships, which ranks fourth in program history … Also swam his fastest 1000 free (9:22.35) and 1650 free (15:31.27) of the season at the ACC Championships … His 1650 free at the ACC Championship is the eighth fastest in program history … His 1000 free and 400 IM times where the second-best on the team this season … CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention … Recorded his fastest 500 free (4:25.97) of the season at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished first in the 200 free (1:42.96) and third in the 200 back (1:53.15) vs. FGCU, SCAD … Placed third in the 400 IM (4:02.78) and fourth in the 500 free (4:37.02) vs. Denver … Also swam his best 200 back (1:50.71) of the season vs. Denver … Finished fourth in the 500 free (4:36.95) vs. South Carolina … Also swam his only 200 IM (1:56.05) of the season vs. South Carolina … Placed fourth in the 500 free (4:39.85) vs. Auburn … Touched third in the 1650 free (16:14.60) and fourth in the 500 free (4:39.63) vs. Notre Dame, Miami … Finished third in the 500 free (4:38.38) and fourth in the 1000 free (9:36.45) vs. FSU, Pitt. … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2017-18 (Sophomore): Made huge strides in his sophomore season for the Yellow Jackets, competing in seven different events on the year – 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM and 400 IM … Recorded a total of eight NCAA B qualifying times on the year … Set new career-best times in the 500 free (4:23.36), 1000 free (9:14.34), 1650 free (15:17.82), 100 back (52.40), 200 back (1:47.23) and 400 IM (3:49.69) … Turned in the second-fastest time on the team in the 1000 free (9:14.34), which ranks six all-time … Had the second-best time on the season in the 500 free (4:23.36), which ranks fifth in Tech history, and in the 1650 free (15:17.82), which ranks eighth all-time in Tech’s record books … Also posted the second-fastest time on the year for the Jackets in the 400 IM (3:49.69), which ranks third all-time in GT history … Recorded the fourth-best time on the year in the 200 back (1:47.23), the sixth-best time in the 200 free (1:40.07), the seventh-fastest mark in the 100 back (52.40) and the eighth-best time in the 200 IM (1:53.51) for the team … Picked up 16 top-five individual finishes on the season … Registered a win in the 1650 free (16:00.30) in the dual meet versus Delta State and in the 1650 free (15:53.31) versus Emory … Also touched the wall first overall in the 1000 free (9:31.85) in the dual meet at SCAD … Turned in a runner-up finish in the 200 back (1:50.63) versus Pittsburgh, in the 500 free (4:35.79) at Northwestern and in the 200 back (1:52.55) against Delta State … Finished third overall in the 1000 free (9:35.34) at Northwestern and in the 100 back (52.40) against Emory … Placed fourth in the 1000 free (9:41.90) against Pittsburgh, in the 200 back (1:54.15) at SCAD and in the 500 free (4:37.67) … Posted a fifth-place finish in the 500 free (4:37.05), 1000 free (9:26.09) and the 200 back (1:49.68) events at nationally ranked Georgia … Finished fifth overall in the 200 IM (1:53.51) in the dual meet at South Carolina … Also placed fifth in the 500 free with a finals time of 4:24.83 at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Picked up a sixth-place showing in the 400 IM (3:52.40) and in the 1650 free (15:29.51) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished sixth in the 200 IM (1:56.58) at Pittsburgh and in the 200 back (1:52.18) at Notre Dame … Touched the wall in seventh overall in the 1000 free (9:45.91) and 200 IM (1:47.96) at Notre Dame and in the 1000 free (9:49.20) at South Carolina … Placed 10th in the 200 back (1:47.23) at the GT Invite … Finished 18th overall in the 400 IM (3:49.69) at the 2018 ACC Championships … Also placed 21st in the 1650 free (15:17.82) and 31st in the 500 free (4:27.16) at the conference championship meet.

2016-17 (Freshman): Closed out his freshman season with three season-best marks in the 200 back (1:48.10), 200 IM (1:50.81) and 400 IM (3:53.41) at the Bulldog Last Chance Meet … Posted the fifth-fastest time on the year for Tech in the 400 IM (3:53.41) … Recorded the seventh-fastest time on the season for the Yellow Jackets in the 100 back (53.58), 200 back (1:48.10) and the 200 IM (1:50.81) … Also turned in the ninth-fastest mark of the season for Tech in the 500 free (4:38.01) … Posted 18 top-10 finishes on the season, including a fourth-place finish in the 400 IM versus Cincinnati and FAU (4:07.74) and against Alabama (4:06.30) … Turned in a total of seven sixth-place finishes throughout the year … Recognized as a 2016-17 CSCAA scholar all-American honorable mention.

Before Tech: Lettered for four years at Northview High School in Johns Creek, Georgia under coach Colin Maloney … Ranked as high as 13th overall in the state of Georgia … Set and holds the high school team records in the 200 IM, 4×100 free relay and the 4×50 free relay events … Was a four-year member of the Super Honor Roll.

Personal: Has three siblings … Enjoys wakeboarding, kayaking, longboarding and snowboarding … Began swimming at the age of six … Chose to attend Tech because of its academic and athletic success, close to home and felt comfortable with the team … Plans to major in biology.