2025-26 Swimming & Diving Roster

Kostas Lymperopoulos

Arabella Lee

  • Class Senior
  • Position Fly/Back
  • Highschool Colts Neck
  • Hometown Marlboro, N.J.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
100 Back (54.20)
100 Fly (53.13)
200 Fly (2:00.39)
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2024-25 (Junior)
BIG EAST Champion 100 Fly (53.92 prelims) (53.13 finals)
All-BIG EAST 100 Fly (gold)
All-BIG EAST 100 Back (bronze)
All-BIG EAST 400 Medley Relay (bronze)
2023-24 (Sophomore)
BIG EAST Champion 100 Yard Butterfly (53.90 prelims) (53.31 finals)
All-BIG EAST 100 Fly (gold)
All-BIG EAST 200 Medley Relay (silver)
All-BIG EAST 400 Medley Relay (silver)
2022-23 (Freshman)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Yard Medley Relay (Butterfly Leg) - 1:40.48 (24.37 split)
All-BIG EAST 200 Medley Relay (gold)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2023-24)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2024-25)
CSCAA Academic All-American (Second Team: 2023-24)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

Villanova Career: Two-time BIG EAST Champion in the 100 Fly and part of the winning BIG EAST Champion 200 Medley Relay team in her debut season … Seven-time All-BIG EAST Performer … Holds the program record for the 100 Fly (53.13) and is the fourth-fastest performer in the 100 Back (54.20) … Holds six of the top 10 fastest 100 Fly times in program history.
 
2024-25: Earned a second consecutive 100 Fly gold medal at the BIG EAST Championships, resetting the program record in 53.13 that she had set the year prior … Had All-BIG EAST swims in the 100 Back and 400 Medley Relay … Season-best times in the 200 Fly (2:01.14) and 100 Back (54.20); BIG EAST Championships (2/24-27): Reset the program’s fastest 100 Fly time for back-to-back seasons, posting a gold-medal time of 53.13 … Swam opening back leg (54.58) for the bronze-medal 400 Medley Relay (3:41.23) and had a bronze showing in the 100 Back (54.20); WVU/Duquesne (1/25): Second in the 100 Fly (54.80); Richmond (1/18): Won the 100 Fly in 56.86) and was third in the 100 Back (57.92); JMU (1/17): Won the 100 Fly in 57.10; WVU Invitational (11/20-22): Won the 100 Fly (53.71); La Salle (11/8): Had a trio of wins including the 100 Back (58.00), 200 Back (2:06.48) and the 200 Medley Relay (1:45.73) which she swam the opening backstroke (26.94); Penn (11/6): First in the 100 Fly (56.25) and third in the 100 Back (57.75); Georgetown (10/26): Picked up wins in the 100 Back (57.42) and 100 Fly (56.48), adding a 200 Medley Relay victory (1:45.15) with an opening backstroke time of 26.97; UConn (10/17): Helped the A team to a 200 Medley Relay win (1:45.42) as the butterfly leg (25.51).
 
2023-24: BIG EAST Champion in the 100 Fly … Added on All-BIG EAST performances with the 200 Medley and 400 Medley Relays … Posted season-highs in the 100 Fly (53.31), 200 Fly (2:02.61), 100 Back (55.30) and 200 Back (2:05.06); BIG EAST Championships (2/28-3/2): Won the first BIG EAST individual title of her career in record fashion, resetting the program’s 100 Fly record twice in one day with a 53.90 prelims time and a 53.31 in the finals … Third leg for a pair of silver medal relays, posting a 53.64 split in the 400 Medley Relay (3:42.68) and 23.92 times in the 200 Medley Relay; Penn State (2/3): Touched second in the 100 Fly (57.11) and third in the 100 Back (57.73) … Helped the A team to a third-place showing in the 400 Medley Relay (3:51.79); WVU/Iowa State (1/27): Turned in a pair of second-place finishes in the 100 Back (56.05) and 100 Fly (55.80) … Swam a 25.11 butterfly leg for the A team’s second-place 200 Medley Relay finish (1:42.39); Rutgers (1/20): Helped the 200 Medley Relay A team to a 1:45.76 win with a 26.05 Butterfly leg; Richmond (1/12): Won the 100 Fly (56.33) and touched third in the 200 Fly (2:09.17); Penn (11/8): Touched third in the 100 Fly (58.10); UConn (10/21): Finished third in the 100 Fly (57.12) … Swam an opening leg 58.34 for the B team’s third-place 400 Medley Relay (3:55.85).
 
2022-23: All-BIG EAST performer in her first trip to the BIG EAST Championships after winning with the 200 Medley Relay squad; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Swam a 24.37 butterfly leg in the winning 200 Medley Relay (1:40.48) … Point scorer in three individual events including the Championship Final of the 100 Fly; West Virginia (1/28): Finished third in the 100 Fly (57.68).

Club Swimming: Competed with the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County … Finished 17th at the 2021 Speedo Junior Nationals with a time of 2:00.39 … Broke the Franklin & Marshall pool record in the 100 Fly at the 2022 YMCA NJ State meet in 53.97 … Touched sixth in the 100 Fly and 200 Fly at the 2022 YMCA Nationals.
 
Colts Neck: Swam all four years with the varsity swim team … Was a three-time Shore Conference Champion and named the 2022 APP Shore Conference Swimmer of the Year … Won the 2022 Shore Conference Championship in the 100 Back, breaking conference records in the 100 Fly (54.49) and 100 Back (54.84) that year … Named to the Principal’s Honor Roll during junior and senior years.
 
Personal: Born April 10, 2004 in Marlboro, N.J. … Daughter of Leah and Roel Lee … Joins former high school teammate Emily Zimmermann on the Villanova swim team … Chose Villanova for its perfect balance between academics, athletics, religion and social life … Nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Fly/Back
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Fly/Back
  • 2024-25Junior

    Fly/Back
  • 2025-26Senior

    Fly/Back