Cerritos (2008): Served as a red-shirt…..

Cerritos Swimming (2009): Placed 10^th in the 200-yard butterfly and 13^th in the 100-yard butterfly in the South Coast Conference Championships… Also competed in the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard IM and 100-yard freestyle during the season…..

Bell Gardens HS: Spent three years on the water polo and swimming teams… Named 1^st Team All-Almont League as a junior…..

Personal: Would like to transfer to UCLA, Cal State Long Beach, Whittier College or Pepperdine University… Aspires to be a graphic designer… Likes to skateboard in his spare time…Nicknamed “Rico”… Has three siblings – Nora (25), Juan (23) and Sebastian (5)… Is the son of Severo and Marina Rico… Born in Los Angeles, CA on September 21, 1990…..