Virginia Consiglio Season 2024-25

Freshman (2024-25)
The newcomer from Genova, Italy was instrumental in the Huskers’ triumph over the Hawkeyes and Scarlet Knights through her relay efforts. Consiglio, Randby, Tanko and Gilford garnered a pair of first-place finishes in the 200 and 400 medley relays. Virginia additionally swam a leg of the 400 free relay logging a seventh-place finish. Personally, she garnered a personal best in the 200 back (2:00.99) and received an invitation to the CSCAA B meet in Orlando, Fla. She placed seventh in the 100 back (56.20) event as well. 

In her Husker debut against Illinois, Consiglio claimed a first-place finish in the 100 back (54.09) and a third-place finish in the 200 back (2:02.17). She also finished fifth in the 200 medley (1:45.27) and sixth in the 100 fly (56.44). 

Before Nebraska
Virginia Consiglio joins the Huskers from Genova, Italy. She swam with the Italian Junior National Team at the 2021 and 2023 European Junior Championships, setting a junior national record in the 50 butterfly. Consiglio placed 10th in the long-course 50 backstroke prelims with a career-best 29.37. She added a 13th-place finish in the long-course 50 butterfly prelims and finished 15th overall in the semifinals (27.65). At the Campionato Italiano Assoluto Open, Consiglio bested her long-course 50 backstroke time by a second to finish 13th.

Personal
The daughter of Tony and Paola Consiglio, Virginia Consiglio was born on June 2, 2005. She has one brother, Filippo. Consiglio will study Architecture at Nebraska.