A wealthy media exec from La Jolla, Calif., falsely claimed her teenage son was a top athlete to get him into USC — and even submitted doctored photos to make him look like a champ, investigators said.

Elisabeth Meyer Kimmel, 54, allegedly claimed son Thomas was an “elite high-school pole vaulter.”

In the doctored image seen here, Thomas’ face was digitally pasted on that of a vaulter clearing a bar at 14 feet.

However, Kimmel’s son never actually participated in track and field during his time at a private La Jolla prep school, probers said.

The son’s application to USC falsely claimed he was a three-year varsity letterman in track and was “one of the top pole vaulters in the state of California.”

Meanwhile, the family’s charitable foundation made a $50,000 payment to the USC Women’s Athletics Board, records show.

Another payment, of $200,000, was made to a group controlled by William “Rick” Singer, the man behind the sprawling scheme to get kids into elite schools by faking athletic credentials and/or test scores.

Kimmel has been the owner and president of Midwest Television Inc. since 2007.