2016-17 NAU Swimming & Diving Media Guide by NAU Athletics

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2016-17 SCHEDULE Sept. 23

Pentathlon • 2:00 p.m.

Oct. 14

Blue vs. Gold • 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 3

at Washington State • 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 18-19

Lumberjack Diving Invite • All Day

Dec. 3

New Mexico State • 11:00 a.m.

Dec. 16

at Arizona State • 2:00 p.m.

Jan. 20

Northern Colorado • 5:00 p.m.

Jan. 27

at Boise State • 5:00 p.m.

Jan. 28

at Boise State/vs. Nevada • 10:00 a.m.

March 6-8

NCAA Zone E Diving • All Day

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Pullman, Wash.

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Tempe, Ariz.

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Boise, Idaho

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Arizona/Hawaii • 11:00 a.m. Flagstaff, Ariz.

at New Mexico • 10:00 a.m. Albuquerque, N.M.

at Idaho • 5:00 p.m. Moscow, Idaho

Kansas Classic • All Day Topeka, Kan.

USA Diving Winter Nationals • All Day Columbus, Ohio

at Arizona/vs. Oregon State • 2:00 p.m. Tucson, Ariz.

Northern Colorado • 11:00 a.m. Flagstaff, Ariz.

Air Force Diving Invite • All Day Colorado Springs, Colo.

WAC Championships • All Day Houston, Texas

NCAA Championships • All Day Indianapolis, Ind.

Oct. 8 Oct. 29 Nov. 4 Nov. 18-20 Dec. 15-21 Jan. 6 Jan. 21 Jan. 27-28 Feb. 22-25

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts.............................................3 Media Policies.........................................4 Season Preview.................................. 5-8 2016-17 Roster........................................9 Head Coach Andy Johns................. 10-12 Diving Coach Nikki Huffman............ 13-14 Assistant Coach Larry Liebowitz...........15 Returning Athletes........................... 16-29 Newcomers..................................... 30-34 Hayley Edmond.....................................35 WAC/Zone Diving Recap................. 36-37 2015-16 Season in Review...................38 WAC Championships Snapshots..........39 2015-16 Top Performances...................40 All-Time Dual Meet Results...................41 Program Records/Top Performances....42 All-Time Conference Champions...........43 HOF Inductees/NCAA Participants........44 Year-by-Year Results/Program History...45 NCAA History........................................46 All-Time Roster......................................47 All-Time Meet Results..................... 48-49 WAC All-Academic................................50 Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award....51 Northern Arizona University...................52

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Aquatic and Tennis Complex.................53 NAU: Where the World Trains...............54 University President..............................55 VP for Intercollegiate Athletics...............56

The 2016-17 Northern Arizona Swimming & Diving Media Guide was designed and produced by the NAU Athletics Communications Department in Flagstaff, Ariz., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The publication was written, edited and designed by Assistant Director for Athletics Communications Stayson Isobe and Assistant AD for Communications Denise Thompson. Cover design by Denise Thompson. Editorial contributions by Denise Thompson, Brian Campbell, Carly Grenfell and previous NAU Athletics Communications staff members.

PHOTOGRAPHY Elizabeth Brook, Nick Canaday, Becky Fairchild, Samantha Fillerup, Jerry Foreman, Jacob Funk, Maria Hechanova, Jeff Huehn, Ian Johnson, Ben Kirkby, Kelsey Metoxen, Michelle Lewis, David Patten, Eric Smith, Peter Vander Stoep and NAU Athletics Communications.

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Location..................................................................... Flagstaff, Ariz. Founded ..................................................................................1899 Enrollment (statewide)...........................................................30,383 Nickname.................................................................... Lumberjacks Mascot.....................................................................................Louie Colors .......................................................................Blue and Gold Affiliation................................................................. NCAA Division I Conference.............................................................Western Athletic President ................................................................. Dr. Rita Cheng VP for Intercollegiate Athletics .............................. Dr. Lisa Campos Faculty Athletics Representative...........................Alisse Ali-Joseph

Head Coach..................................................................Andy Johns Alma Mater....................................................... East Carolina, 1989 Seasons at NAU........................................................................21st Career Dual Meet Record...................... 99-123 (.446)/20 Seasons Diving Coach............................................................. Nikki Huffman Alma Mater............................................................... Oakland, 1991 Seasons at NAU........................................................................21st Assistant Coach.......................................................Larry Liebowitz Alma Mater............................................................... Oakland, 1973 Seasons at NAU........................................................................First Volunteer Assistant Coach...............................................Liz Hobbs Seasons at NAU........................................................................17th Alma Mater......................................................... Illinois State, 1985

POOL INFORMATION Home Facility...................................... Aquatic and Tennis Complex Built..........................................................................................2016 Dual Meet Record at Aquatic and Tennis Complex.......... 0-0 (.000)

TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Dual Record..................................................................7-9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost..................................................14/14 Newcomers....................................................................................9 WAC Championships Finish.....................................................1st/8 WAC Event Wins............................................................................7 NCAA Zone E Diving Participants..................................................6

MEDIA INFORMATION Asst. Director for Athletics Communications.................................... Swimming & Diving Contact......................................Stayson Isobe Office Phone ............................................................. 928-523-6330 Press Row Phone...................................................... 928-523-5192 Fax............................................................................ 928-523-6793 E-Mail....................................................... Stayson.Isobe@nau.edu Mailing Address.......................................................P.O. Box 15400 ..........................................................................Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ............................................................. (Overnight: 1 Skydome Dr.) Website......................................................... www.nauathletics.com

PROGRAM HISTORY First Season........................................................................1983-84 All-Time Overall Record........................................... 477-285 (.626) All-Time Dual Meet Record...................................... 170-166 (.506) Conference Championships...........................................................9 WAC Championships..................................... 3 (2014, 2015, 2016) Best NCAA Finish.......................................................... 29th (1994)

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA POLICIES The Athletics Communications office is located in the press box on the west side of the Walkup Skydome. The phone number is (928) 523-6792 or 6330 and the fax number is 523-6793. MEDIA OPPORTUNITY Head coach Andy Johns is available every day before and after practice. Individual athletes may be requested at this time also. Special requests for availability may be made to the athletics communications office. INTERVIEW POLICY All student-athlete interviews must be coordinated through the Athletics Communications office at least one day in advance. No interviews or photo shoots will be conducted on days prior to meets. Outof-town media should contact the Athletics Communications office to make arrangements for phone interviews. Student-athletes are also available for interviews after practice, and, if prior arrangements have been made, before practice. The NAU locker room and training room are closed. JOHNS’ INTERVIEWS Andy Johns and his staff are generally available for interviews before or after each practice. Contact Stayson Isobe in the athletics communications office at 928-5236330 to coordinate all interviews with head coach Andy Johns. PRACTICE Daily workouts are open to both the public and the media unless otherwise noted. Media planning to attend practice should notify the Athletics Communications office in advance to confirm start times and to arrange interviews.

team areas around the pool. Please contact the athletics communications office if you wish to shoot photos at a practice or event. All media must wear their credentials at all times. Due to space limits, credentials will be issued only to photographers on assignment. Meet programs with lane and heat assignments are available upon request. MEDIA SERVICES Regular services on meet day include results at the conclusion of the meet. A postmeet release, complete with event-by-event results, will be emailed to media outlets following the meet. Those media who wish to receive these results are encouraged to provide their information to the athletics communications office. POSTMEET The NAU locker room is closed on the road and in Wall Aquatic Center. At home, postmeet interviews will be held poolside with requested athletes and coaches from both teams following a short “cooling-off” period. A member of the athletic communications office will collect requests immediately following the conclusion of the meet. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME Arizona does not move its clock ahead in the spring or back in the fall. As a result, Flagstaff time coincides with the Pacific time zone through Nov. 6. The rest of the

season, NAU is compatible with the Mountain time zone. LUMBERJACKS ONLINE Releases, statistics, rosters and breaking news are available at the athletics web site, located at www.nauathletics.com. The Western Athletic Conference web site is located at www.wacsports.com. Other sites of interest for swimming include www. collegeswimming.com and www.usaswimming.org. LUMBERJACKS BY E-MAIL The Athletics Communications office is always compiling a media directory to send out weekly advance releases, event stories and statistics. Media members interested in this service should e-mail Stayson.Isobe@ nau.edu. Game notes will be available on the website prior to that week’s matches. Call Stayson Isobe at 928-523-6330 for more information. THE SCORE The Score is a monthly show produced by NAU Television Services that highlights Lumberjack athletics and recreational activities on the Mountain campus. It airs weekly on FS Arizona, Fox College Sports and Flagstaff cable channels 4 and 104 in HD.

CREDENTIALS Credentials will be issued only to working media on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to daily newspapers and television crews. The pool deck is closed to those not involved in meet coverage. Credentials may be requested for the season or on a per-meet basis. All requests should be submitted to the Athletics Communications office no later than two days prior to each home meet. Requests on official letterhead may be faxed to (928) 5236793. Credentials may be picked up from a member of the athletics communications office. No credentials will be mailed unless the request is made at least two weeks in advance. PHOTOGRAPHERS Photographers and videographers are permitted on the deck area but not in the

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Gone are a total of 346 points of the Northern Arizona swimming & diving’s 2016 WAC Championship point total of 807.5. That equates to roughly 42.8 percent of NAU’s championship production that will be missing entering the 2016-17 season. Yet, do not expect the three-time defending conference champions to be deterred. “We lost a lot and we’re young and our depth is thin at some spots,” said head coach Andy Johns. “But we have great leadership with our senior class and our junior class is outstanding. Our newcomers are stepping right in and contributing right away.” A lot will be different with the ’Jacks this season, but with senior Alexa Geiger - the reigning WAC Diver of the Year - returning for her final season along with classmates Urte Kazakeviciute and Sara Lenhoff - who have combined for 20 all-conference honors NAU will be led by an accomplished senior class. The Lumberjacks also have the luxury of a junior class featuring Claire Hammond, Roni Houck, Audrey Mann, Kimmy Richter and Alina Staffeldt who combined for a whopping 263.5 points at the conference meet this past March. Add in sophomore diver Raquel Gonzales, who was the only Lumberjack to qualify for the top eight in all three diving events, and NAU might not be in as bad shape as it may appear. “We still have a great diving squad and a lot of top end talent here that can help us,” Johns said. “I believe we can still be a pretty good team.” There is no doubt that this year’s roster is full of fresh faces with nine newcomers among the 24-member squad, but the Lumberjacks are planning on a retool rather than a rebuild. An intense schedule featuring the likes of Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, Oregon State and Washington State plus a swimming invitational to the Kansas Classic and NAU’s first ever Diving Invitational will prepare the team for the end of February. While many teams may shy away from such challenges, the ’Jacks will embrace them. The schedule will help them identify where the missing points will come from at the WAC Championships; and if all goes according to plan, the WAC trophy’s trip back to Flagstaff for the fourth time may be the sweetest of all.

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“From the 50 to the mile, our freestylers are solid. We have a good mix of returners and newcomers. Roni Houck and Alina Staffeldt are leading the way in the 50 with Andrea Schmidt in the mix as well after scoring points at the conference meet. Fernanda Montiel, Allison Mann and Logan Neal will also add to that list and that same group moves up into the 100 where Claire Hammond starts to come into play. Claire and Kimmy Richter return in the 200 and as we move up further, Kimmy and Monique King will handle the longer distance races. Monique has a ton of accolades coming in from New Zealand, but Erin Spielman and Alice Hick will have shots to contribute especially at the 200 distance.” - Head Coach Andy Johns • Juniors Roni Houck and Alina Staffeldt will lead the team’s sprint freestyle crew. Houck is a two-time WAC bronze medalist in the 50 free and has also finished fourth in the 100 free as a freshman. Houck holds the fifth-best time in school history in the 50 free of 23.20. • Staffeldt is one spot ahead of Houck on the school leaderboard with a time of 23.15, which she clocked in the WAC prelims last season to eventually place fourth in the event. • At the 100 and 200 distances, junior Claire Hammond is the team’s top returner following an eighth-place finish in the 100 and a third-place finish in the 200 at the conference championships last season. Her times career-best times, both of which were set last season, in the 100 (50.94) and the 200 (1:49.39) both rank among the top five in NAU’s all-time performances. • Hammond, the WAC runner-up in the 500 free, will be joined by Kimmy Richter following her own fourth-place conference finish in the event last season. Richter also place fifth in the 200 free and will be counted on to continue the Lumberjacks’ strong tradition in the mile. Richter was the silver medalist behind only NAU alum Kendall Brown in 2016 in the 1,650 free. • Sophomore Andrea Schmidt could make a big leap as part of NAU’s sprint crew following a 10th place finish in the 50 in her fist

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season. Junior Allison Mann and sophomore Logan Neal could also be counted on in the 50 and 100 among the team’s returners. • After one year at Massey University in her home country of New Zealand, sophomore Monique King is a potential big addition for the Lumberjacks. King, the winner of the team’s Pentathlon this season, could especially make an impact in the distance events after impressive performances at the 2015 World University Games. • Freshman Fernanda Montiel won gold in the 50 and 100 free at the Circuito Mexicano de Natacion meet this year is an addition to the sprint team. Freshmen Alice Hick and Erin Spielman were Arizona state qualifiers in the 100 and 200 during their prep careers.

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BACKSTROKE “Sara Lenhoff is the leader and she shows up big at the conference meet. We’re going to look at Allison Mann to fill in here and she has the capability to do that. Fernanda Montiel is our newcomer in the backstroke and she has had some nice development in the last year. Last year, this was an area of depth for us and this year we’re a little thinner, but we’ll put up three great swimmers in dual meets and at the end of the year we’ll be right there too.” - Johns • Senior Sara Lenhoff looks to finally get over the hump in her final season after a series of near-misses for WAC gold over her career. Lenhoff has a second and a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 200 back, and a pair of third-place finishes and a seventh-place finish in the 100. She ranks second in both events all-time with times of 55.55 in the 100 and 1:59.26 in the 200. • As the only other Lumberjack with conference championship meet experience in the backstroke, Allison Mann is a big piece to the puzzle. Mann swam in the C final in both backstroke events as a freshman. • Montiel will also be counted on early in her career in the backstroke. She was a bronze medalist in both the 100 and 200 backstroke at the 2016 Circuito Mexicano de Natacion as well the 2015 Olimpiada Nacional. • While she has competed in the backstroke at the conference

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championships, Hammond will aid the Lumberjacks in this area during the dual meet season.

BREASTSTROKE “Urte Kazakeviciute has been swimming on our relays and was third in the 200 and fourth in the 100. She’s right there at the top of the conference with some (NCAA) ‘B’ cuts, so hopefully she can reach into NCAA consideration. Audrey Mann is a solid breaststroker as well as Sarah Takach and our newcomer Emily Martin. All three of them have the potential to score in both breaststrokes at the conference meet and they’re good training partners for each other.” - Johns • Like Lenhoff, senior Urte Kazakeviciute has been on the cusp of individual WAC superiority. Kazakeviciute has earned medals in the 200 breaststroke in each of her three years, in addition to consecutive fourth-place finishes in the 100. Also similar to Lenhoff, Kazakeviciute ranks second all-time in program history in both events - 1:02.47 in the 100 and 2:13.73 in the 200. • Junior Audrey Mann was a first time WAC Championship point scorer last season and placed 12th in the 100 breast. She also swam in the C final of the 200, posting career-best times in both events. • Sophomore Sarah Takach is another name that NAU will rely on this season with a relative lack of championship experience. Takach will hope to follow Mann’s path with a significant jump in her second season. • The Lumberjacks’ lone breaststroke newcomer is freshman Emily Martin, who placed fourth as a senior in the 100 breaststroke at the Arizona State Championships.

BUTTERFLY “The big deal for Alina Staffeldt is finding the tenths of seconds to put her into the NCAA Championships. Andrea Schmidt was a top eight finalist in the 200 and a consolation swimmer in the 100, so we’re hoping she can make it to the top eight in the 100 as well. Kimmy Richter is solid in sea-

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son and any time we need her to do a butterfly event, she’ll be there. I like what I’ve been seeing out of Allison Baldwin and Kate Bier during this first month and we’re going to be depending on them to fill in some spots.” - Johns • Staffeldt is NAU’s most accomplished swimmer, as she begins her third season as the defending WAC 200 butterfly champion. Staffeldt broke the school record with a time of 1:57.66 in winning her second career gold medal following her 100 butterfly victory as a freshman. She also owns the 100 fly school record, lowering her own record mark to 53.83 in a second-place finish last season. • NAU will complement Staffeldt with Schmidt after placing eighth in the 200 fly at last year’s WAC Championships. Schmidt also reached the B final and posted a 14th-place finish in the 100. • Freshman Kate Bier joins the ’Jacks as a four-time First Team swimmer in the 100 fly as a prep in Oregon. She is joined by fellow freshman Allison Baldwin, who was a two-time Southwestern League 100 fly and four-time CIF qualifier in California. • Richter is an exceptional dual meet butterflier and does have championship experience in both butterfly events. As a freshman, Richter placed eighth in the 200.

INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY “We’re thin in the IMs, especially in the 400. Audrey Mann can handle it and Sarah Takach will have to do. Kate Bier and Monique King showed some ability to help us out here too (in the Pentathlon). Dual meets will be a different story than the conference meet, but the Kansas Classic will be a nice opportunity for some to swim the IMs and help us figure a few things out.” - Johns • The Lumberjacks lost their top individual medley swimmers from a year ago, and will be looking at Audrey Mann first and foremost to carry the IM initially. Mann did finish 13th in the 200 IM last year, and was the Pentathlon runner-up this year, but has not swam the 400 IM at the conference meet. • Takach is the only other ’Jack listed on the roster as an IM swim-

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mer and did earn a night swim in the 200 IM C final last season. Like Mann, she is more of a 200 IM specialist as compared to the 400. • King could be an individual medley swimmer in the making after winning the Pentathlon. On her way to the meet title, she finished second in the 200m IM. Bier had a similar impressive showing as she placed fourth overall with a fourth-place finish in the 200m IM.

RELAYS “Our entire 200 medley relay returns and we’re in good position in both medley relays at the end of the year. The 800 freestyle relay looks as good as last year, and we have a lot more swimmers to draw from for the 400 freestyle relay. The 200 freestyle relay is where we lost the most.” - Johns • Last year, the Lumberjacks started off the WAC Championships in grand fashion winning the 200 medley relay for the first time since 1988. All four members of NAU’s gold medal 200 medley relay team return in Lenhoff, Kazakeviciute, Staffeldt and Houck, who posted a time of 1:41.45. • NAU also won gold in the 200 freestyle relay, posting a school record time of 1:31.58, but only return half of the team - Staffeldt and Houck. It was the first 200 free relay win for the ’Jacks since 1997. • Richter, Hammond and Staffeldt return as part of NAU’s silver medal 800 freestyle team. • In the 400 medley relay, Kazakeviciute, Staffeldt and Hammond are back with Lenhoff the most likely replacement on the opening backstroke leg. • Finally in the 400 freestyle relay on the final day of the conference meet, Houck and Hammond consist of half of NAU’s team from a year ago.

DIVING “I’m really excited about our team. Alexa Geiger won both springboards last year and just missed NCAAs, but she trained really hard this summer and I think she’s going to have a great season. Christina Torrente and Raquel Gon-

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zales, I can’t say enough about those two. Even in the first two weeks, their leadership and poise is showing as sophomores. Tanya Kurach comes in and will help us immediately to replace what we’ve lost. Even Olivia Payne brings in a lot of experience and I’m excited for both of them as additions to the team.” - Diving Coach Nikki Huffman

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• Olivia Payne is NAU’s second transfer, who joins the program after spending her freshman season at the University of Utah. At Utah, she competed in seven meets including appearances on platform and 3-meter at the Pac-12 Championships.

• Senior Alexa Geiger leads the WAC’s top diving unit, coming off conference Diver of the Year honors. Geiger earned the top award after sweeping both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards at last season’s WAC Championships. She posted career-best scores of 302.30 on 1-meter and 322.05 on 3-meter en route to winning her first career gold medals. Both of those scores place her fifth in NAU’s record books. She just missed the NCAA Championships by placing 12th on 1-meter at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships. • The depth of NAU’s diving team showed as sophomore Raquel Gonzales was the only diver to rack up three all-conference honors by placing in the top eight in all three events as a freshman. Gonzales, the platform specialist, finished fourth on tower but showed her talent on springboard by placing fifth on 3-meter and eighth on 1-meter. She also qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships and already ranks third all-time in school history on platform with a score of 227.50. • Sophomore Christina Torrente is the third and final returning Lumberjack diver following a season that also ended with a Zone Diving appearance. Torrente won the consolation final and placed ninth overall on 1-meter and also placed 13th on platform in her debut season. • The Lumberjacks will add a pair of sophomore transfers into the mix and both come in with high credentials. Tanya Kurach enters NAU after one year at Henderson State, where she became the program’s first female NCAA All-American diver by placing eighth at the NCAA Division II Championships last season. She also placed ninth on 3-meter and set an NCAA Division II record on 1-meter at the New South Intercollegiate Swimming Conference Championships.

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#NAUSTRONG ROSTER AT A GLANCE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Name Allison Baldwin Kate Bier Alexa Geiger Raquel Gonzales Claire Hammond Alice Hick Roni Houck Urte Kazakeviciute Monique King Tanya Kurach Sara Lenhoff Allison Mann Audrey Mann Emily Martin Fernanda Montiel Logan Neal Olivia Payne Kimmy Richter Andrea Schmidt Erin Spielman Alina Staffeldt Sarah Takach Christina Torrente

Events Butterfly Butterfly Diving Diving Freestyle/Backstroke Freestyle Freestyle Breaststroke Freestyle Diving Backstroke Backstroke/Freestyle Breaststroke/IM Breaststroke Backstroke/Freestyle Freestyle Diving Freestyle/Butterfly Butterfly/Freestyle Freestyle Butterfly/Freestyle Breaststroke/IM Diving

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Hometown/Last School Temecula, Calif./Great Oak HS Damascus, Ore./Sam Barlow HS Fullerton, Calif./Troy HS Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton HS Roseville, Calif./Woodcreek HS Scottsdale, Ariz./Xavier College Preparatory Peoria, Ariz./Centennial HS Kaunas, Lithuania/Varpas Gymnasium Browns Bay, Auckland/Massey University St. Petersburg, Russia/Henderson State Santee, Calif./Santana HS Phoenix, Ariz./Sunnyslope HS Phoenix, Ariz./Sunnyslope HS Anthem, Ariz./Boulder Creek HS Los Mochis, Sinaloa/IESM Hillsboro, Ore./Century HS Long Beach, Calif./Utah Big Bay, Auckland/Howick College Missoula, Mont./Sentinel HS Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista HS Hannover, Germany/Humboldtschule Hannover Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon HS Redmond, Wash./Eastlake HS

Head Coach: Andy Johns (21st Season, East Carolina ’89) Diving Coach: Nikki Huffman (21st Season, Oakland ’91) Assistant Coach: Larry Liebowitz (First Season, Oakland ’73) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Liz Hobbs (17th Season, Illinois State ’85)

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Backstroke (4): Claire Hammond, Sara Lenhoff, Allison Mann, Fernanda Montiel

Seniors (3): Alexa Geiger, Urte Kazakeviciute, Sara Lenhoff

Breaststroke (4): Urte Kazakeviciute, Audrey Mann, Emily Martin, Sarah Takach

Juniors (6): Claire Hammond, Roni Houck, Allison Mann, Audrey Mann, Kimmy Richter, Alina Staffeldt

Butterfly (5): Allison Baldwin, Kate Bier, Kimmy Richter, Andrea Schmidt, Alina Staffeldt Diving (5): Alexa Geiger, Raquel Gonzales, Tanya Kurach, Olivia Payne, Christina Torrente Freestyle (11): Claire Hammond, Alice Hick, Roni Houck, Monique King, Allison Mann, Fernanda Montiel, Logan Neal, Kimmy Richter, Andrea Schmidt, Erin Spielman, Alina Staffeldt

Sophomores (8): Raquel Gonzales, Monique King, Tanya Kurach, Logan Neal, Olivia Payne, Andrea Schmidt, Sarah Takach, Christina Torrente Freshmen (6): Allison Baldwin, Kate Bier, Alick Hick, Emily Martin, Fernanda Montiel, Erin Spielman

GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Germany (1): Alina Staffeldt Lithuania (1): Urte Kazakeviciute Mexico (1): Fernanda Montiel New Zealand (2): Monique King, Kimmy Richter Russia (1): Tanya Kurach United States (18): Arizona (8): Raquel Gonzales, Alice Hick, Roni Houck, Allison Mann, Audrey Mann, Emily Martin, Erin Spielman, Sarah Takach California (5): Allison Baldwin, Alexa Geiger, Claire Hammond, Sara Lenhoff, Olivia Payne

Individual Medley (2): Audrey Mann, Sarah Takach

Montana (1): Andrea Schmidt Oregon (2): Kate Bier, Logan Neal Washington (1): Christina Torrente

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Andy Johns, the three-time reigning Western Athletic Conference Swimming Coach of the Year, enters his 21st season as the Northern Arizona head swimming & diving coach having guided the program to three consecutive WAC Championships. Together with Diving Coach Nikki Huffman, the two coaches have turned the Lumberjacks into one of the premier programs in the West. Throughout his illustrious tenure at the helm of the Lumberjacks, Johns has produced championship caliber teams together year in and year out in addition to developing a program that is equally exceptional in the classroom as it is in the pool. He has navigated NAU from the Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference to its first all-Division I affiliation in the National Independent Conference (NIC) in 1998-99, followed by the program’s move to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) prior to the 2004-05 season. In 18 years against exclusively Division I competition at the conference level, Johns has led NAU to four conference championships, including WAC titles each of the last three years, nine second-place finishes and four third-place efforts. Furthermore, the Lumberjacks have captured 54 individual and relay conference titles, 125 school records (a high of 11 set at the 2009 WAC meet), nine conference records and 45 NCAA qualifying marks under Johns’ tutelage. Johns has always been a proponent of the “total” program – one that also succeeds in the classroom – and his ’Jacks continue to achieve academic greatness. Since the fall of 1996, his student-athletes have posted cumulative gradepoint averages of 3.00 and higher in 38 of 40 academic semesters. The Lumberjacks are consistently among the best programs the league in placing student-athletes on the WAC All-Academic lists with 21 earning the honor last year. NAU has been recognized 13 times as an Academic All-America Team by the Collegiate Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) including last year’s squad which posted a 3.44 grade point average in the spring. As NAU’s longest-tenured current head coach, Johns’ team’s success has been unrivaled and the program was rewarded with the brand new Aquatic and Tennis Complex. The ATC, which Johns played a key role in the design process, officially opened its doors in February 2016 and is NAU swimming & diving’s new home following its 32-year stay in the Wall Aquatic Center. The opening of the ATC was just one of many highlights of the 2015-16 season which featured NAU’s third consecutive WAC Championship. The three-peat was achieved in near record fashion as Johns’ squad ripped their way through the conference competition besting runner-up New Mexico

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Dual Meet Record: 99-123 (20 seasons) Born: March 11 Hometown: Hollywood, Fla. College: East Carolina, 1989 (BA in Physical Education) East Carolina, 1991 (MA in Exercise Physiology) Family: Wife, Misha; Daughters, Ali and Maddie Johns’ Coaching Chronology 1991-94 Northeast Missouri State University, Head Coach 1994-96 Clemson University, Assistant Coach 1996-Pres. Northern Arizona University, Head Coach State by 319.5 points. NAU posted 807.5 points during the fourday championships and recorded the fifth largest margin of victory in WAC history. NAU claimed seven event victories, setting a new high water mark for the program since joining the WAC. The Lumberjacks’ dominant performance earned Johns his third straight WAC Coach of the Year honor and fourth overall. Proving to be more than just a distance-oriented team, Johns saw his 200 freestyle relay team of junior Hayley Edmond, sophomores Roni Houck and Alina Staffeldt and freshman Ila Hughes set a new school record on their way to winning the event for the first time since 1997 – prior to NAU joining the WAC. Staffeldt also broke the school record in winning the 200 butterfly, while senior Kendall Brown won both the 500 and 1650 freestyles among the many highlights. As has become customary, all 21 of NAU’s scoring athletes scored points in at least two of their three individual events and the ’Jacks were the only team to place an athlete in the championship heat in every event for the second straight year. The performance followed NAU’s successful title defense in 2014-15. Just as NAU continues to prove, the Lumberjacks are one team and depth was key as all 20 of NAU’s scoring athletes earned a scoring spot in at least one individual event. The ‘Jacks claimed two individual gold medals with junior diver Chelsea Jackson winning the 3-meter event and freshman Alina Staffeldt – NAU’s Female Newcomer of the Year – breaking the school record en route to placing first in the 100 butterfly. Staffeldt and sophomore Urte Kazakeviciute notched NCAA ‘B’ standard times as NAU finished with 666 points, 127 more than New Mexico State, to bring the hardware back to Flagstaff for the second consecutive year. A total of 16 student-athletes combined for 39 All-WAC honors at the 2015 WAC Championships. In the classroom, three student-athletes – Jackson, Staffeldt and sophomore div-

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HEAD COACH a conference meet in Johns’ tenure. The 43 All-WAC Awards are also the most to date. During NAU’s first three seasons as an affiliate member of the WAC, Johns helped improve the Lumberjacks’ fifthplace finish in their inaugural season in 2004-05 to a pair of third-place finishes. He was named WAC Coach of the Year in NAU’s rookie season and was pivotal in coaching Alexis Buckley to the 2006 NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. Buckley swam in both the 1,650 and 500 freestyle and became the first female swimmer at NAU to represent the Lumberjacks in 12 years. Prior to joining the WAC, NAU finished second at the National Independent Conference (NIC) Championships in 2003-04 and Johns was named the NIC Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year. NAU had seven individual conference champions, tying the team record for the most champions in a single conference meet. The Lumberjacks also set 10 school records, and earned two other honors in addition to Johns’, as assistant coach Nikki Huffman earned her fourth Diving Coach of the Year honor and then-sophomore Blair Buder was named the Female Diver of the Year. Johns came to NAU in 1996 from

JOHNS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Year Duals 1996-97 3-8 1997-98 5-5 1998-99 6-5 1999-2000 4-11 2000-01 4-6 2001-02 2-7 2002-03 6-9 2003-04 5-5 2004-05 5-2 2005-06 3-4 2006-07 6-6 2007-08 9-5 2008-09 7-9 2009-10 3-7 2010-11 3-6 2011-12 7-5 2012-13 5-6 2013-14 5-3 2014-15 4-5 2015-16 7-9 Total 99-123

Pct. .273 .500 .545 .364 .400 .222 .400 .500 .714 .429 .500 .643 .438 .300 .333 .583 .454 .625 .444 .438 .446

Conf. Finish 2nd 1st 2nd 6th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st

Clemson, where he trained the sprinters, including one NCAA All-American. Prior to that, he spent three years as head coach at Northeast Missouri State (now Truman State). During his tenure, his teams set 45 school records and five athletes posted their first national qualifying times. Johns is well-respected in the swim-

ming research community, having presented at the American College of Sports Medicine national meeting twice, first about the effects of warm-up in 1991 and tapering in 1992. Johns is published in many sports medicine journals, including the International Journal of Sports Medicine and Medicine and Science in Sport in Exercise. He was awarded a research fellowship from the Institute of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina in 1990. As a collegian at East Carolina, Johns helped his team to the Colonial Athletic Association title in 1989. Prior to ECU, he was a junior-college All-American, earning the honor eight times in two years at Broward (Fla.) Community College. Outside of his time as a coach, Johns has performed with the Flagstaff Light Opera Company, including the musicals Oliver and The Secret Garden, and is currently a member of The Flagstaff Master Chorale whom he sang with at Carnegie Hall in March 2012. Johns received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from ECU in 1989 and followed that with a master’s in exercise physiology in 1991. Johns is married to his wife, Misha, and has two daughters, Ali and Maddie.

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Nikki Huffman begins her 21st year at the helm of the Northern Arizona diving program, a squad that she has consistently led to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. A fourtime National Independent Conference (NIC) Diving Coach of the Year and three-time Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Coach of the Year, Huffman now takes her team into their 13th year of WAC competition, a league which boasts some of the top divers in the country. Over the last 20 years, NAU has not had less than two divers who have competed at the NCAA Zone Championships under Huffman’s leadership. In all, Huffman has coached 29 different divers to the zone diving meet on the women’s side, a number that is double the amount who represented NAU prior to Huffman’s arrival. With Huffman’s guidance, NAU has routinely proven to be equal competitors with those from the Pac-12, Mountain West and Big West on the regional stage. While success on the boards has been prominent in describing Huffman, her charges have also been superior in the classroom. The divers have helped the Lumberjacks be named an Academic All-America Team by the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) numerous times - an honor given to a team with a grade-point average of 3.00 and higher. She has coached two NAU Golden Eagle Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year (Courtney McKenzie, 2002-03; Chelsea Jackson, 2015-16), two CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees (McKenzie, 2003 First Team; Lana Christensen, 2011 Second Team) and four different student-athletes to CSCAA Honorable Mention Academic All-America honors (Anna Deem, 2003; Alexa Geiger, 2014, 2015; Jackson, 2013, 2014, 2015; McKenzie, 2003). What has quickly become an annual tradition, the Lumberjack divers made the biggest splash at the WAC Championships earning Huffman the honor of WAC Diving Coach of the Year last season. Huffman’s divers played a critical role in NAU capturing its third consecutive conference championship and were led by junior Alexa Geiger, who was awarded the WAC’s Diver of the Year award. Geiger took home the hardware after winning gold on both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards, while freshman Raquel Gonzales placed in the top eight in all three diving events. The ’Jacks put their stamp on the meet from the first individual event – placing all six of their divers in scoring positions – and never let up. For the second consecutive year, four divers combined for nine all-conference honors, and the momentum was carried over into the NCAA Zone E Championships where all six divers qualified – matching the most in school history. Senior Chelsea Jackson, a five-time WAC Diver of the Week awardee during the season, narrowly missed her bid to the NCAA

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21st Season Oakland ‘91

The Nikki Huffman File Born: November 17 Hometown: Saginaw, Mich. College: Oakland, 1991 (BGS emphasis in Health Sciences) Family: Husband, John; Children, Kayla and Darren Huffman’s Coaching Chronology 1987-91 Precision Diving Association Club 1990-91 Oakland University, Volunteer Assistant Diving Coach 1992-94 Oakland Diving Club, Head Diving Coach 1992-94 Oakland University, Head Diving Coach 1994-96 Clemson University, Head Diving Coach 1996-Pres. Northern Arizona University, Head Diving Coach 1996-Pres. Northern Arizona Divers Club, Head Diving Coach Championships by placing 10th at the Zone Meet while Geiger was two spots back in 12th. At the 2015 WAC Championships, Huffman’s divers were the class of the competition, making their mark on the first day. All four of NAU’s scoring divers - juniors Chelsea Jackson and Carlye Townsend, sophomore Alexa Geiger and freshman Emma Simmonds - all placed in the top eight on 1-meter. After making a statement in the first diving event as a team, the Lumberjacks got their first gold medal of the championship when Jackson claimed the 3-meter title. In all, the Huffman’s four divers accounted for nine all-conference honors, with Jackson and Geiger diving in the championship final in all three events. Huffman also mentored freshman Alyssa Loeffelman to an impressive WAC Championship performance. Although she dove as a non-scorer, Loeffelman’s preliminary scores on both springboards would have been good enough to score points in the finals. Jackson and Geiger proceeded to dive at the NCAA Zone E Meet where Jackson placed 15th on 1-meter and 18th on 3-meter. Both Jackson and Geiger earned WAC Diver of the Week honors during the season, combining for three awards from the conference office. Huffman’s divers were an integral part of NAU’s first-ever WAC Championship team in 2013-14 as all four of her divers scored points for the Lumberjacks at the conference meet. Sophomore Chelsea Jackson led the way as she placed third on all three boards to earn three All-WAC first team honors. Huffman also coached senior Jane Wakefield, sophomore Carlye Townsend and freshman Alexa Geiger to breakout performances at the WAC Championships. In her final conference meet, Wakefield scored on 1-meter and platform while Towsend earned a pair of All-WAC second team honors. Meanwhile, Gei-

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE DIVING COACH ger made a sensational debut on the conference stage placing in the top-seven on all three boards. All together, Huffman’s divers totaled eight all-conference honors. Jackson, Geiger and senior Gwen Smithberg represented NAU at the NCAA Zone E Meet highlighted by Jackson’s 15th place finish on 3-meter. That trio also combined to win four WAC Diver of the Week awards during the regular season. Prior to NAU’s championship run, Huffman earned WAC Diving Coach of the Year in 2012-13 on the heels of senior Kristy Ardavanis’ gold medal on 1-meter which marked the program’s first WAC diving championship since 2008 and first on 1-meter since 2004. Junior Gwen Smithberg also claimed victory on platform in the same meet. Ardavanis, a 10-time WAC Diver of the Week honoree in her final two seasons, would up being voted NAU’s Female Athlete of the Year and finished as an alternate for the national championship meet following a sixth-place finish on 1-meter at NCAA Zones. Huffman coached six divers to the NCAA Zone Regional Championships, the most in school history until it was matched during the 2015-16 season, in 2010-11. She earned her first WAC Diving Coach of the Year awardin 2007-08 after senior Natalie Hughes became NAU’s first-ever gold-medal winner in diving in the WAC (3-meter) and was named the WAC Diver of the Year. In the eight years prior to joining the WAC, the Lumberjacks dominated conference competition in the NIC. NAU won 11 individual conference diving titles in eight years in the NIC women’s competition under Huffman’s guidance, and earned four conference diver-of-the-year awards (including back-to-back honors by Kate Morgan in 2002 and 2003, and Blair Buder in 2004). Huffman was named the Women’s Diving Coach of the Year four times (1997, 2002, 2003, 2004). Prior to NAU, Huffman spent two years at Clemson, where she was voted the 1996 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Diving Coach of the Year. With the Tigers, Huffman coached both men’s and women’s diving teams to winning seasons, with the women’s team being ranked in the top-25 of the national coaches’ poll in 1996. She had one ACC champion each year and took five divers to the zone meet in 1996. Huffman began her coaching career at her alma mater, Oakland University. She coached six All-Americans and three Division II national champions, being named Division II National Men’s Diving Coach of the Year in 1994. At Oakland, she coached Dario D’Fazio, who represented Venezuela in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. As an athlete, Huffman was a seven-time All-America and two-time national champion during her career at Oakland, where she returned every time the NIC Championships were held at the Rochester, Mich., school. A 1991 graduate of Oakland, the former Nikki Kelsey was married in the summer of 2001. She gave birth to a daughter, Kayla, in the summer of 2003, and to a son, Darren, in the spring of 2005.

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NAU DIVERS UNDER HUFFMAN NCAA Zone Diving Championships Appearances (69 appearances by 29 divers) Cassie Anderson (2) - 2011, 2012 Kristy Ardavanis (4) - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Danielle Borth (3) - 2006, 2007, 2008 Blair Buder (3) - 2003, 2004, 2005 Shayne Carnahan (1) - 1997 Lana Christensen (3) - 2009, 2010, 2011 Kelly Cochran (3) - 1997, 1998, 1999 Megan Collier (4) - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Anna Deem (2) - 2002, 2004 Holly Frost (2) - 2011, 2012 Alexa Geiger (3) - 2014, 2015, 2016 Raquel Gonzales (1) - 2016 Michelle Guglielmo (1) - 1999 Taryn Harris (4) - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Natalie Hughes (4) - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Chelsea Jackson (4) - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Nichole Kotchka (1) - 2001 Kali Lents (1) - 2012 Dara Marin (1) - 2006 Amy Martin (1) - 1999 Courtney McKenzie (4) - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Kate Morgan (4) - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Emma Simmonds (1) - 2016 Gwen Smithberg (2) - 2013, 2014 Christina Torrente (1) - 2016 Carlye Townsend (1) - 2016 Maryann Wagener (4) - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Bobbie Wallace (1) - 2000 Kristin Wright (3) - 1997, 1998, 1999

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Larry Liebowitz joined the Northern Arizona swimming & diving staff in August 2016 following an illustrious 13-year stint as the head coach at Oregon State. Liebowitz’s pedigree and success at the collegiate and national team levels makes him one of the most recognizable names in the sport. During his tenure at the helm of Oregon State’s women’s swimming team, Liebowitz led the Beavers to three of their best alltime finishes at the NCAA Championships including their highest finish ever of No. 20 in 2004. Liebowitz coached seven of Oregon State’s nine all-time swimming All-Americans in addition to 47 of his student-athletes receiving Pac-12 All-Academic distinction. Liebowitz’s Oregon State career was highlighted by Saori Haruguchi’s individual 200 butterfly national championship in 2008 and Birte Steven’s runner-up finish in the 200 breaststroke in 2004. Haruguchi remains Oregon State’s lone NCAA Champion. Both Haruguchi (Japan, 2008) and Steven (Germany, 2004) competed at the Summer Olympics while current student-athletes. Prior to his arrival at Oregon State, Liebowitz served as the head assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s programs at Southern California (USC) for eight years. While at USC, the Trojan programs never finished lower than seventh at the NCAA Championships. The USC women claimed the national championship in 1997 in his second year on the staff. His renowned resume also includes a wealth of international coaching experience. Most recently, he coached eight swimmers at the 2010 Youth Olympics and prior to that he served as the head coach of the U.S. men’s team at the 2003 World University Games. His international background also includes serving as the assistant coach for the U.S. men’s team at the Pan Am Games (1995, 1999) and the 1997 World University Games along with serving on the Costa Rican Olympic Team staff in 1998. Including Haruguchi and Steven, Liebowitz also previously coached Amy White and Mike O’Brien – both of whom were medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Liebowitz also has experience at the club level, having coached the Santa Barbara Swim Club from 1989-95. His teams finished in the top 10 at Senior Nationals in five of his seven seasons. During this time, Liebowitz coached Brian Alderman (butterfly) and Richard Schroeder (breaststroke) to national championships. Both swimmers would go on to represent the U.S. at the Pan Am Games with Alderman also going on to make the U.S. teams at the Goodwill Games and the short course and long course World Championships. His coaching career began with stints with the Ferndale Barracudas Swim Club and at University of Detroit High School. Liebowitz, a native of Detroit, Mich., earned his bacher’s degree in Psychology from Oakland University in 1973. He competed in swimming for two years at Wayne State before transferring to Oakland. He is married to Mary Anne Gerzanick-Liebowitz.

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The Larry Liebowitz File Born: February 20 Hometown: Detroit, Mich. College: Oakland, 1973 (Bachelor’s in Psychology) Family: Wife, Mary Anne Liebowitz’s Coaching Chronology 1970-75 Ferndale Barracudas Swim Club 1973-75 University of Detroit High School 1989-95 Santa Barbara Swim Club, Head Coach 1995 Pan Am Games, U.S. Men’s Assistant Coach 1995-2003 USC, Head Assistant Coach 1997 World University Games, U.S. Men’s Assistant Coach 1998 Olympic Games, Costa Rica Assistant Coach 1999 Pan Am Games, U.S. Men’s Assistant Coach 2003-16 Oregon State University, Head Coach 2003 World University Games, U.S. Men’s Head Coach 2010 Youth Olympics 2016-Pres. Northern Arizona University, Assistant Coach

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE MEET THE LUMBERJACKS on 3-meter with a career-best score of 310.15...Finished fifth on 1-meter with a score of 278.95 after eighth-best prelim score...Finished seventh on platform with a career-best score of 189.65...Qualified for NCAA Zone E Meet...Finished 22nd on 1-meter at Zones with a score of 250.65...Season-best score of 282.97 on 1-meter versus Grand Canyon...Finished 19th and 20th on 1-meter and platform respectively at Air Force Diving Invitational...Finished 18th on 1-meter at Wildcat Diving Invitational...Placed first on 1-meter versus Northern Colorado and New Mexico State and first on 3-meter versus Grand Canyon...Named WAC Diver of the Week on Feb. 11...Second-best score on team on 1-meter and third-best scores on 3-meter and platform for the season.

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High School: Three-year letterwinner and starter and two-year team captain at Troy HS...Two-time Freeway League undefeated champion...Team was Freeway League champion in 2012...Top-15 CIF Finalist in 2012...Was the AAU National 3-meter synchronized diving champion in 2012 and national top-12 1-meter AAU finalist...Team was sixth place All-Around team at AAU Nationals...Also Level 8 Regional All-Around champion in gymnastics in 2008...3.0 high school GPA.

Geiger

Academic Notes: Majoring in elementary education and special education...Threetime WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient... Two-time CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American. Career Notes: Fifth-highest score on 1-meter in program history (302.30)...Fifth-highest score on 3-meter (322.05). 2015-16 (Junior): WAC Diver of the Year...Totaled two gold medals with two All-WAC first team honors at WAC Championships...Competed on all three boards at the WAC Championships...Won 1-meter with a career-best score of 302.30...Won 3-meter with a career-best score of 322.05...Advanced to the B final and finished 11th on platform with a career-best score of 197.35...Qualified for NCAA Zone E Meet...Finished 12th on 1-meter at Zones with a total score of 548.80...Finished ninth on 3-meter and 14th on 1-meter and platform at Wildcat Diving Invitational...Placed first on 1-meter three times and 3-meter four times during the season...Named WAC Diver of the Week on Dec. 8...Second-best scores on team on 1-meter and 3-meter and fourth-best score on platform for the season. 2014-15 (Sophomore): Earned two All-WAC first team honors and one second team honor at WAC Championships...Competed on all three boards at the WAC Championships...Finished third on 3-meter with a score of 274.60...Finished third on 1-meter with a score of 268.85...Finished seventh on platform after season-best prelim score of 186.45...Qualified for NCAA Zone E Meet...Finished 27th on 1-meter at Zones with a score of 251.35...Finished first at UNLV Invitational on 1-meter with career-best score of 287.10 and 3-meter with season-best score of 279.00...Finished 17th on 1-meter, 18th on 3-meter and 25th on platform at Air Force Diving Invitational...Finished eighth on 1-meter, 15th on 3-meter and 16th on platform at Wildcat Diving Invitational... Placed first on 1-meter versus Idaho...Named WAC Diver of the Week on Dec. 16... Second-best scores on team on all three boards for the season.

CAREER-BEST SCORES 1-meter: 302.30 3-meter: 322.05 Platform: 197.35

CAREER AT THE WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Eight All-WAC Awards (Four First Team, Four Second Team) Two WAC Gold Medals (1-meter: 2016; 3-meter: 2016) Best Individual Finishes (1-meter: First; 3-meter: First; Platform: Seventh)

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2013-14 (Freshman): Earned three All-WAC second team honors at WAC Championships...Competed on all three boards at the WAC Championships...Finished fourth

Personal: Alexa Rae Geiger was born May 24, 1995 in Ventura, Calif....Daughter of John and Jenna Geiger...Two older sisters, Penie and Chelsea, and one older brother, Adam...Father, John, played football at Cal State Fullerton...Hobbies include skiing and horseback riding...Most memorable athletic moment was winning AAU Nationals for 3-meter synchronized diving with her partner Alejandra Gomez...Chose NAU because she loved everything about the university and team and it felt like home...Also considered Arizona State and Kansas.

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High School: National Lithuanian record holder in 200 breaststroke...First place in 200 breaststroke at 2011 Baltic Championships...Finalist (8th place) in 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke in first youth Olympics...25th overall in 2009 World Aquatics Championships in 200 breaststroke. Personal: Urte Kazakeviciute was born Oct. 15, 1993 in Kaunas, Lithuania...Daughter of Tomas and Eurika Kazakeviciute...One older brother, Lukas...Hobbies include reading and drawing...Most memorable athletic moment was breaking the national record in 200 breaststroke which was not broken in 30 years.

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Academic Notes: Majoring in fitness and wellness with a minor in biology...Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2014. Career Notes: Second fastest time in program history in 100 Breaststroke (1:02.47)... Second fastest time in 200 Breaststroke (2:13.73). 2015-16 (Junior): Totaled one gold medal with two All-WAC first team honors and one second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke and 50 freestyle and 200 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Swam the second leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that won gold with a time of 1:41.45...Finished third in 200 Breast with a NCAA B Standard and career-best time of 2:13.73...Finished fourth in 100 Breast after a NCAA B Standard and career-best prelim time of 1:02.47...Also recorded a time of 29.39 in 50 Free...Totaled 39 top-three finishes with 15 individual wins and four relay wins during the season. 2014-15 (Sophomore): Earned one All-WAC first team honor and three second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke and 50 freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays at the WAC Championships...Finished second in 200 Breast with a NCAA B Standard and season-best time of 2:15.65...Finished fourth in 100 Breast with a career-best time of 1:02.90...Swam the second leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 1:42.48...Swam the second leg of the 400 Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:44.58...Also recorded a career-best time of 25.82 in 50 Free...Placed fourth in 200 Breast at UNLV Invitational... Totaled 15 top-three finishes with four individual titles and three relay titles during the season...Won two individual titles in 100 Breast and two in 200 Breast and was part of 200 Medley Relay winning teams versus New Mexico State and San Diego and 400 Medley Relay winning team versus Northern Colorado. 2013-14 (Freshman): Earned one All-WAC first team honor and three second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke and 50 freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays at the WAC Championships...Finished second in 200 Breast with a NCAA B Standard and career-best time of 2:14.99...Finished fifth in 100

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CAREER-BEST TIMES 100 Breaststroke: 1:02.47 200 Breaststroke: 2:13.73 50 Freestyle: 25.82

CAREER AT THE WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 11 All-WAC Awards (Four First Team, Seven Second Team) One WAC Gold Medal (200 Medley Relay: 2016) Best Individual Finishes (100 Breast: Fourth; 200 Breast: Second)

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SARA

High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and one-year team captain at Santana HS...Two-year Scholastic All-American...2012 San Diego Section CIF champion in the 100 backstroke for Division II...Three-time Grossmont Valley League Swimmer of the Year...Three-time Santana HS Most Valuable Player...2012 San Diego Section All-CIF...Holds school record in 100 backstroke and 200 IM...Also swam for Heartland Swim Association...4.73 high school GPA, ranked fifth in high school class...AP Scholar and member of Key Club. Personal: Sara Catherine Lenhoff was born Sept. 9, 1995 in La Mesa, Calif.... Daughter of Chris and April Lenhoff...One older brother, Colin...Brother, Colin, swims for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...Chose NAU because she loved the team, the coach and the school and Flagstaff is the perfect college town.

Lenhoff

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical science...Three-time WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. Career Notes: Second fastest time in program history in 100 Backstroke (55.55)... Second fastest time in 200 Backstroke (1:59.26). 2015-16 (Junior): Totaled one gold medal with one All-WAC first team honor and two second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle and 200 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Swam the first leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that won gold with a time of 1:41.45...Finished fourth in 200 Back with a season-best time of 2:00.88...Finished seventh in 100 Back after a season-best prelim time of 56.39...Also recorded a time of 58.04 in 100 Fly and 26.05 in 50 Free...Totaled 10 top-three finishes with one individual win during the season...Won 200m Back versus Idaho. 2014-15 (Sophomore): Earned two All-WAC first team honors and two second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays at the WAC Championships...Finished second in 200 Back with a season-best time of 2:00.26...Finished third in 100 Back with a season-best time of 55.59...Advanced to the B final and finished 15th in 100 Fly after career-best prelim time of 57.11...Swam the first leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 1:42.48...Swam the first leg of the 400 Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:44.58...Competed in 50 Free for first time at the WAC Championship with time of 25.59...Totaled five top-three finishes with one relay title during the season...Part of 200 Medley Relay winning teams versus San Diego...Placed third in 100 Back versus San Diego and in 200 Back versus Idaho and New Mexico State. 2013-14 (Freshman): Earned one All-WAC first team honor and one second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 backstroke and 200 IM and 200 and 400 medley relays at the WAC Championships...Finished third in 100 Back with a career-best time of 55.55...Finished fourth in 200 Back with a career-best time

CAREER-BEST TIMES 100 Backstroke: 55.55 200 Backstroke: 1:59.26 100 Butterfly: 57.11

CAREER AT THE WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Nine All-WAC Awards (Four First Team, Five Second Team) One WAC Gold Medal (200 Medley Relay: 2016) Best Individual Finishes (100 Back: Third; 200 Back: Second, 100 Fly: 15th)

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CLAIRE

Personal: Claire T Hammond was born March 12, 1996 in Sacramento, Calif.... Daughter of Lori Vose and Bob Hammond...Two sisters, Brooke and Emily...Both parents are triathletes...Sister, Brooke, swam at San Jose State...Hobbies include reading, hiking and baking...Lists most exciting event as watching the 2008 Summer Olympics when Michael Phelps won eight gold medals...Chose NAU because she loved the team, coaches and location.

Hammond

Academic Notes: Majoring in social work and criminology & criminal justice...Twotime WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. Career Notes: Second-fastest time in program history in 200 Freestyle (1:49.39)... Fifth-fastest time in program history in 100 Freestyle (50.94). 2015-16 (Sophomore): Earned two All-WAC first team honors and three All-WAC second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100, 200 and 500 freestyle and 400 and 800 freestyle relays at the WAC Championships...Finished second in the 500 Free with a career-best time of 4:51.33...Finished third in the 200 Free with a career-best time of 1:49.39...Finished eighth in the 100 Free after a career-best prelim swim-off time of 50.94...Swam the second leg of the 800 Free Relay team that finished second with a time of 7:19.45...Swam the third leg of the 400 Free Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:24.47...Totaled 33 top-three finishes with 13 individual wins during the season. 2014-15 (Freshman): Earned one All-WAC second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100, 200 and 500 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay at the WAC Championships...Finished sixth in the 200 Free after a season-best prelim time of 1:51.87...Advanced to the B final and finished 11th in 500 Free with season-best time of 4:58.85...Advanced to the B final and finished 13th in 100 Free after a season-best prelim time of 52.25...Also swam the third leg of 400 Free Relay team...Placed eighth in 200 Free at UNLV Invitational...Totaled 12 top-three finishes with three individual titles during the season...Won 200 Free and 200 Back versus Northern Colorado and 200 Free versus New Mexico. High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter at Woodcreek HS...Four-time AllLeague selection...Placed in the CIF Sections D1 top-eight all four years...Received Woodcreek HS MVP as a sophomore and junior...Holds varsity school records in 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays... Also swam for Bronze Medal Swim Club and California Capital Aquatics...Received Coaches Award for California Capital Aquatics club team in 2012-13...3.65 high school

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CAREER-BEST TIMES 100 Freestyle: 50.94 200 Freestyle: 1:49.39 500 Freestyle: 4:51.33

CAREER AT THE WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Six All-WAC Awards (Two First Team, Four Second Team) Best Individual Finishes (100 Free: Eighth; 200 Free: Third; 500 Free: Second)

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JR. • FREESTYLE 5-8 • 2L PEORIA, ARIZ.

RONI

Personal: Veronica Marie Houck was born Feb. 19, 1996 in Wichita, Kan....Daughter of James Houck...Two older sisters, Frankie and Leigh...Sister, Frankie, swam at Bowling Green...Hobbies include reading, longboarding and photography...Lists most exciting event as watching swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London...Chose NAU because it was close to home and the renowned biology program.

Houck

Academic Notes: Majoring in biology...Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient as a freshman. Career Notes: Part of school record in 200 Freestyle Relay (1:31.58)...Has also recorded top-five time in program history in 50 Freestyle (23.20). 2015-16 (Sophomore): Totaled two gold medals with three All-WAC first team honors and one second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle and 200 and 400 freestyle relays and 200 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Swam the second leg of the 200 Free Relay team that won gold with a school record time of 1:31.58...Swam the fourth leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that won gold with a time of 1:41.45...Finished third in the 50 Free with a career-best time of 23.20...Won the B final and finished ninth in the 100 Free with a career-best time of 51.07...Advanced to the B final and finished 11th in the 200 Free after a career-best prelim time of 1:52.88...Swam the first leg of the 400 Free Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:24.47...Totaled 40 top-three finishes with four individual wins and seven relay wins during the season. 2014-15 (Freshman): Earned one All-WAC first team honor and two All-WAC second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle and 200 and 400 freestyle relays and 200 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Finished third in the 50 Free with season-best time of 23.59...Finished fourth in the 100 Free after a season-best prelim time of 51.33...Advanced to the B final and finished 12th in the 200 Free after a season-best prelim time of 1:52.99...Swam the fourth leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 1:42.48...Swam the first leg of the 200 Free Relay team that finished fourth with a time of 1:33.89...Also swam the fourth leg of 400 Free Relay team...Totaled 21 top-three finishes with six individual titles and two relay titles during the season...Won four individual titles in 50 Free and two in 100 Free and was part of 200 Medley Relay winning team versus San Diego and 400 Medley Relay team versus Norther Colorado.

50 Freestyle: 23.20 100 Freestyle: 51.07 200 Freestyle: 1:52.88

CAREER AT THE WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Seven All-WAC Awards (Four First Team, Three Second Team) Two WAC Gold Medals (200 Freestyle Relay: 2016; Medley Relay: 2016) Best Individual Finishes (50 Free: Third; 100 Free: Fourth; 200 Free: 11th)

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ALLISON

50 Freestyle: 24.71 100 Freestyle: 53.55 100 Backstroke: 57.90 200 Backstroke: 2:06.85

Mann

Academic Notes: Majoring in interior design...Two-time WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. 2015-16 (Sophomore): Swam in 100 and 200 backstroke and 50 and 100 freestyle at the WAC Championships...Recorded career-best times of 24.71 in 50 Free, 53.55 in 100 Free and 2:06.85 in 200 Back...Recorded season-best time of 58.07 in 100 Back... Totaled three top-three finishes during the season...Placed third in 50 Free versus Marywood. 2014-15 (Freshman): Swam in 100 and 200 backstroke and 200 IM at the WAC Championships...Swam in the C final in 100 Back after season-best prelim time of 57.90...Swam in the C final in 200 Back after season-best prelim time of 2:07.06...Also recorded a season-best time of 2:11.60 in 200 IM...Part of 200 Medley Relay teams who finished fourth versus New Mexico State and San Diego. High School: Four-year letterwinner and one-year team captain at Sunnyslope HS... Finished fifth in the 100 backstroke and eighth in the 200 individual medley at the state championships in 2014...Broke the school record in the 100 backstroke by two seconds...Swam on the sectional team three years in a row...Helped her team maintain a 16-year undefeated streak in dual meets...Voted Most Spirited on both her high school and club teams...Also swam for Phoenix Swim Club...3.80 high school GPA...Ranked in top seven percent of high school class...Member of honor roll all four years. Personal: Allison Nicole Mann was born Feb. 4, 1996 in Phoenix, Ariz....Daughter of Lynne and Tim Mann...One older brother, Kevan, and one twin sister, Audrey...Twin sister, Audrey, is also on the NAU swimming & diving team...Hobbies include art and snowboarding...Lists most exciting event as coaching and watching everyone compete at a Special Olympics meet because she loved observing their smiles when they finished...Chose NAU because she loves Flagstaff, the team and snow.

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JR. • BREAST/IM 5-7 • 2L PHOENIX, ARIZ.

100 Breaststroke: 1:05.12 200 Breaststroke: 2:21.09 200 Individual Medley: 2:06.18

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AUDREY

Best Individual Finishes (100 Breast: 12th; 200 IM: 13th)

Mann

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science...Two-time WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. 2015-16 (Sophomore): Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 IM at the WAC Championships...Advanced to the B final and finished 12th in 100 Breast with a career-best time of 1:05.12...Advanced to the B final and finished 13th in 200 IM with a season-best time of 2:06.69...Won the C final and finished 17th in 200 Breast with a career-best time of 2:21.09...Totaled 14 top-three finishes during the season. 2014-15 (Freshman): Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 IM at the WAC Championships...Swam in the C final in 100 Breast with season-best time of 1:05.42... Swam in the C final in 200 Breast with season-best time of 2:25.14...Swam in the C final in 200 IM with season-best time of 2:06.18...Totaled two top-three finishes during the season...Placed third in 100 Free versus New Mexico State...Part of 400 Free Relay team who finished third versus Oregon State. High School: Four-year letterwinner and one-year team captain at Sunnyslope HS... Finished seventh in the 100 breaststroke at state championships in 2014...Was the high point qualifier of her district meet three years in a row...Named Swimmer of the Meet at district meet...Helped her team to a third-place finish at Division II high school state championships as a freshman...Helped her team maintain a 16-year undefeated streak in dual meets...Also swam for Phoenix Swim Club...Received Most Improved and Coach’s Award on club team...3.94 high school GPA...Ranked in top five percent of high school class...Member of honor roll all four years. Personal: Audrey Elizabeth Mann was born Feb. 4, 1996 in Phoenix, Ariz....Daughter of Lynne and Tim Mann...One older brother, Kevan, and one twin sister, Allison...Twin sister, Allison, is also on the NAU swimming & diving team...Hobbies include reading... Lists most memorable athletic moment as attending Spring Sectionals in March 2013... Chose NAU because she the team is amazing and it is exactly where she wants to spend the next four years of her life.

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#NAUSTRONG MEET THE LUMBERJACKS letic moment as meeting Kirsty Coventry at the Zimbabwe Junior Nationals in 2005 because Kirsty was Zimbabwe’s most successful Olympic athlete and she is one of her biggest idols...Chose NAU because she was motivated by former Lumberjacks and club teammates Emma Lowther and Rachel Palmer, who achieved beyond their expectations by attending NAU.

JR. • FREE/FLY 5-8 • 2L BIG BAY, AUCKLAND

KIMMY

Richter

Academic Notes: Majoring in hotel and restaurant management...Two-time WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. Career Notes: Third-fastest time in program history in 200 Freestyle (1:50.05). 2015-16 (Sophomore): Earned one All-WAC first team honor and three second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay at the WAC Championships...Swam the first leg of the 800 Free Relay team that finished second with a time of 7:19.45...Finished second in the 1650 Free with a career-best time of 16:48.35...Finished fourth in the 500 Free after a career-best prelim time of 4:53.46...Finished fifth in the 200 Free with a career-best time of 1:50.05... Totaled 41 top-three finishes with 10 individual wins and three relay wins during the season. 2014-15 (Freshman): Earned one All-WAC second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly and 500 freestyle at the WAC Championships... Finished eighth in the 200 Fly after a season-best prelim time of 2:05.26...Advanced to the B final and finished 10th in 500 Free with season-best time of 4:58.32...Won the C final and finished 17th in 100 Fly with season-best time of 56.74...Placed fifth in 1650 Free and eighth in 200 Fly at UNLV Invitational...Totaled 15 top-three finishes with three individual titles during the season...Won 400 Free versus New Mexico State, 500 Free versus San Diego and 100 Fly versus Oregon State. High School: Swam for Coach Jana Wilkitzki at Howick College...Holds multiple regional counties swimming records...National Age Group swimming medalist...Received high school swimming Gold Award...Swam in tag team triathlons and Aquathons and helped her Howick College team to a medal every year...Won a silver medal at the NZ Open Championships in 2012 in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Personal: Kimberly Storm Richter was born Feb. 8, 1996 in Chipinge, Zimbabwe... Daughter of Bruce and Sharon Richter...Two older sisters, Samantha and Nicky...Lived in Zimbabwe until moving to New Zealand at 10 years old...Lists most memorable ath-

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CAREER-BEST TIMES 200 Freestyle: 1:50.05 500 Freestyle: 4:53.46 1650 Freestyle: 16:48.35 100 Butterfly: 56.74 200 Butterfly: 2:05.26

CAREER AT THE WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Five All-WAC Awards (One First Team, Four Second Team) Best Individual Finishes (200 Free: Fifth; 500 Free: Fourth; 1650 Free: Second; 200 Fly: Eighth)

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JR. • FLY/FREE 5-8 • 2L HANNOVER, GERMANY

High School: Swam for Coach Emil Guligev at Humboldtschule Hannover...Finished eighth in the 100 butterfly at German National meet in 2014...Also swam for SGS Hannover Swim Club...Holds club long course and short course records in 50, 100 and 200 butterfly...Also holds 50 butterfly short course record in Lower Saxony. Personal: Alina Staffeldt was born March 29, 1995 in Hannover, Germany...Daughter of Joachim and Christiane Staffeldt...Two younger sisters, Svenja and Meike... Mother, Christiane, was member of Germany’s bronze medal 4x100 freestyle relay team at 1984 Summer Olympics...Lists most memorable athletic moment as making the finals for the first time winning medals in all of her events at the German Age Group Championships...Chose NAU because she was looking for new experiences and the mixture of academic and swim programs.

ALINA

Staffeldt

Academic Notes: Majoring in accounting...Two-time WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient...CSCAA Scholar All-American as a freshman. Career Notes: School record holder in 100 Fly (53.83) and 200 Fly (1:57.66)...Part of school record in 200 Freestyle Relay (1:31.58)...Has also recorded top-five time in program history in 50 Freestyle (23.15). 2015-16 (Sophomore): Totaled three gold medals with four All-WAC first team honors and two second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle and 200 and 800 freestyle relays and 200 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Won the 200 Fly with a NCAA B Standard, career-best and school record time of 1:57.66...Broke her own school record and finished second in the 100 Fly with a NCAA B Standard and career-best time of 53.83...Swam the first leg of the 200 Free Relay team that won gold with a school record time of 1:31.58...Swam the third leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that won gold with a time of 1:41.45...Finished fourth in the 50 Free after a career-best prelim time of 23.15...Also swam the fourth leg of the 800 Free Relay team that finished second with a time of 7:19.45...Named WAC Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 17...Named CollegeSwimming.com WAC Swimmer of the Week on Dec. 8...Totaled 52 top-three finishes with 20 individual wins and seven relay wins during the season. 2014-15 (Freshman): Totaled one gold medal with two All-WAC first team honors and one second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle and 200 and 400 freestyle relays and 400 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Won the 100 Fly with a NCAA B Standard, season-best and school record time of 53.86...Finished third in the 200 Fly with a season-best time of 2:00.75... Advanced to the B final and finished 10th in the 50 Free with a season-best time of 23.71...Swam the fourth leg of the 400 Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:44.58...Swam the second leg of the 200 Free Relay team that finished fourth with a time of 1:33.89...Also swam the first leg of 400 Free Relay team...Totaled 24 top-three finishes with seven individual titles and one relay title during the season...

CAREER-BEST TIMES 100 Butterfly: 53.83 200 Butterfly: 1:57.66 50 Freestyle: 23.15

CAREER AT THE WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Nine All-WAC Awards (Six First Team, Three Second Team) Four WAC Gold Medals (100 Butterfly: 2015; 200 Butterfly: 2016; 200 Freestyle Relay: 2016; 200 Medley Relay: 2016) Best Individual Finishes (100 Fly: First; 200 Fly: First; 50 Free: Fourth)

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SO. • DIVING 5-4 • 1L CHANDLER, ARIZ.

1-meter: 275.93 3-meter: 280.35 Platform: 227.50

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RAQUEL

Three All-WAC Awards (Three Second Team)

Gonzales

Best Individual Finishes (1-meter: Eighth; 3-meter: Fifth; Platform: Fourth)

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical science. Career Notes: Third-highest score on platform in program history (227.50). 2015-16 (Freshman): Earned three All-WAC second team honors at WAC Championships...Competed on all three boards at the WAC Championships...Finished fourth on platform with a season-best score of 227.50...Finished fifth on 3-meter with a score of 273.75...Finished eighth on 1-meter with a score of 240.10...Qualified for NCAA Zone E Meet...Finished 43rd on 1-meter and platform at Zones...Season-best scores of 275.93 on 1-meter and 280.35 on 3-meter versus New Mexico...Finished third on platform and 13th on 3-meter at Wildcat Diving Invitational...Placed third on 1-meter versus Arizona and third on 3-meter versus Air Force and New Mexico...Second-best score on team on platform, fifth-best score on 1-meter and sixth-best score on 3-meter for the season. High School: Three-year letterwinner and one-year team captain at Hamilton HS... Three-time state qualifier...Placed seventh at Division I State Championships as a senior...Named Most Valuable Diver during each of her three years...Received team’s Freshman Award...Broke her own school records for six dives (216.0) and 11 dives (384.7)...Qualified for 2014 USA Diving Age Group National Championships representing Sun Devil Divers and placing 24th in 16-18 Girls Platform...Member of high school’s DECA club. Personal: Raquel Felicia Gonzales was born May 5, 1996 in Albuquerque, N.M.... Daughter of Angelica Gonzales...One older sister, Angelica...Hobbies include playing the guitar, yoga and photography...Lists most memorable athletic moment as going to Age Group Nationals for the first time...Chose NAU because of the swim & dive team supports each other and they strive to improve together.

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LOGAN

50 Freestyle: 24.30 100 Freestyle: 53.25 200 Freestyle: 1:57.41

Neal

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science...WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2016. 2015-16 (Freshman): Swam in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle at the WAC Championships...Recorded season-best times of 24.30 in 50 Free, 53.25 in 100 Free and 1:57.41 in 200 Free...Totaled 11 top-three finishes with three relay wins during the season. High School: Four-year letterwinner and one-year team captain at Century HS... Helped team win back-to-back 6A State Championships in 2014 and 2015...Placed top five in the state individually...Won state titles in 200 and 400 freestyle relays as a senior...Holds school records in 50 freestyle (23.85), 100 freestyle (51.65) and member of record holding 200 and 400 freestyle and 200 medley relays...Received Oregon Swimming Top 5 Award...Three-time Oregon Swimming All-Star and part of Oregon Swimming Zone Team in 2013...3.89 high school GPA...Ranked 21st of 418 high school class...Member of National Honor Society...Scholastic All-American Team with Hillsboro HEAT club team. Personal: Logan McKenzie Neal was born Oct. 13, 1996 in Hillsboro, Ore....Daughter of Molly and Wade Neal...One younger sister, Riley, and younger brother, Shane... Mother, Molly, competed in swimming and track & field at University of Portland... Hobbies include playing the guitar and art...Lists most memorable athletic moment as winning back-to-back state championships because team came together and did what they needed to do to win...Chose NAU because she fell in love with the city and the atmosphere.

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SO. • FLY/FREE 5-5 • 1L MISSOULA, MONT.

100 Butterfly: 56.16 200 Butterfly: 2:03.52 50 Freestyle: 23.66

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ANDREA

One All-WAC Award (One Second Team)

Schmidt

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science...WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2016.

Best Individual Finishes (100 Fly: 14th; 200 Fly: Eighth; 50 Free: 10th)

2015-16 (Freshman): Earned one All-WAC second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly and 50 freestyle at the WAC Championships... Finished eighth in the 200 Fly after a season-best prelim time of 2:03.52...Advanced to the B final and finished 10th in the 50 Free with a season-best time of 23.66...Advanced to the B final and finished 14th in the 100 Fly after a season-best prelim time of 56.16...Totaled 22 top-three finishes with five relay wins during the season. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Sentinel HS...Won state titles in 100 freestyle (52.89) and 200 freestyle (1:56.72) as a senior...Won 200 freestyle title by over eight seconds...All-State swimmer...Holds Montana state record in 200 butterfly (LCM) with a time of 2:18.84...Received Best Teammate Award...3.9 high school GPA...Member of National Honor Society...Served as Key Club treasurer...Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership ambassador. Personal: Andrea Dybvig Schmidt was born April 5, 1997 in Missoula, Mont....Daughter of Peggy and Ben Schmidt...One younger brother, Isaac...Both parents ran cross country at St. Olaf College...Family grows Atlantic Giant pumpkins...Hobbies include cookie and skiing...Lists most exciting event as watching the two fastest swimmers in the history of Montana at the time race the 50 freestyle...Chose NAU because she loved the welcoming community and the culture the moment she arrived on campus.

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SO. • BREAST/IM 5-9 • 1L SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.

SARAH

100 Breaststroke: 1:07.26 200 Breaststroke: 2:23.25 200 Individual Medley: 2:07.28

Takach

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical science with minors in chemistry and Spanish...Aspires to be a physician’s assistant or physician...WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2016. 2015-16 (Freshman): Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and 100 backstroke at the WAC Championships...Swam in the C final in the 200 IM with a season-best time of 2:07.28...Swam in the C final in the 200 Breast with a season-best time of 2:23.25... Also recorded season-best time of 1:07.26 in the 100 Breast...Competed in 100 Back for first time at the WAC Championship with a time of 59.64...Totaled three top-three finishes during the season. High School: Three-year letterwinner at Horizon HS...Two-time team MVP...Placed second in 200 IM with a time of 2:04.86 and fourth in 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.72 at 2012 AIA High School State Championships as a sophomore...Holds school record in 100 breaststroke (1:05.72)...Also holds top eight times in 200 IM (2:04.86), 500 freestyle (5:12.15) and 200 freestyle (1:59.35) in school history...Part of school record 200 medley relay team (1:52.71)...Also swam for Scottsdale Aquatic Club and Lifetime Arizona club teams...3.84 high school GPA...Ranked in top 10 percent of high school class...Member of Society of Women Scholars, Spanish Honorary and National Honors Society...High school honor roll and principal’s list. Personal: Sarah Anna Virginia Takach was born Nov. 6, 1996 in Scottsdale, Ariz.... Daughter of Peter and Aniko Takach...Two older brothers, Felix and Oliver...Brother, Felix, attended NAU...Hobbies include listening to music, hot yoga and spending time with friends...Swam against U.S. Olympian Missy Franklin at Western Zone Senior Sectionals in 2013...Chose NAU because of the beautiful campus and have heard nothing but positive feedback about everything it has to offer.

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SO. • DIVING 5-4 • 1L REDMOND, WASH.

1-meter: 281.70 3-meter: 304.50 Platform: 190.55

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CHRISTINA

Best Individual Finishes (1-meter: Ninth; Platform: 13th)

Torrente

Academic Notes: Major is undecided. 2015-16 (Freshman): Competed on all three boards at the WAC Championships... Won the B final and finished ninth on 1-meter with a score of 266.05...Advanced to the B final and finished 13th on platform after a season-best prelim score of 190.55... Also recorded a score of 217.35 on 3-meter...Qualified for NCAA Zone E Meet...Finished 29th on 1-meter at Zones...Season-best scores of 281.70 on 1-meter versus New Mexico and 304.50 on 3-meter versus Idaho...Finished 11th on 3-meter and 13th on 1-meter and platform at Wildcat Diving Invitational...Placed third on 3-meter versus Oregon State...Third-best score on team on 3-meter, fourth-best score on 1-meter and fifth-best score on platform for the season. High School: Three-year letterwinner and starter at Eastlake HS...Named Female Athlete of the Year...Also received Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year and Most Inspirational awards during high school career...Finished second on 1-meter as a senior at Washington 4A State Championships...Helped team win KingCo championships in 2013...Also three-year letterwinner and starter and two-year team captain in gymnastics and one-year letterwinner and starter in track & field at Eastlake...3.0 high school GPA. Personal: Christina Marie Torrente was born May 10, 1997 in Richmond, Va....Daughter of Mary and Anthony Torrente...Two brothers, Anthony and Jack...Father, Anthony, played baseball at Adelphi University...Hobbies include playing the piano and going to the beach...Lists most memorable athletic moment as trying a new vault at her last gymnastics meet and winning the event...Chose NAU because it’s a change from what she is used to and the school and campus is beautiful.

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ALLISON

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KATE

Baldwin

Bier

Academic Notes: Majoring in biology.

Academic Notes: Major is undecided.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter at Great Oak HS...Two-time Southwestern League champion in the 100 butterfly...Four-time CIF qualifer...Qualifed for CIF States in 200 medley relay...Owns career-best times of 57.85 in the 100 butterfly, 2:07.22 in the 200 butterfly, 54.49 in the 100 freestyle, 1:57.31 in the 200 freestyle and 2:13.15 in the 200 individual medley...Holds school record in the 100 butterfly... Also part of school records in the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay...Helped win the Southwestern League in 2013...Team also finished runner-up in league in 2014-16...Also swam for MESA Aquatics club team...4.0 high school GPA...Received Academic Letter, Scholar Athlete and AP Scholar honors.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and one-year team captain at Sam Barlow HS...Placed sixth at the 2016 Oregon 6A State Championships in both the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly...Four-time First Team swimmer in 100 butterfly... Owns career-best times of 57.18 in the 100 butterfly, 2:03.08 in the 200 butterfly and 5:05.10 in the 500 freestyle...Holds school record in the 100 butterfly...Recorded a junior national cut in the 200 butterfly...Also swam for Mount Hood Aquatics Club... Holds club record in the 200 butterfly...3.5 high school GPA...Honor roll student and member of National Honor Society and Yearbook.

Personal: Allison Natalie Baldwin was born Sept. 11, 1998 in Escondido, Calif.... Daughter of Rick and Lorie Baldwin...Two sisters, Brianna and Carli...Hobbies include reading...Lists most exciting event as visiting the Grand Canyon for the first time...Chose NAU because she really liked Flagstaff and the team was welcoming.

Personal: Kate Shannon Bier was born Feb. 28, 1998 in Portland, Ore....Daughter of John and Emily Bier...Three sisters, Megan, Lauren and Sophie...Hobbies include cooking and planning events...Lists most memorable athletic moment as the moments leadnig up to her 200 fly swim at finals in high school...Chose NAU because she loves Flagstaff.

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ALICE

SO. • FREESTYLE 5-6 • TR BROWNS BAY, AUCKLAND

MONIQUE

Hick

King

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical science.

Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter at Xavier College Prep...Helped team place fourth in the state in 2014 and 2015...Team won the state championship in 2012 and finished runner-up in 2013...Three-time recipient of Coaches Award... Received team’s Most Improved Swimmer award as a freshman...Competed at the state championships all four years...Posted times of 54.21 in the 100 freestyle and 1:55.76 in the 200 freestyle at state championships as a senior...Also swam in the 200 and 400 freestyle relay...Also swam for Scottsdale Aquatic Club...Helped club team to runner-up finishes at Junior Nationals and Sectionals...4.0 high school GPA...Member of National Honor Society...Received Presidential Academic Award.

Prior to NAU: Attended Massey University in New Zealand for a year...Competed in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay for New Zealand at 2015 World University Games...Placed 10th in 800m, 13th in 1500m and 16th in 400m...Also placed seventh with relay team in 4x200m freestyle relay...Placed first at the 2014 New Zealand Open Championships in the 1500m freestyle and third in the 800m freestyle...Also New Zealand’s 400m freestyle short course champion and 400m and 800m freestyle age group champion in 2014...Won first national title in 2012 in 800m freestyle short course...Swam for Thomas Ansorg at Long Bay College...Received Coaches Incentive Award in 2013 and 2015...Two-time Golden Homes Swim Scholarship recipient..AUT Millennium Recoginiton of Excellence in 2013.

Personal: Alice Taylor Hick was born Nov. 26, 1997 in Mountain View, Calif.... Daughter of Pamela Ryan-Hick and Adrian Hick...One older brother, William, and one younger sister, Kaitlyn...Hobbies include ballet, running and yoga...Lists most exciting event as committing to swim at NAU because it was a huge celebration with her school and her family...Chose NAU because she felt the “friendly, welcoming and adventurous atomosphere that surrounded me everywhere I toured on campus.”

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Personal: Monique Ann King was born Nov. 7, 1995 in Auckland, New Zealand... Daughter of Annette and Rodney King...One younger sister, Shannon...Hobbies include going to the beach and shopping...Lists most memorable athletic moment as qualifying for the World University Games in Korea in 2015...Chose NAU because she always wanted to study overseas and she enjoyed her visit for camp.

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MEET THE LUMBERJACKS SO. • DIVING 5-6 • TR ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

TANYA

FR. • BREASTSTROKE 5-5 • HS ANTHEM, ARIZ.

EMILY

Kurach

Martin

Academic Notes: Majoring in environmental science. High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and one-year team captain at Boulder Creek HS...Named Boulder Creek’s Female Athlete of the Year...Holds records in the 100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley and part of record 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays...Placed fourth at the 2015 Arizona Division I State Championships in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.29...Placed sixth in the 100 breaststroke at state championships as a junior...3.4 high school GPA...Member of National Honor Society. Personal: Emily Grant Martin was born Dec. 18, 1997 in Anthem, Ariz....Daughter of Alice and Garen Martin...One older sister, Sarah...Hobbies include reading...Lists most memorable athletic moment as qualifiying for sectionals as a senior...Chose NAU because she loves the campus and location.

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FERNANDA

SO. • DIVING 5-2 • TR LONG BEACH, CALIF.

OLIVIA

Montiel

Payne

Academic Notes: Majoring in interior design.

Academic Notes: Major is undecided.

High School: Won two gold medals in the 50 and 100 freestyles at the Circuito Mexicano de Natacion meet in 2016...Also earned one silver medal in the 50 backstroke and two bronze medals in the 100 and 200 backstrokes...Won first gold medal in 2014 in the 50 backstroke at the Olimpiada Nacional meet...Also has earned bronze medal in the 100 backstroke at the 2015 Olimpiada Nacional and silver medal in the 100 backstroke at the 2014 Nacional Curso Largo...Owns career-best LCM times of 27.07 in the 50 freestyle, 59.11 in the 100 freestyle, 31.26 in the 50 backstroke, 1:05.52 in the 100 backstroke and 2:20.87 in the 200 backstroke...Swam for Gerardo Zaragoza at IESM...Also swam for Nitro Swimming club team.

University of Utah (2015-16): Competed in seven meets in only year at Utah... Posted season-best 1-meter (223.35) and 3-meter (236.55) scores versus Washington State...Competed at Texas A&M’s Art Adamson Invitational on all three boards... Recorded season-best score on platform (163.30) at Pac-12 Championships...Also recorded score of 204.55 on 3-meter at Pac-12 Championships.

Personal: Maria Fernanda Montiel-Gamez was born July 10, 1997 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa...Daughter of Jose Luis Montiel and Maria Montiel...One older sister, Maria Eugenia...Hobbies include cooking and drawing...Lists most memorable athletic moment as winning her first gold medal at Olimpiada Nacional in Mexico...Chose NAU because she loves Flagstaff and it felt like home.

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High School: Four-year letterwinner at Saint Anthony HS...Four-time CIF qualifier... Also played volleyball...Member of high school’s National Honor Society. Personal: Olivia Veronica Payne was born Sept. 7, 1996 in Long Beach, Calif.... Daughter of Mike and Laura Payne...One younger sister, Lily...Hobbies include drawing and surfing.

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ERIN

Spielman

Academic Notes: Majoring in engineering. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Desert Vista HS...Helped team to Division I state championship in 2013 and runner-up finish in 2015...Placed fourth at the 2015 Arizona Division I State Championships in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.51 and seventh in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.87...Placed ninth in the 500 freestyle and 10th in the 100 backstroke at state championships as a junior...Named Most Improved for team in 2013 and 2015...Part of school record in the 200 freestyle relay... Also swam for Scottsdale Aquatic Club team...3.9 high school GPA...Ranked in top five percent of high school class...Member of National Honor Society and Rho Kappa Social Studies Honors Society. Personal: Erin Keely Spielman was born Jan. 1, 1998 in Phoenix, Ariz....Daughter of Laura and Michael Spielman...One younger sister, Tara...Admires Katie Ledecky because she is an exceptional swimmer at a young age and continues to improve... Chose NAU because she loved the team and the enthusiasm of the coaching staff.

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#NAUSTRONG #4HE Hayley Edmond Career Highlights

NAU • Five All-WAC honors at 2016 WAC Championships (One first team, Four second team) • Won gold medal and part of school record breaking 200 freestyle relay (1:31.58) • Finished fifth in the 50 and 100 freestyle and sixth in the 100 backstroke • Also swam on silver medal 800 freestyle relay team • 2015 Pentathlon winner in first career NAU race • Second fastest 100 freestyle time (50.41) and tied for fifth fastest 100 backstroke time (56.57) in program history • 2016 WAC All-Academic Selection and Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete-Award recipient New Zealand • Qualified for 2016 Oceania Championships in the 50 freestyle which would have been her second consecutive Oceania Championships appearance • Also swam on New Zealand national team at New Zealand Short Course Championships, New Zealand Open Championships and Zonal Championships

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Even as the two-time defending Western Athletic Conference champions, the Northern Arizona swimming & diving team entered the 2016 WAC Championships without a little doubt. Two late season dual meet losses lingered in the back of their minds, but it did not take long for any worries to be erased. With a completely dominant performance by the divers, and a thrilling come-from-behind win in the 200 medley relay on the first night, the Lumberjacks had liftoff in Houston. In the end, the ‘Jacks won WAC. Again. For the third consecutive year. “Leading up to (conference), we thought we were pretty good but we didn’t really know,” said head coach Andy Johns. “Some of the girls went in with a few doubts, and we might have had a few doubts as coaches going in. The first relay was big because we had never won it before. That combined with what we were doing in diving, after the first night we were in pretty good shape. To have a lead that we had and just keep building on it, it was a lot of fun.” Like a locomotive building up steam on the track, the Lumberjacks asserted themselves once again as the team to beat from the opening session and refused to let up. From a first-day lead of 62 points all the way to a championship margin of more than 300 points, NAU was the class of the WAC in one of the biggest runaway victories in conference history. By the end of four days, the Lumberjacks totaled 807.5 points, which was 319.5 points better – the fifth largest margin of victory in WAC history – than New Mexico State. While NAU once again showcased its unrivaled team depth throughout its scoring roster, the Lumberjacks’ path to victory was glistening with more gold than usual. All 21 of NAU’s scoring athletes scored points in at least two of their three individual events with 16 of them earning all-conference honors by placing in the top eight in at least one ‘A’ final. Furthermore, NAU was the only team to place an athlete in the championship heat in every event. What was not exactly the same as the Lumberjacks’ two pre-

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vious championships were their frequent trips to the head of the podium. After totaling just two gold medals in each of the past two years, NAU collected seven event wins in 2016 – its most in a single year since joining the WAC more than a decade ago. Even more impressive was that the golds were distributed evenly with two diving wins, two relay wins, two distance wins and a victory in the 200 butterfly. “We talk about being balance and having depth and that’s how we win championships,” Johns said. “Nikki (Huffman) does a great job with the divers and Laura (Thomas) did a tremendous job with our sprinters and it all came together. But to win seven events – that’s a third of the meet – that made this meet a little different. As coaches we were up (at the podium) giving out awards and that’s always special to give them their hardware and congratulations.” It is hard to say that meet was over after the first day, but following the Lumberjacks’ performance, the other teams would be hard pressed to dethrone the Blue & Gold. Boasting the strongest, and deepest, diving unit in the WAC, the Lumberjacks sprung to action on 1-meter from the get-go by immediately taking ownership of half of the top eight. Junior Alexa Geiger – who would go on to be voted the WAC Diver of the Year – garnered the team’s first gold medal with senior Chelsea Jackson placing second. NAU even made noise in the consolation final with freshman Christina Torrente winning the ‘B’ final as all six of the Lumberjack divers scored points in the first event of the meet. “It was a perfect day for us,” said diving coach Nikki Huffman. “I actually think we’re a little stronger on 3-meter typically, but we seemed to have it going on. We were ready to go that day. Part of it is that we’re the start of the meet and everyone wants to do extremely well for the whole team. It was incredible and it got everything rolling – both swimming and diving.” Get it rolling is exactly what the divers did for the entire team. When the swimmers took center stage for the first time on the opening night, NAU rallied to win the 200 medley relay for the first time in nearly 30 years since 1988 with a furious rally. Sitting in fifth at the halfway point of the race, sophomore Alina Staffeldt seized the lead on the butterfly leg and turned it over to sophomore Roni Houck who completed the victory. The two wins coupled with a second-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay accounted for an amazing opening night in which the ’Jacks pocketed 147 points compared to just 89 through the same events a year prior. If the message was not clear, the Lumberjacks made it clear that they were gunning for the three-peat on the second day. What may have been unexpected was the main source of NAU’s points – in the sprint freestyle events. Led by a blazing group of new blood – Staffeldt, Houck, junior Hayley Edmond and freshmen Ila Hughes and Andrea Schmidt – all of whom were recruited in the last two years, NAU flexed its muscles in the 50 freestyle and the 200 freestyle relay. In the 50, NAU finished second through fifth in succession

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#NAUSTRONG 2016 WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS/ZONE DIVING RECAP with Hughes and Houck earning the silver and bronze respectively. Schmidt and senior Trinity Frazee added to NAU’s total with six of the 16 scoring spots taken by ’Jacks. That led to the Lumberjacks’ record breaking performance in the 200 free relay as Edmond, Houck, Staffeldt and Hughes raced their way to a new school record of 1:31.58 and a gold medal from the outside lane. In the midst of the sprinters making a statement, senior Kendall Brown and Geiger also won individual gold medals on the second night. For Brown, she posted a lifetime best time to win the 500 free, while Geiger went two-for-two on the springboards with her second gold of the meet on 3-meter. All of that added up to a lead of almost 200 points, just one year after NAU led by only 24 points through two days. Without their commanding advantage in diving on the third day, NAU’s swimmers were more than enough to once again widen its lead on the scoreboard with all 15 of the team’s scoring swimmers earning evening swims. Among the highlights were Brown, senior Monica Pruett and freshman Amanda Sumrow going twothree-four in the 400 IM and sophomores Claire Hammond and Kimmy Richter finishing third and fifth respectively in the 200 free. Also of note were junior Urte Kazakeviciute (100 breaststroke) and Staffeldt (100 fly) each turning in NCAA B Standard times. In all, NAU had the most scoring athletes on the third night and the most in ‘A’ finals – as was the case throughout the entire meet. With 546.5 points after three days, which turned out to be more than runner-up New Mexico State would total in four days, all the Lumberjacks needed to do was put the final touches on another championship performance on Saturday. Staffeldt provided the punctuating swim in winning the 200 fly and earning NAU’s seventh and final gold medal. In a rousing victory, Staffeldt shattered the previous school record with a time of 1:57.66 which wound up being the 51st fastest time in the country this season. “Every morning we showed up needing to put people in the

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final,” Johns said. “We were already on our way and then the 200 freestyle relay victory from the outside lane was one of those statement swims that said we weren’t going away. Alina’s 200 fly at the end of the meet was the exclamation point on the whole meet.” Brown lapped the field to win her second gold of the meet in her premier event – the mile freestyle – for the third time in four years. Medals – and points – continued to accumulate for the ’Jacks on the final night as NAU did nothing to slow down even with a sizeable lead in hand. On platform, Jackson placed third with freshman Raquel Gonzales and senior Carlye Townsend also finishing in the top eight despite competing on tower for just the second time this season. Led by Geiger’s two victories and Gonzales’ three top eight finishes – the most on the team – what was known before the meet was confirmed that diving supremacy belonged to the ’Jacks. “It was a really great team effort,” Huffman said. “Overall, they all did an incredible job and they each had moments of greatness as well as moments they had to overcome with grace and style. Being WAC Champions, being that good of a team, I’m sure we walked in there with a target on our back. We needed to remember to stay humble and earn it in the pool. That’s what was special about this team. They took pride in being a great team, and they wanted to do well for each other.” After one of the most complete team performances that the WAC has ever seen, it was no surprise that Johns received his third straight WAC Coach of the Year award and Huffman was named WAC Diving Coach of the Year for the second time in four years. Although the swimmers’ season came to an end – with Staffeldt coming the closest to qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly – the divers’ success carried into the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships in none other than their home facility. Hosting the zone competition for the first time ever, NAU had six participants matching the most in school history. Of the six, four – senior Carlye Townsend, sophomore Emma Simmonds, Gonzales and Torrente – made their Zone debuts. NAU had its most success on 1-meter, where Jackson narrowly missed punching her own ticket to the national championships by finishing one spot out, and a mere four points away, from automatic qualification. Geiger also placed 12th, giving the ’Jacks a pair of divers in the first three spots out of the top nine qualifiers in the vastly talented Zone E. “Sixty divers deep, it’s a really large Zone,” Huffman said. “It’s the most competitive Zone with a lot of international divers. The 1-meter, 3-meter and platform events at NCAAs were all won by a diver from our zone. There are a couple of places that you need to be sharper in that meet, but I was really proud of all of them.” Entered with doubts, left with extreme confidence. Confidence is everything and if that level of confidence carries over, it will not be easy to take the title away from the ’Jacks the next time the WAC converges in 2017.

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE 2015-16 SEASON IN REVIEW 2015-16 MEET RESULTS 7-9 dual meet record O30 O30 O31 O31 N13 N13 N14 D5 D19 D19 D19 J8 J8 J16 J23 F6 F24-27

LSU WYOMING LSU WYOMING at Wyoming vs. Air Force at Northern Colorado at New Mexico State at Florida Atlantic vs. Northwestern vs. Marywood at No. 7 Arizona vs. Oregon State COLORADO STATE NEW MEXICO IDAHO at WAC Championships

Flagstaff, Ariz. L, 204-96 Flagstaff, Ariz. L, 156-144 Flagstaff, Ariz. L, 164-79 Flagstaff, Ariz. L, 144-99 Laramie, Wyo. L, 181-113 Laramie, Wyo. W, 177-123 Greeley, Colo. W, 214-86 Las Cruces, N.M. W, 178-122 Boca Raton, Fla. W, 175-81 Boca Raton, Fla. L, 189-71 Boca Raton, Fla. W, 205-50 Tucson, Ariz. L, 195-96 Tuscon, Ariz. W, 198.5-94.5 Flagstaff, Ariz. L, 160-140 Flagstaff, Ariz. L, 154-145 Flagstaff, Ariz. W, 169.5-102.5 Houston, Texas 1st/8 The 2016 WAC Championships marked the second time that Andy Johns and Nikki Huffman swept the Coach of the Year awards during their 20-year tenure together.

2016 WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1. Northern Arizona 2. New Mexico State 3. Grand Canyon 4. CSU Bakersfield 5. Idaho 6. North Dakota 7. Northern Colorado 8. Seattle

807.5 488 466.5 463 441.5 373.5 307.5 244.5

Swimmer of the Year Dorottya Lennert, New Mexico State Diver of the Year Alexa Geiger, Northern Arizona Freshman of the Year Lauren Wood, New Mexico State

Diving Coach of the Year Nikki Huffman, Northern Arizona

Alexa Geiger was the first Lumberjack to receive conference Diver of the Year honors since Natalie Hughes in 2008.

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The Lumberjacks sent the Wall Aquatic Center - their home for 32 years - and their senior class out in style, crushing Idaho, 169.5-102.5, on Feb. 6.

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE 2015-16 TOP PERFORMANCES TOP TIMES AND SCORES Event 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1,000 Freestyle 1,650 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 Individual Medley 400 Individual Medley 1-meter Dive 3-meter Dive Platform Dive

Athlete 23.14, Ila Hughes 23.15, Alina Staffeldt 50.41, Hayley Edmond 50.63, Ila Hughes 1:49.39, Claire Hammond 1:50.05, Kimmy Richter 4:50.88, Kendall Brown 4:51.33, Claire Hammond 10:12.70, Kendall Brown 10:28.45, Kimmy Richter 16:32.86, Kendall Brown 16:48.35, Kimmy Richter 56.39, Sara Lenhoff 56.57, Trinity Frazee 2:00.88, Sara Lenhoff 2:04.80, Brooke Brittain 1:02.47, Urte Kazakeviciute 1:05.12, Audrey Mann 2:13.73, Urte Kazakeviciute 2:18.53, Monica Pruett 53.83, Alina Staffeldt 55.77, Amanda Sumrow 1:57.66, Alina Staffeldt 2:01.00, Kendall Brown 2:05.15, Monica Pruett 2:06.69, Audrey Mann 4:20.12, Kendall Brown 4:24.40, Monica Pruett 316.50, Chelsea Jackson 302.30, Alexa Geiger 331.88, Chelsea Jackson 322.05, Alexa Geiger 232.95, Chelsea Jackson 227.50, Raquel Gonzales

NCAA TOP 100 TIMES Event/Athlete(s) Time Rank 1,650 Freestyle Kendall Brown.................................... 16:32.86................................84th 200 Butterfly Alina Staffeldt................................... 1:57.66.................................. 51st 200 Freestyle Relay Alina Staffeldt, Hayley Edmond............................................................. Roni Houck, Ila Hughes.................... 1:31.58..................................58th 800 Freestyle Relay Kimmy Richter, Claire Hammond........................................................ Hayley Edmond, Alina Staffeldt........ 7:19.45..................................74th 200 Medley Relay Sara Lenhoff, Urte Kazakeviciute........................................................ Alina Staffeldt, Roni Houck............. 1:41.45..................................88th Bold indicates returning student-athletes

NEW SCHOOL RECORDS 100 Butterfly New Record: Alina Staffeldt, 53.83 Old Record (2015): Alina Staffeldt, 53.86 200 Butterfly New Record: Alina Staffeldt, 1:57.66 Old Record (2012): Rachel Palmer, 1:58.82 200 Freestyle Relay New Record: Alina Staffeldt/Roni Houck Hayley Edmond/Ila Hughes, 1:31.58 Old Record (2009): Rachael Foe/Tami Binek Claire Ferro/Meredith Egloria, 1:33.31

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#NAUSTRONG ALL-TIME DUAL MEET SERIES RESULTS OVERALL DUAL MEET SERIES RESULTS Opponent Air Force Arizona Arizona State Boise State BYU Brown California Cal Poly Cal State Los Angeles Cal State Northridge Centenary Colorado Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State Denver Florida Atlantic Fresno State Grand Canyon Hawaii Houston Idaho Iowa Kansas LSU Loyola Marymount Marywood Missouri Nebraska Nevada UNLV New Mexico New Mexico State North Texas Northwestern Northern Colorado Northern Illinois Oregon State Pacific Pepperdine Purdue Rice San Diego San Diego State San Jose State Seattle Stanford Texas Texas A&M TCU UC Davis UC Irvine UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara Utah Washington Washington State Wyoming

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Streak W5 L22 L1 L2 L8 L1 L1 W3 W1 W3 W1 W3 W4 W1 L2 L1 W1 W1 W4 L3 W1 W3 L1 L1 L2 W6 W1 L2 W1 L5 L18 L2 W5 W1 L2 W11 W1 W1 W3 W2 L2 L1 W9 L2 L1 W1 L1 L1 L1 W1 W1 W4 W1 L2 W1 L3 L2 L4

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Last Meeting First Meeting 2015 (W, 177-123) 1986 (L, 77-38) 2016 (L, 195-96) 1985 (L, 56-46) 2013 (L, 146-91) 1986 (L, 73-49) 2010 (L, 161-139) 2006 (W, 197-27) 2008 (L, 177.5-122.5) 1988 (L, 166-134) 1996 (L, 87-60) 1996 (L, 87-60) 1996 (L, 143-75) 1996 (L, 143-75) 1999 (W, 72-40) 1994 (W, 141-77) 1992 (W, 43-25) 1992 (W, 43-25) 1997 (W, 165-119) 1992 (W, 156-84) 2007 (W, 87-14) 2007 (W, 87-14) 1989 (W, 93-47) 1987 (W, 135-106) 1987 (W, 90-42) 1986 (W, 96-38) 1986 (W, 101-14) 1986 (W, 101-14) 2016 (L, 160-140) 1999 (L, 141-62) 2011 (L, 148-92) 2002 (W, 92-21) 2015 (W, 175-81) 2002 (L, 182.5-116.5) 2002 (W, 187.5-112.5) 1987 (W, 81-27) 2014 (W, 168-125) 2007 (W, 160-145) 1999 (L, 100-30) 1991 (L, 126-93) 2000 (W, 162-74) 2000 (W, 162-74) 2016 (W, 169.5-102.5) 2007 (W, 138-124) 2012 (L, 181-113) 2012 (L, 181-113) 2008 (L, 193-103) 2008 (L, 193-103) 2015 (L, 164-79) 2015 (L, 204-96) 2009 (W, 172.5-82.5) 1994 (W, 131-48) 2015 (W, 205-50) 2015 (W, 205-50) 2004 (L, 149-88) 2002 (L, 123-75) 2003 (W, 125-117) 2003 (W, 125-117) 2008 (L, 130-112) 1985 (W, 70-43) 2011 (L, 162-95) 1984 (L, 82-58) 2016 (L, 154-145) 1987 (L, 84-58) 2015 (W, 178-122) 1985 (W, 91-48) 2007 (W, 158-142) 2007 (W, 158-142) 2015 (L, 189-71) 2013 2015 (W, 214-86) 1985 (W, 98-42) 1995 (W, 148-84) 1995 (W, 148-84) 2016 (W, 198.5-94.5) 2016 (W, 198.5-94.5) 1998 (W, 153-140) 1987 (W, 75-36) 1987 (W, 152-91) 1986 (W, 88-46) 1997 (L, 183-75) 1989 (L, 97-42) 2006 (L, 124-81) 2006 (L, 124-81) 2014 (W, 151-108) 1985 (W, 87-46) 2010 (L, 153-116) 1998 (W, 110-91) 2008 (L, 130-112) 2008 (L, 130-112) 2011 (W, 171-65) 2011 (W, 171-65) 1996 (L, 118-22) 1996 (L, 118-22) 2002 (L, 117-80) 2002 (L, 117-80) 2007 (L, 180-113) 2007 (L, 180-113) 2007 (W, 57-45) 2007 (L, 145-115) 1987 (W, 182-84) 1987 (W, 182-84) 1999 (W, 64-48) 1983 (L, 85-54) 2003 (W, 117-86) 1984 (W, 75-64) 2011 (L, 150-98) 2003 (L, 195-103) 1999 (W, 123-92) 1984 (W, 84-51) 2009 (L, 201-98) 1999 (L, 108-29) 2014 (L, 181-80) 1995 (W, 135-86) 2015 (L, 181-113) 1985 (W, 87-49)

Opponent W-L Streak Air Force 3-0 W3 Arizona 0-20 L20 Arizona State 1-11 L1 Boise State 2-2 L2 BYU 0-5 L5 California 0-1 L1 Cal Poly 2-0 W2 Cal State Northridge 1-0 W1 Centenary 1-0 W1 Colorado State 2-7 L2 Denver 1-1 L1 Florida Atlantic 1-1 W1 Fresno State 1-1 W1 Grand Canyon 4-0 W4 Hawaii 0-2 L2 Houston 1-0 W1 Idaho 9-1 W3 Iowa 0-1 L1 Kansas 0-1 L1 LSU 0-2 L2 Loyola Marymount 2-0 W2 Marywood 1-0 W1 Missouri 0-2 L2 Nebraska 1-0 W1 Nevada 0-4 L4 UNLV 0-8 L8 New Mexico 12-9 L2 New Mexico State 19-3 W5 North Texas 1-0 W1 Northwestern 0-2 L2 Northern Colorado 7-0 W7 Oregon State 2-9 W1 Pacific 1-0 W1 Purdue 0-1 L1 Rice 0-1 L1 San Diego 9-2 W8 San Diego State 5-4 L1 San Jose State 0-1 L1 Seattle 1-0 W1 Stanford 0-1 L1 Texas 0-1 L1 Texas A&M 0-1 L1 TCU 1-1 W1 UC Irvine 1-0 W1 UC San Diego 2-1 W1 UC Santa Barbara 0-2 L2 Utah 1-0 W1 Washington 0-3 L3 Washington State 1-7 L2 Wyoming 3-4 L4 Overall 99-123 .446 2016-17 opponents in BOLD

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE PROGRAM RECORDS

Event 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1,000 Freestyle 1,650 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 Individual Medley 400 Individual Medley 200 Freestyle Relay 400 Freestyle Relay 800 Freestyle Relay 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay 1m Diving (6) 1m Diving (10) 3m Diving (6) 3m Diving (11) Platform Diving (5)

SCHOOL RECORDS (SHORT COURSE YARDS)

Mark 22.95 49.22 1:48.26 4:46.55 9:54.38 16:18.13 54.09 1:56.56 1:01.94 2:13.35 53.83 1:57.66 2:01.00 4:17.46 1:31.58 3:23.85 7:17.93 1:40.99 3:38.69 332.33 408.77 365.18 505.20 261.10

Name(s) Rachael Foe Ellie Morrissey Emma Lowther April Diez April Diez April Diez Fi Connell Fi Connell Jordan Burnes Jordan Burnes Alina Staffeldt Alina Staffeldt Ellie Morrissey Kendall Brown Alina Staffeldt/Roni Houck/Hayley Edmond/Ila Hughes Kelsey Loy/Emma Lowther/Caitlin Wright/Ellie Morrissey Emma Lowther/Rachel Palmer/Ellie Morrissey/Caitlin Wright Fi Connell/Jordan Burnes/Alexis Juergens/Kelsey Loy Fi Connell/Jordan Burnes/Rachel Palmer/Ellie Morrissey Taryn Harris Kristin Wright Taryn Harris Kate Morgan Gwen Smithberg

Meet-Location WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas NCAA Championships - Indianapolis, Ind. San Diego, Calif. NCAA Championships - Indianapolis, Ind. WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - Houston, Texas WAC Championships - Houston, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - Houston, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas Arizona - Tucson, Ariz. New Mexico - Flagstaff, Ariz. Arizona - Tucson, Ariz. NIC Championships - Rochester, Mich. WAC Championships - San Antonio, Texas

Date 2/26/2009 3/2/2013 2/24/2012 3/18/1994 11/21/1994 3/19/1994 2/26/2011 2/25/2012 2/28/14 3/1/2014 2/26/2016 2/27/2016 2/28/2013 3/1/2013 2/25/2016 3/2/2013 2/27/2013 2/27/2013 3/1/2013 1/7/2011 11/18/1995 1/7/2011 2/28/2003 3/2/2013

Records held by current athletes in bold

WALL AQUATIC CENTER SWIMMING RECORDS (SCM) Event 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 400 Freestyle 800 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 Individual Medley 400 Individual Medley 200 Freestyle Relay 400 Freestyle Relay 800 Freestyle Relay 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay

Mark 25.25 56.54 2:02.86 4:18.53 8:59.96 1:02.77 2:17.20 1:12.03 2:34.86 1:01.08 2:14.98 2:19.19 5:01.76 1:44.60 3:50.11 8:31.68 1:54.29 4:11.76

Name, School Isobel Ryan, Wyoming Megan Cox, LSU Megan Cox, LSU April Diez, Northern Arizona Kendall Brown, Northern Arizona Abby Sullivan, Wyoming Sophie Weber, LSU Danielle Herrmann, Kansas Stirling Smith, Northern Arizona Kara Kopcso, LSU Kara Kopcso, LSU Kara Kopcso, LSU Lauren Thompson, LSU Wyoming LSU Arizona State LSU LSU

Date 10/30/2015 10/30/2015 10/30/2015 12/8/1994 2/8/2014 10/31/2015 10/30/2015 10/18/2008 2/8/2014 10/31/2015 10/30/2015 10/30/2015 10/31/2015 10/30/2015 10/31/2015 1/30/2000 10/31/2015 10/30/2015

WALL AQUATIC CENTER DIVING RECORDS Event 1-meter (6) 1-meter (10) 3-meter (6) 3-meter (11)

Mark 316.50 408.77 339.65 451.72

Name, School Date Chelsea Jackson, Northern Arizona 2/6/2016 Kristin Wright, Northern Arizona 11/18/1995 Cassie Weil, LSU 10/30/2015 Amy Palmer, Arizona State 12/8/1991

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ALL-TIME TOP PERFORMANCES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

22.95 23.07 23.14 23.15 23.20

50-yard Freestyle Rachael Foe, 2/2009 Ellie Morrissey, 2/2013 Ila Hughes, 2/2016 Alina Staffeldt, 2/2016 Roni Houck, 2/2016

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1,650-yard Freestyle 16:18.13 April Diez, 3/1994 16:27.12 Alexis Buckley, 2/2006 16:31.73 Kendall Brown, 3/2013 16:36.50 Emma Lowther, 2/2012 16:41.68 Caitlin Wright, 3/2013

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

49.22 50.41 50.63 50.77 50.94

100-yard Freestyle Ellie Morrissey, 3/2013 Hayley Edmond, 2/2016 Ila Hughes, 2/2016 Rachael Foe, 2/2009 Claire Hammond, 2/2016

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

54.09 55.55 55.61 56.35 56.57 56.57

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

200-yard Freestyle 1:48.26 Emma Lowther, 2/2012 1:49.39 Claire Hammond, 2/2016 1:50.05 Kimmy Richter, 2/2016 1:50.17 Vivian Landeck, 2/2011 1:50.23 Danielle Filipp, 2/2009

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

500-yard Freestyle 4:46.69 April Diez, 3/1994 4:47.31 Emma Lowther, 2/2012 4:50.56 Alexis Buckley, 3/2006 4:50.84 Caitlin Wright, 2/2013 4:50.88 Kendall Brown, 2/2016

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

400-yard Individual Medley 4:17.46 Kendall Brown, 3/2013 4:18.36 Rachel Palmer, 3/2013 4:20.35 Jordan Burnes, 2/2012 4:22.63 Monica Pruett, 2/2015 4:23.73 Alexis Buckley, 2/2007

100-yard Butterfly Alina Staffeldt, 2/2016 Rachael Foe, 2/2009 Kristen Hamilton, 2/2009 Alexis Juergens, 2/2014 Renee Rother, 2/2009

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1-meter Springboard (6 Dives) 332.33 Taryn Harris, 1/2011 325.65 Kristy Ardavanis, 1/2013 316.50 Chelsea Jackson, 2/2016 307.13 Blair Buder, 12/2004 302.30 Alexa Geiger, 2/2016

200-yard Backstroke 1:56.56 Fi Connell, 2/2012 1:59.26 Sara Lenhoff, 3/2014 2:01.12 Chelsey Urban, 2/2001 2:01.28 Rachel Palmer, 11/2013 2:01.40 Shannon Packard, 2/2006

200-yard Butterfly 1. 1:57.66 Alina Staffeldt, 2/2016 2. 1:58.82 Rachel Palmer, 2/2012 3. 2:01.00 Kendall Brown, 2/2016 4. 2:01.96 Emma Lowther, 3/2013 5. 2:02.28 Andrea Derflinger, 3/2013

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

3-meter Springboard (6 Dives) 365.18 Taryn Harris, 1/2011 331.88 Chelsea Jackson, 1/2016 329.93 Kristy Ardavanis, 1/2013 326.17 Kate Morgan, 2000 322.05 Alexa Geiger, 2/2016

100-yard Breaststroke 1:01.94 Jordan Burnes, 2/2014 1:02.47 Urte Kazakeviciute, 2/2016 1:03.07 Stirling Smith, 2/2014 1:03.33 Kim Kopra, 2/2008 1:04.08 Melanie Harris, 2/2015

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

261.10 232.95 227.50 221.75 221.00

100-yard Backstroke Fi Connell, 2/2011 Sara Lenhoff, 2/2014 Alex Huff, 3/2013 Kristen Hamilton, 2/2009 Hayley Edmond, 2/2016 Trinity Frazee, 2/2016

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

200-yard Breaststroke 2:13.35 Jordan Burnes, 3/2014 2:13.73 Urte Kazakeviciute, 2/2016 2:16.02 Danielle Filipp, 2/2009 2:16.39 Stirling Smith, 3/2013 2:16.79 Melanie Harris, 2/2015

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

53.83 54.67 54.93 55.38 55.46

200-yard Individual Medley 2:01.00 Ellie Morrissey, 2/2013 2:01.29 Fi Connell, 2/2012 2:01.49 Rachael Foe, 2/2009 2:02.10 Jordan Burnes, 2/2013 2:02.67 Rachel Palmer, 2/2012

Platform (5 Dives) Gwen Smithberg, 3/2013 Chelsea Jackson, 2/2016 Raquel Gonzales, 2/2016 Danielle Borth, 2/2008 Kali Lents, 2/2012

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#NAUSTRONG ALL-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Listed by Year 1986 (2): ..................Valerie Simmons (1m Diving, 3m Diving) 1987 (7): ..............................................Trish Gillespie (200 fly) ...........................Cheryl Gillett (200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free) ...................... Cari Thomson (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM) 1988 (4):........................................ Heather Eastin (1m Diving) ............................................................ Alexia Hotis (200 back) ................................... Cari Thomson (100 breast, 200 breast) 1989 (5): ...................... Doreen Cosenza (500 free, 1,650 free, 400 IM) ..........................................................Kathy Pollard (100 back) ...................................................... Cari Thomson (100 breast) 1990 (5):............................................. Shawna Darby (400 IM) .................................. Kristy O’Connell (1m Diving, 3m Diving) ................................... Cari Thomson (100 breast, 200 breast) 1991 (1):............................................ Ana Azevedo (200 back) 1992 (1):..........................................Emily Seuferer (100 back) 1993 (2):........................................... Ursula Fryer (200 breast) ........................................................Emily Seuferer (100 back) 1994 (7): ...................April Diez (200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free, 400 IM) ................................................................. Gina Gioco (100 fly) ...........................................Hadas Pade (100 back, 200 back) 1995 (6): ...................April Diez (200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free, 400 IM) ............................................................ Trudy Henkels (200 fly) ........................................................... Hadas Pade (100 back) 1996 (1):........................................... Andrea Redman (200 fly) 1997 (4): .......................................... Andrea Redman (200 fly) ............................................................Jenny Wolters (50 free) .......................................Kristin Wright (1m Diving, 3m Diving) 1998 (6): ........................Stephanie Cox (200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free) ......................................................... Andrea Redman (200 fly) .......................................................Jocelyn Rossi (200 breast) .........................................................Kristin Wright (1m Diving) 2001 (2):..............................................Kate Morgan (Platform) ....................................................... Chelsey Urban (200 back) 2002 (2):......................... Kate Morgan (1m Diving, 3m Diving) 2003 (4): ........................Kate Morgan (1m Diving, 3m Diving, Platform) ...............................................................Emily Simon (400 IM) 2004 (7):......................................... Alexis Buckley (1650 free) ..................................Blair Buder (1m Diving, Platform Diving) .......................................................... Kelly Busche (100 back) ...................................................Shannon Packard (200 back) ................................................Emily Simon (500 free, 400 IM) 2006 (1): ........................................ Alexis Buckley (1650 free) 2007 (1): .............................................Alexis Buckley (400 IM) 2008 (1): ...................................... Natalie Hughes (3m Diving) 2009 (1): ............................................... Rachael Foe (200 IM) 2010 (2): ............................... Fi Connell (100 back, 200 back) 2011 (1): ................................................ Fi Connell (200 back) 2012 (5): ................................... Fi Connell (200 back, 200 IM) ...............................................Rachel Palmer (200 fly, 400 IM) .............800 Free Relay (Lowther, Palmer, Dirks-Ryan, Maier) 2013 (5): ..................................... Kristy Ardavanis (1m Diving) ....................................................... Kendall Brown (1650 free) ......................................................... Ellie Morrissey (100 free) ......................................................Gwen Smithberg (Platform) .........400 Medley Relay (Connell, Burnes, Palmer, Morrissey) 2014 (2): ...................................... Jordan Burnes (200 breast) ....................................................... Kendall Brown (1650 free) 2015 (2):.................................... Chelsea Jackson (3m Diving) .......................................................... Alina Staffeldt (100 fly) 2016 (7):.......................... Kendall Brown (500 free, 1650 free) ................................... Alexa Geiger (1m Diving, 3m Diving) .......................................................... Alina Staffeldt (200 fly) ........... 200 Free Relay (Staffeldt, Houck, Edmond, Hughes) ........200 Medley Relay (Lenhoff, Kazakeviciute, Staffeldt, Houck) Active athletes in bold

Listed by Name Kristy Ardavanis (1).....................................1m Diving (2013) Ana Azevedo (1)............................................ 200 back (1991) Kendall Brown (4).....................1650 free (2013, 2014, 2016) .........................................................................500 free (2016) Alexis Buckley (3)...............................1650 free (2004, 2006) ...........................................................................400 IM (2007) Blair Buder (2).............................. 1m Diving, Platform (2004) Jordan Burnes (2)........................... 400 Medley Relay (2013) .....................................................................200 breast (2014) Fi Connell (6)................................................... 100 back (201) ................................................... 200 back (2010, 2011, 2012) ...........................................................................200 IM (2012) ......................................................... 400 Medley Relay (2013) Doreen Cosenza (3)........ 500 free, 1,650 free, 400 IM (1989) Stephanie Cox (3)......... 200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free (1998) Shawna Darby (1).............................................400 IM (1990) April Diez (8)..........................................200 free (1994, 1995) ...............................................................500 free (1994, 1995) ............................................................1,650 free (1994, 1995) .................................................................400 IM (1994, 1995) Chalene Dirks-Ryan (1)...................... 800 Free Relay (2012) Heather Eastin (1)........................................1m Diving (1988) Hayley Edmond (1)............................. 200 Free Relay (2016) Rachael Foe (1).................................................200 IM (2009) Ursula Fryer (1)...........................................200 breast (1993) Alexa Geiger (2)...................... 1m Diving, 3m Diving (2016) Trish Gillespie (1)............................................. 200 fly (1987) Cheryl Gillett (3)............ 200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free (1987) Gina Gioco (1)................................................... 100 fly (1994) Trudy Henkels (1)............................................. 200 fly (1995) Alexia Hotis (1)............................................. 200 back (1988) Roni Houck (2).... 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay (2016) Ila Hughes (1)...................................... 200 Free Relay (2016) Natalie Hughes (1).......................................3m Diving (2008) Chelsea Jackson (1)....................................3m Diving (2015) Urte Kazakeviciute (1)................... 200 Medley Relay (2016) Sara Lenhoff (1)............................. 200 Medley Relay (2016) Emma Lowther (1).............................. 800 Free Relay (2012) Krista Maier (1)................................... 800 Free Relay (2012) Kate Morgan (6).................................1m Diving (2002, 2003) ............................................................3m Diving (2002, 2003) .............................................................. Platform (2001, 2003) Ellie Morrissey (2)...........................................100 free (2013) ......................................................... 400 Medley Relay (2013) Kristy O’Connell (2)...................1m Diving, 3m Diving (1990) Shannon Packard (1).................................... 200 back (2004) Hadas Pade (3).................................... 100 back (1994, 1995) ....................................................................... 200 back (1994) Rachel Palmer (4)............................................. 200 fly (2012) ...........................................................................400 IM (2012) ............................................................. 800 Free Relay (2012) ......................................................... 400 Medley Relay (2013) Kathy Pollard (1)........................................... 100 back (1989) Andrea Redman (3)...................... 200 fly (1996, 1997, 1998) Jocelyn Rossi (1)........................................200 breast (1998) Emily Seuferer (2)............................... 100 back (1992, 1993) Valerie Simmons (2)..................1m Diving, 3m Diving (1988) Emily Simon (3)......................................400 IM (2003, 2004) .........................................................................500 free (2004) Gwen Smithberg (1)....................................... Platform (2013) Alina Staffeldt (4)..............................................100 fly (2015) ...........................................................................200 fly (2016) .............................................................200 Free Relay (2016) ........................................................ 200 Medley Relay (2016) Cari Thomson (8)..........100 breast (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) .................................................200 breast (1987, 1988, 1990) ...........................................................................200 IM (1987) Chelsey Urban (1)......................................... 200 back (2001) Jenny Wolters (1)..............................................50 free (1997) Kristin Wright (3)...............................1m Diving (1997, 1998) ......................................................................3m Diving (1997)

Listed by Event 50 Free (1)............................................. 1997 (Jenny Wolters) 100 Free (1).......................................... 2013 (Ellie Morrissey) 200 Free (4)............................................ 1987 (Cheryl Gillett), .........................................1994 (April Diez), 1995 (April Diez), .............................................................. 1998 (Stephanie Cox) 500 Free (7)............................................ 1987 (Cheryl Gillett), ............................. 1989 (Doreen Cosenza), 1994 (April Diez), ................................ 1995 (April Diez), 1998 (Stephanie Cox), ............................. 2004 (Emily Simon), 2016 (Kendall Brown) 1,650 Free (10)....................................... 1987 (Cheryl Gillett), ............................. 1989 (Doreen Cosenza), 1994 (April Diez), ................................ 1995 (April Diez), 1998 (Stephanie Cox), ......................... 2004 (Alexis Buckley), 2006 (Alexis Buckley), ......................... 2013 (Kendall Brown), 2014 (Kendall Brown), ...............................................................2016 (Kendall Brown) 100 Back (7).......................................... 1989 (Kathy Pollard), ........................ 1992 (Emily Seuferer), 1993 (Emily Seuferer), ................................1994 (Hadas Pade), 1995 (Hades Pade), ................................... 2004 (Kelly Busche), 2010 (Fi Connell) 200 Back (8)..............................................1988 (Alexa Hotis), .............................. 1991 (Ana Azevedo), 1994 (Hadas Pade), ................... 2001 (Chelsey Urban), 2004 (Shannon Packard), ...........2010 (Fi Connell), 2011 (Fi Connell), 2012 (Fi Connell) 100 Breast (4)....................................... 1987 (Cari Thomson), ......................... 1988 (Cari Thomson), 1989 (Cari Thomson), ............................................................... 1990 (Cari Thomson) 200 Breast (6)....................................... 1987 (Cari Thomson), .......................... 1988 (Cari Thomson), 1990 (Cari Thomson), ............................. 1993 (Ursula Fryer), 1998 (Jocelyn Rossi), .............................................................. 2014 (Jordan Burnes) 100 Fly (2)............. 1994 (Gina Gioco), 2015 (Alina Staffeldt) 200 Fly (7)............................................. 1987 (Trish Gillespie), ...................... 1995 (Trudy Henkels), 1996 (Andrea Redman), .................... 1997 (Andrea Redman, 1998 (Andrea Redman), .........................2012 (Rachel Palmer), 2016 (Alina Staffeldt) 200 IM (3).............................................. 1987 (Cari Thomson), ....................................2009 (Rachael Foe), 2012 (Fi Connell) 400 IM (8)..........................................1989 (Doreen Cosenza), ................................ 1990 (Shawna Darby), 1994 (April Diez), .................................... 1995 (April Diez), 2003 (Emily Simon), ..........................2007 (Alexis Buckley), 2012 (Rachel Palmer) 1m Diving (10)..................................1986 (Valerie Simmons), ......................1988 (Heather Eastin), 1990 (Kristy O’Connell), .............................1997 (Kristin Wright), 1998 (Kristin Wright), .............................. 2002 (Kate Morgan), 2003 (Kate Morgan), ............................2004 (Blair Buder), 2013 (Kristy Ardavanis), ................................................................2016 (Alexa Geiger) 3m Diving (8)....................................1986 (Valerie Simmons), ....................... 1990 (Kristy O’Connell), 1997 (Kristen Wright), .............................. 2002 (Kate Morgan), 2003 (Kate Morgan), ................... 2008 (Natalie Hughes), 2015 (Chelsea Jackson), ................................................................2016 (Alexa Geiger) Platform (4)............................................. 2001 (Kate Morgan), ................................. 2003 (Kate Morgan), 2004 (Blair Buder), ........................................................... 2013 (Gwen Smithberg) 200 Free Relay (3)...................................... 1988, 1997 , 2016 400 Free Relay (2)................................................. 1987, 1994 800 Free Relay (4)............................. 1987, 1994, 1995, 2012 200 Medley Relay (3).................................. 1987, 1988, 2016 400 Medley Relay (3).................................. 1988, 1990, 2013 Active athletes in bold

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE NAU HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES/NCAA PARTICIPANTS Valerie Carter (1984-87), a 2006 NAU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, didn’t know it but right after the ball dropped to start 2006, the ball started rolling on her induction. Keeping it a complete secret, Joe Carter contacted the NAU Athletic Media Relations office in early January to inquire about nominating his wife for the honor and from there, Carter’s numerous accomplishments in diving at NAU began to surface. Carter (formely Simmons) qualified for the NCAA Championships twice, becoming the first athlete in the program to ever qualify, and also became the school record-holder in both the one and three-meter events as well as the Pac-West Conference champion in both events as a junior. Carter was the team co-captain as a senior, all-academic Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference honoree and was twice named the team’s most outstanding diver. Carter didn’t just receive a degree, pack up and leave. She has made Flagstaff her home and NAU her career. She has four different degrees from the university in physical therapy including an advanced master’s and a doctorate. Carter currently works as an associate professor in the Physical Therapy Department and also owns and operates Carter Rehabilitation in town along with her husband. April Diez-Walker (1992-96), a first-ballot inductee into the NAU Athletics Hall of Fame, was the first female swimmer to compete at the Division I Swimming and Dving Championships and is the only swimming All-American in school history. Diez-Walker was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier and still holds three individual school records - the 500 freestyle, 1,000 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle. A 1994 NCAA All-American in the 1,650 freestyle, she finished sixth overall at the NCAA meet and placed ninth in the 500 freestyle, earning honorable mention All-America honors. She was also a championship finalist at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y. Diez-Walker was also named the top female scholar-athlete in the nation following the 1993-94 academic year based on her athletic and academic accomplishments (a perfect 4.00 grade point average). The former April Diez was named Female Swimmer of the Year following the 1995 Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships after winning the 1,650 free, 200 free, 500 free and 400 individual medley and setting an NAU record in the process. A native of Phoenix, she earned her degree in sociology at NAU, completed law school at the University of California, Berkeley, before moving back to Phoenix. A 2007 graduate of NAU, Alexis Buckley (2003-07) was the first female swimmer in 12 years to participate in the NCAA Championships when she qualified as a junior in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 16:27.12, second only to All-American April Diez’s time of 16:18.13. Buckley was the first NAU swimmer to earn a Western Athletic Conference (WAC) title, garnering two of them since the Lumberjacks joined the WAC in 2004-05. As a junior, Buckley won the 1,650 freestyle at the WAC Championships and as a senior she set a school-record time of 4:23.73, that has since been broken, en route to winning her second title in the 400 individual medley. As a freshman, Buckley also won a conference title in the 1,650 freestyle before the Lumberjacks moved to the WAC. At the 2006 NCAA Championships, Buckley placed 19th in the 1,650 freestyle and 33rd in the prelims of the 500 freestyle.

Pam Rogers, a 2007 NAU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, was the head coach for the swimming and diving program from 1983-96 and also the first coach of the program. Rogers won five Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference titles during her tenure and was responsible for the addition of the men’s program, which also won five conference titles. Rogers was the first woman in the sport of swimming and diving to be the head coach of a combined men’s and women’s Division I team. The team finished 29th at the 1994 NCAA Championships behind All-American April Diez’s performance in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle. Rogers coached 39 women’s conference champions in individual events and 47 Golden Eagle Scholar Athletes. She was a four-time All-American, a two-time national champion and an alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1976, and went on to coach Arizona State to two national and four conference titles.

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#NAUSTRONG YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS/PROGRAM HISTORY Year Overall Record 1983-84 14-7 1984-85 5-11 1985-86 14-10 1986-87 17-2 1987-88 14-4 1988-89 8-4 1989-90 11-6 1990-91 19-12 1991-92 10-7 1992-93 20-5 1993-94* 52-30 1994-95 34-11 1995-96 14-8 1996-97 15-11 1997-98 18-10 1998-99 15-6 1999-2000 9-14 2000-01 13-10 2001-02 9-9 2002-03 9-10 2003-04 13-7 2004-05 11-8 2005-06 15-10 2006-07 12-8 2007-08 15-6 2008-09 14-10 2009-10 7-11 2010-11 8-8 2011-12 13-6 2012-13 12-7 2013-14 12-3 2014-15 11-5 2015-16 14-9 Totals 477-285 (.626)

Dual Record 0-1 3-2 8-4 11-2 8-4 4-4 4-6 6-3 3-4 5-3 5-2 10-2 4-6 3-8 5-5 6-5 4-11 4-6 2-7 6-9 5-5 5-2 3-4 6-6 9-5 7-9 3-7 3-6 7-5 5-6 5-3 4-5 7-9 170-166 (.506)

Conf. Finish 6th/9 6th/7 4th/10 1st/7 1st/7 1st/5 1st/8 3rd/9 4th/11 3rd/8 1st/10 2nd/13 3rd/13 2nd/12 1st/13 2nd/11 6th/9 3rd/8 2nd/6 2nd/5 2nd/5 5th/7 3rd/7 3rd/8 2nd/8 2nd/9 5th/9 3rd/8 2nd/8 2nd/9 1st/8 1st/8 1st/8 9 titles

Conference High Country Athletic High Country Athletic Pacific West Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming Pacific Collegiate Swimming National Independent National Independent National Independent National Independent National Independent National Independent Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic Western Athletic 5 conferences

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* Team finished 29th/67 at 1994 NCAA Championships, Bold indicates conference champions

The 2016 senior class wrapped up their careers with three straight Western Athletic Conference championships. Prior to the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first WAC title in 2014, the Lumberjacks totaled four runner-up finishes during their first nine seasons in the conference.

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LUMBERJACKS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

April Diez, 1994 1,650 freestyle - First Team 500 freestyle - Honorable Mention

Valerie (Simmons) Carter, 1986 3-meter - 17th overall April Diez, 1994 1,650 freestyle - 6th overall 500 freestyle - 9th overall

Alexis Buckley, 2006 1,650 freestyle - 19th overall 500 freestyle - 33rd overall Team, 1994 29th place overall (20 points)

April Diez, 1993............................................200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free April Diez, 1994...........................................................500 free, 1,650 free April Diez, 1995............................................................................. 500 free Andrea Redman, 1998.....................................................................200 fly Andrea Redman, 1999.....................................................................200 fly Chelsey Urban, 2001....................................................................200 back Alexis Buckley, 2005....................................................500 free, 1,650 free Alexis Buckley, 2006....................................................500 free, 1,650 free Corie Collins, 2007........................................................................ 100 free Rachael Foe, 2007.......................................................................... 50 free Rachael Foe, 2008.......................................................................... 50 free Kim Kopra, 2008.............................................................. 100 breaststroke Fi Connell, 2010.......................................................... 100 back, 200 back Fi Connell, 2011........................................................... 100 back, 200 back Emma Lowther, 2011.................................................................. 1,650 free Jordan Burnes, 2012................................................................. 100 breast Fi Connell, 2012............................................. 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM

Emma Lowther, 2012.....................................................200 free, 500 free Rachel Palmer, 2012...........................................................200 fly, 400 IM Team, 2012.................800 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay Kendall Brown, 2013....................................................................... 400 IM Jordan Burnes, 2013.............................................. 100 breast, 200 breast Fi Connell, 2013.......................................................... 100 back, 200 back Ellie Morrissey, 2013........................................................ 100 free, 200 IM Rachel Palmer, 2013....................................................................... 400 IM Jordan Burnes, 2014.............................................. 100 breast, 200 breast Kendall Brown, 2014....................................................................... 400 IM Urte Kazakeviciute, 2014....................................................... 200 breast Urte Kazakeviciute, 2015....................................................... 200 breast Alina Staffeldt, 2015...................................................................... 100 fly Urte Kazakeviciute, 2016....................................100 breast, 200 breast Alina Staffeldt, 2016......................................................... 100 fly, 200 fly Bold indicates current student-athlete

NCAA ZONE DIVING QUALIFIERS (SINCE 1994) 1994 (1)................................................................................. Holly Russell 1995 (1)................................................................................. Holly Russell 1996 (2)........................................................ Kelly Cochran, Kristin Wright 1997 (3)......................... Shayne Carnahan, Kelly Cochran, Kristin Wright 1998 (2)........................................................ Kelly Cochran, Kristin Wright 1999 (4)... Kelly Cochran, Michellle Guglielmo, Amy Martin, Kristin Wright 2000 (4)............................................... Courtney McKenzie, Kate Morgan, ........................................................... Maryann Wagener, Bobbie Wallace 2001 (4)..........................................Nichole Kotchka, Courtney McKenzie, ............................................................... Kate Morgan, Maryann Wagener 2002 (4)................................................ Annie Deem, Courtney McKenzie, ............................................................... Kate Morgan, Maryann Wagener 2003 (5).............................Blair Buder, Annie Deem, Courtney McKenzie, ............................................................... Kate Morgan, Maryann Wagener 2004 (2)............................................................... Blair Buder, Annie Deem 2005 (4).......................................................... Blair Buder, Natalie Hughes

2006 (4)..............Danielle Borth, Blair Buder, Natalie Hughes, Dara Marin 2007 (2)..................................................... Danielle Borth, Natalie Hughes 2008 (4)........Danielle Borth, Megan Collier, Taryn Harris, Natalie Hughes 2009 (3).............................Lana Christensen, Megan Collier, Taryn Harris 2010 (4).Kristy Ardavanis, Lana Christensen, Megan Collier, Taryn Harris 2011 (6)................ Cassie Anderson, Kristy Ardavanis, Lana Christensen, .....................................................Megan Collier, Holly Frost, Taryn Harris 2012 (4).......... Cassie Anderson, Kristy Ardavanis, Holly Frost, Kali Lents 2013 (3).................. Kristy Ardavanis, Chelsea Jackson, Gwen Smithberg 2014 (3)...................... Alexa Geiger, Chelsea Jackson, Gwen Smithberg 2015 (2)...................................................Alexa Geiger, Chelsea Jackson 2016 (6)...................Alexa Geiger, Raquel Gonzales, Chelsea Jackson, ........................ Emma Simmonds, Christina Torrente, Carlye Townsend

Fi Connell totaled the most NCAA Standard times in program history with nine from 2010-13.

Kate Morgan along with her teammates Courtney McKenzie and Maryann Wagener were the first NAU divers to qualify for the NCAA Zone Meet all four years from 2000-03.

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#NAUSTRONG ALL-TIME ROSTER A-A-A Alyson Aggers.............2001-04 Andrea Akerelrea.........1998-99 Lacey Aldrich...............1994-98 Cassie Anderson.........2008-12 Heather Anderson.......2001-04 Nicole Anderson..........1991-92 Sofi Appelberg.............2003-07 Kristy Ardavanis...........2009-13 Michelle Armiger..........1987-88 Rachelle Atrasz...........2000-02 Alyson Austill...............1983-84 B-B-B Katy Bahn....................1987-88 Anita Bailey.................1987-90 Caitlin Baker................2013-15 Allison Baldwin..............2016Melinda Barnes...........1983-84 Stacy Bechel...............1991-92 Alissa Beerthuis...........2002-03 Mercedes Bergeron.....2005-06 Monica Bernhard.........2005-07 Erin Bethel...................1995-96 Jessica Betts...............2000-04 Kate Bier.........................2016Joanna Bieri............1997-2000 Tami Binek...................2005-09 Jordan Bixler...............2002-04 Lysa Blakely................1984-85 Danielle Borth..............2004-08 Nicole Bourne..............1988-89 Beth Bowen.................1985-88 Jaclyn Branning........... 2009-11 Genta Bransetter.........1990-93 Tori Braudaway............2010-12 Liz Breiland..................2000-04 Jeanie Bresnehan.......1984-87 Cindy Brickhouse........1985-89 Brooke Brittain.............2012-16 Elizabeth Brook...........2005-09 Denise Brown..............1986-89 Jill Brown.....................1986-87 Kendall Brown.............2012-16 Alexis Buckley.............2003-07 Blair Buder...................2002-06 Jordan Burnes.............2010-14 Kelly Busche................2002-06 Wendy Bustamante.....2007-08 Darcy Butt................1997-2001 Dana Butts...................1989-90 Cheryl Bylski................1987-90 C-C-C Casandra Caarder.......1985-86 Kim Carlin....................1987-88 Shayne Carnahan.......1994-98 Katie Cattolica.............2004-06 Lana Christensen........ 2007-11 Jayne Clark......................1984 Jeanne Clark...............1984-88 Mary Clark...................1991-94 Lindsay Clark-Warren.. 2013-15 Kelly Cochran..............1995-99 Kim Cochran............1997-2001 Alison Cole..................1992-94 Megan Collier.............. 2007-11 Corie Collins................2003-07 Shannon Colvin...........2004-07 Fi Connell....................2009-13 Doreen Cosenza.........1988-90 Amy Cotner.................1984-95 Jenny Cowperthwaite..1989-90 Stephanie Cox.............1997-98 Nicole Craft..............1998-2000 Susan Craig.................1983-84 Samm Crocker..................2014 Fiona Curnow..............1984-86 Brittany Curry..............2007-08 D-D-D Katie Dallmann............ 2011-13

Laura Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aniello............2007-08 Ashleigh Danielson......2006-07 Shawna Darby.............1990-92 Anna Deem.................2000-04 Claudia Delaney..........1983-87 Andrea Derflinger........2010-14 Catherine Desimone....1988-89 Hilary Devine...............1993-94 April Diez.....................1992-96 Joy Dill.........................1992-94 Chalene Dirks-Ryan....2008-12 April Divine..................2007-08 Karen Dobias...............1985-89 Kiernan Donahoe....1999-2000 Angie Dovidio..............1993-94 Sharon Dugan.............1997-99 E-E-E Heather Eastin.............1988-90 Hayley Edmond...........2015-16 Patty Egan...................1983-84 Meredith Egloria.......... 2006-11 Tracy Elias...................1985-86 Molly Elkins.................2012-13 Ellen Erick...............1998-2002 F-F-F Candace Fajardo.........2004-08 Monika Fajardo............2000-04 Leia Fazio................1998-2002 Claire Ferro................. 2007-11 Danielle Filipp..............2005-09 Kim Fitzmaurice...........1983-84 Tara Florschuetz..........1989-90 Brigitta Flydal...............1986-88 Rachael Foe................2006-10 Vicky Forconi...............1989-92 Lindy Fordem..........1997-2000 Kristina Fox.................1996-98 Trinity Frazee...............2012-16 Sue Fredricks..............1983-84 Heather Freeman........1993-97 Carolyn Fries...............2001-05 Holly Frost...................2008-12 Ursula Fryer.................1992-94 G-G-G Casandra Gardner.......1985-86 Alexa Geiger..................2013Sharon George............1986-88 Abbi Gerstmar.............2007-08 Trish Gillespie..............1987-88 Cheryl Gillett................1986-87 Gina Gioco..................1992-94 Hayley Gonnason........2002-03 Raquel Gonzales...........2015Lisa Gorsline...............1994-95 Ashani Gottlieb............2010-14 Shelly Gravel...............1987-88 Michelle Guglielmo......1997-99 H-H-H Heather Halliday..........1989-90 Leann Hamblen...........2003-05 Kristen Hamilton..........2008-10 Claire Hammond............2014Abby Hanke.................2003-05 Niki Hanson.................1994-97 Kelly Hardin.................1991-93 Melanie Harris.............2014-15 Taryn Harris................. 2007-11 Jodi Hashagen........1999-2003 Catherine Hatling.....1999-2001 Trina Havlick................1989-92 Maria Hechanova........2005-09 Susanne Hendrickson.1988-89 Trudy Henkels.............1994-96 Jodi Hering..................1983-84 Alice Hick.......................2016Chris Hite.....................1983-84 Chanel Hone...............1990-91 Katherine Horak......1996-2000

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Alexia Hotis.................1987-91 Roni Houck.....................2014Cari Houtz...................1989-91 Megan Howell..............2003-05 Kensie Howlett............2002-04 Alex Huff...................... 2011-15 Ila Hughes...................2015-16 Natalie Hughes............2004-08 I-I-I Kari Randall Ingram.....1995-99 Andrea Irion.................1989-90 J-J-J Chelsea Jackson.........2012-16 Alanna Janssens.........2001-04 Jacqueline Jenner......2002-04, ....................................2005-06 Stacy Johnson.............1984-86 Jessi Jones..................2006-10 Kristin Jones................2008-12 Alexis Juergens........... 2011-15 K-K-K Anna Kathol.................1997-99 Urte Kazakeviciute........2013Kim Kelly.....................1990-91 Jennifer Kilborn...........1988-91 Monique King.................2016Margot Kirkpatrick.......1989-91 Sandi Kline..................1989-90 Kim Kopra....................2007-08 Jayne Koprowski.........1992-94 Nichole Kotchka......1997-2001 Aleksandra Krastins....1990-92 Ali Kronebusch............2001-05 Kerri Kuehn.................1988-91 Tanya Kurach.................2016Kristen Kursiss............2000-02 Ashley Kurtz................ 2007-11 L-L-L Stephanie LaFrance....1995-98 Vivian Landeck............ 2007-11 Kendall Landry............1989-90 Donna Lane.................1983-84 Stacy LaPlante............1998-99 Brooke Larson.........1998-2002 Amanda Lasik..............2000-04 Jennifer Lattig..............1993-94 Sharon Latto................1983-84 Sara Lenhoff...................2013Kali Lents..................... 2011-12 Laura Leslie.................2001-03 Vicki Lesperance.........1985-86 Debbie Lessard...........1988-89 Emily Lewandowski..... 2011-14 Jori Lindquist...............2013-16 Alyssa Loeffelman.......2014-16 Megan Logan..............1992-96 Lori Long.....................1991-92 Cyndi Loomis...............1993-94 Michelle Lovata...........2002-03 Katie Lowe...................2000-04 Emma Lowther............2010-14 Kelsey Loy...................2009-13 Marybeth Luttrell..........1983-84 Amy Lynch...................1992-93 Cassie Lyons...............2003-07 M-M-M Krista Maier.................2008-12 Lisa Mancuso..............1987-91 Allison Mann..................2014Audrey Mann..................2014Dara Marin...................2005-09 Amy Martin..............1997-2000 Emily Martin...................2016Sasha Martin...............1992-94 Beth Maxwell...............1987-90 Denise McCarthy.........1986-87 Jenny McKay...............1991-93

Courtney McKenzie.1999-2003 Keri McManus.........1999-2000 Traci McTeer................1990-91 Lauren Meding............2002-05 Amie Michael...............1989-91 Kristen Miernicki..........2007-08 Lindsey Miller..............2006-10 Fernanda Montiel...........2016Kimber Morelli.............2006-10 Kate Morgan............1999-2003 Meagan Morrison........ 2011-14 Ellie Morrissey.............2012-13 Katie Munch................2004-08 Mary Carol Myerchin...1990-92 N-N-N Catherine Nagy...........1990-92 Kathryn Nation.............1988-90 Logan Neal.....................2015Mary Neyland..............1984-86 Cathy Niemeyer...........1985-86 Mary Norwood.............1989-90 O-O-O Kristy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell...........1988-91 Michele Owara............1988-92 P-P-P Shannon Packard........2002-06 Hadas Pade.................1993-97 Danielle Palbykin.........2009-13 Keli Palmer..................1986-87 Rachel Palmer.............2010-14 Kathryn Palomino........2013-14 Lynn Pattison...............1983-84 Olivia Payne...................2016Kristin Pereyra.........1999-2003 Cathy Perry.................1983-84 Lindsay Peterson.........2000-04 Nikie Peterson.............1986-88 Cathy Petry..................1984-88 Eva Pold......................2012-16 Kathy Pollard...............1988-91 Kelly Pollard................1991-93 Ellen Potter..................1988-92 Monica Pruett..............2012-16 Trista Pszwaro.............1992-94 Q-Q-Q Michelle Quigley..........1993-94 R-R-R Jennifer Raphael.........1989-90 Noelle Rasmussen......1986-87 Andrea Redman..........1995-99 Heidi Rentfrow.............1991-92 Adana Reynolds..........1984-85 Kristi Richardson.........1986-89 Kimmy Richter...............2014Megan Riesmeyer.......1995-96 Christi Rogers..............1983-84 Cassie Ronai...............2012-16 Alyson Roney..............1993-94 Jocelyn Rossi..............1996-99 Renee Rother..............2006-10 Lani Runcorn...............1983-84 Becky Russell.............. 2011-14 Holly Russell................1992-96 Stephanie Russell.......1994-95 Sarah Ruthenberg.......1995-96 Jennifer Ruthrauff........2002-06 S-S-S Kate Schafer................ 2007-11 Andrea Schmidt.............2015Cathey Schuler............1983-84 Susan Scott.............1997-2001 Christine Seip..............1989-93 Emily Seuferer.............1991-94 Anne Shassetz............1989-90 Kendra Shirley.............1988-92 Emma Simmonds........2014-16

Valerie Simmons..........1984-87 Emily Simon................2002-06 Michelle Sirrott.............1988-89 Tysa Slade...................1984-85 Ida-Louise Smit...........1990-94 Megan Smith...............1997-98 Patsy Smith.................1985-86 Shannon Smith............1989-91 Stirling Smith...............2010-14 Gwen Smithberg.......... 2011-14 Celeste Soder..............1986-87 Erin Spielman................2016Alina Staffeldt................2014Sherry Stalley..............1984-88 Amy Stiak....................1985-86 Leanne Stoelb.........1999-2001 Natalie Strohmeyer......1988-89 Christina Suarez..........2007-08 Amanda Sumrow.........2015-16 Annette Swetish..........1985-89 T-T-T Sarah Takach.................2015Heather Thomas..........2002-04 Debbie Thompson.......1983-84 Madelon Thompson.....1983-84 Cari Thomson..............1987-90 Jaimee Topf.................1985-86 Christina Torrente..........2015Carlye Townsend.........2012-16 Becky Triemstra...........2004-08 U-U-U Victoria Upton..............1983-84 Chelsey Urban.............2000-04 Vicki Uthe....................1983-84 V-V-V Erika Van Steenberg....1991-93 Aubrey Varga...............2000-04 Monica Veit.................. 2007-11 July Vurpillat................1985-86 W-W-W Maryann Wagener...1999-2003 Jane Wakefield............2010-14 Annie Wallace..............1988-89 Bobbie Wallace........1999-2001 Kim Wallis....................1988-89 Julie Ward....................2005-08 Annie Warner...........1998-2002 Kori Weick...................1983-86 Nicole Wieland........1997-2000 Rykka Wienert.............1989-91 Julie White...................1989-91 Dawn Williams.............1983-84 Dawn Williams.............1995-99 Jenn Williams..............1992-93 Kelsey Williams.......1996-2000 Megan Williams.......1999-2000 T.J. Williams.................2006-10 Haley Willoughby.........2006-08 Halle Wilson................2012-13 Tracy Wilson................1992-96 Heather Windom.........1988-89 Jenny Wolters..............1995-98 Jan Woodbury.............1985-87 Caitlin Wright............... 2011-15 Kristin Wright...............1995-99 Z-Z-Z Christen Zybura...........1992-93 Bold indicates current student-athletes

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE ALL-TIME MEET RESULTS NOTE: Results against 4-year colleges only. D2-3 D4 J14 F23-25

1983-84 – 0-1 dual at SDSU-UCSD Invitational at UC Irvine at Colorado College Relays at West Coast Ind. Championships

2nd/5 L, 85-54 3rd/9 6th/9

N9 N17 N29 F8 F8 F10 F28-M2

1984-85 – 3-2 dual UNLV at Wyoming Relays UTAH at San Diego vs. UC San Diego at UC Irvine at High Country Championships! !Las Cruces, N.M.

L, 82-58 5th/6 W, 84-51 W, 87-46 W, 75-64 L, 74-66 6th/7

O25 N1 D6 D7-8 J4 J10 J11 J14 F7 F7 F8 F8 F8 F20-22

1985-86 – 8-4 dual WYOMING NEW MEXICO STATE at Arizona at Arizona Invitational at UC Irvine Nevada at UNLV ARIZONA STATE at Northern Colorado vs. Colorado College at Air Force vs. Colorado Mines vs. Colorado College at Pac West Championships! !Moscow, Idaho

W, 87-49 W, 91-48 L, 56-46 4th/4 W, 70-45 W, 70-43 L, 86-54 L, 73-49 W, 98-42 W, 96-38 L, 77-38 W, 101-14 W, 101-14 4th/10

N14 N22 D10 J3 J3 J9 J9 J9 J13 J31 F6 F6 F7 F26-28

1986-87 – 11-2 dual UNLV PEPPERDINE at Arizona State at UC Irvine vs. Pacific vs. Pepperdine Nevada vs. San Diego at UC San Diego vs. Colorado College at Northern Colorado vs. Colorado College at Colorado at PCSC Championships

L, 90-50 W, 88-46 L, 111-56 W, 69-44 W, 75-36 W, 152-91 W, 157-87 W, 146-66 W, 174-82 W, 134-115 W, 72-64 W, 90-42 W, 135-106 1st/7

O31 N13 N13 N13 N21 N21 N21 N21 J9 F5 F5 F6 F18-20

1987-88 – 8-4 dual NEW MEXICO ARIZONA STATE UC IRVINE FRESNO STATE vs. Utah vs. Pacific vs. UC Davis at Nevada at San Diego at Colorado vs. Northern Colorado at Air Force at PCSC Championships

L, 84-58 L, 178-141 W, 57-56 W, 81-27 L, 158-110 W, 177-79 W, 182-84 W, 192-72 W, 130-67 W, 86-49 W, 87-53 L, 113-102 1st/7

1988-89 – 4-4 dual N4 N5 N19 J4 J4 J13 J17 F9 F23-25 N3 N3 N10

AIR FORCE BYU at Nevada at UC Irvine vs. Fresno State SAN DIEGO WYOMING UTAH at PCSC Championships 1989-90 – 4-6

NEVADA COLORADO UNLV

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W, 153-147 L, 166-134 W, 156-106 L, 151-92 L, 127-78 W, 163-112 W, 68-41 L, 159-141 1st/5 W, 73-49 W, 93-47 L, 167-128

N10 N17 N18 D2 J13 J13 F2 F21-23

PURDUE at Utah at BYU SAN DIEGO WYOMING FRESNO STATE at New Mexico State at PCSC Championships

L, 97-42 L, 135-108 L, 131-103 W, 65-46 L, 59-54 L, 73-32 W, 67-44 1st/8

N3 N10 N10 N17 J5-6 J12 J19 F2 F8 F9 F21-23

1990-91 – 6-3 dual NEW MEXICO NEVADA SAN DIEGO BYU at UCI Invitational WYOMING NEW MEXICO STATE at UNLV at Air Force at Northern Colorado at PCSC Championships

W, 159-136 L, 75-40 W, 90-41 L, 143-104 8th/15 W, 137-100 W, 151-83 L, 131-105 W, 122-121 W, 126-117 3rd/9

N7 N9 N10 J7 F1 F8 F8 F19-21

1991-92 – 3-4 dual HAWAII SAN DIEGO UNLV NEW MEXICO at New Mexico State at San Diego vs. CS Los Angeles at PCSC Championships

L, 126-93 W, 140-115 L, 140-98 L, 131-82 L, 123-100 W, 93-44 W, 43-25 4th/11

N15 N21 N21 J9-10 J16 J23 J29 J30 F6 F18-20

1992-93 – 5-3 dual UC SAN DIEGO at San Diego vs. CS Northridge at UCI Invitational at UNLV NEW MEXICO STATE ARIZONA STATE SAN DIEGO NEW MEXICO at PCSC Championships

W, 148-92 W, 157-81 W, 156-84 1st/11 L, 156.5-81.5 W, 147-70 L, 154-68 W, 124-111 L, 165-135 3rd/8

1993-94 – 5-2 dual 29th in the nation O30 NEW MEXICO N7 UNLV N13 at San Diego N13 vs. UC Irvine D2-4 at Speedo Cup J6 WYOMING F5 at New Mexico State F8 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT F17-19 at PCSC Championships M18-20 at NCAA Championships

L, 135-109 L, 157-106 W, 179-47 W, 172-56 4th W, 77-33 W, 135-101 W, 131-48 1st/10 29th/67

1994-95 – 10-2 dual N11 at UC Irvine N12 at San Diego N12 vs. CS Northridge N19 at UNLV N19 vs. Cal Poly D1-3 at Speedo Cup J13 NORTHERN ILLINOIS J13 WASHINGTON STATE J13 ARIZONA STATE J13 SAN DIEGO J28 at New Mexico F4 NEW MEXICO STATE F5 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT F16-18 at PCSC Championships

W, 147-87 W, 156-129 W, 173-83 L, 125-113 W, 141-77 14th/22 W, 148-84 W, 135-86 L, 145-88 W, 169-31 W, 150-81 W, 118-95 W, 107-72 2nd/13

1995-96 – 4-6 dual at Arizona State UNLV at Arizona at San Diego vs. UC Irvine NEW MEXICO BROWN at New Mexico State

L, 215-72 L, 146-88 L, 143-96 L, 126-117 W, 160-82 L, 124-113 L, 87-60 W, 123-120

O27 N3 N4 N10 N10 N18 J10 J27

F3 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT F3 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT F15-17 at PCSC Championships! !Cerritos, Calif. N9 N9 N15 N15 N16 D14-16 J11 J17 J18 J25 J25 F1 F13-15

N1 N8 N21 N22 N22 J3 J10 J17 J24 J24 J24 J31 F11-14

N1 D4 J8 J16 J21 J23 J30 F5 F6 F6 F13 F24-27

O30 N5-6 N19 N19 J6 J8 J13 J15 J30 F23-26

N4 N9 N9 N9

1996-97 – 3-8 dual at San Diego vs. UC San Diego at Stanford vs. Nevada at California at UNLV Winter Invitational# NEW MEXICO STATE at Arizona State at Arizona at UNLV vs. CS Northridge at New Mexico at PCSC Championships! #Las Vegas, Nev. !Long Beach, Calif. 1997-98 – 5-5 dual UNLV NEW MEXICO at Sun Devil Classic I# at Sun Devil Classic II# vs. Purdue# at New Mexico State SAN DIEGO STATE at Arizona vs. Fresno State~ vs. Pacific~ vs. Cal Poly~ ARIZONA STATE at PCSC Championships! #Tempe, Ariz. ~Clovis, Calif. !Long Beach, Calif. 1998-99 – 6-5 dual at New Mexico at UNLV UTAH at Arizona vs. San Diego State# NEW MEXICO STATE at Arizona State at Air Force at Colorado State vs. Wyoming at Hawaii at NIC Championships! #Phoenix, Ariz. !Rochester, Mich.

W, 95-61 W, 73-39 3rd/13

L, 165-107 W, 151-129 L, 118-22 L, 104-36 L, 143-75 3rd/4 W, 135-99 L, 164.5-58.5 L, 140-92 L, 184-91 W, 165-119 L, 116-88 2nd/12

L, 135-108 W, 149-88 4th/4 3rd/4 L, 183-75 W, 155-66 W, 110-91 L, 165-113 L, 193.5-106.5 W, 153-140 W, 221-77 L, 149-93 1st/13

W, 120-85 L, 175-123 W, 123-92 L, 151-106 W, 131-74 W, 136-97 L, 188.5-95.5 W, 113-112 L, 141-62 W, 103-100 L, 187-103 2nd/11

1999-2000 – 4-11 dual NEW MEXICO at UC Irvine# vs. New Mexico State# vs. Cal Poly# vs. UNLV# vs. Washington# vs. Hawaii# vs. UNLV# at Arizona vs. UC San Diego COLORADO STATE WYOMING vs. San Diego State~ at Arizona ARIZONA STATE at NIC Championships! #Big West Shootout (Irvine, Calif.) ~Phoenix, Ariz. !Boca Raton, Fla. 2000-01 – 4-6 dual SAN DIEGO STATE at New Mexico vs. BYU vs. Houston

L, 153-138 W, 64-48 W, 79-30 W, 72-40 L, 76-34 L, 108-29 L, 100-30 L, 98-39 L, 224-67 L, 164-83 L, 160-136 W, 148-95 L, 48-17 L, 158-107 L, 141-97 6th/9

W, 160-138 L, 125-117 L, 152-90 W, 162-74

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O27 N8 N8 N9-10 N17 D8 J4 J9 J10 F3 F21-24

O25 O25 N7 N7 N7 N9 N9 N23 N23 D20 J3 J6 J10 F1 F1 F26-M1 O31 N6 N8 N22 D13 D13 D20 J9 J9 J17 J31 F26-29

at Lobo Invitational# NEW MEXICO STATE at Arizona at Arizona State vs. San Diego at Wyoming at Colorado State at NIC Championships! #Albuquerque, N.M. !Rochester, Mich. 2001-02 – 2-7 dual NEW MEXICO at New Mexico vs. Colorado State at Lobo Invitational# at New Mexico State at San Diego State at Arizona Texas (via fax) MISSOURI at Arizona State at NIC Championships #Albuquerque, N.M. !Rochester, Mich.

3rd/7 W, 200-98 L, 157-120 L, 186-107 L, 152-146 W, 105-99 L, 165-118 3rd/8

W, 142-101 L, 133-110 L, 151-92 2nd/5 W, 146-94 L, 185-111 L, 127-96 L, 117-80 L, 123-75 L, 150-91 2nd/6

2002-03 – 6-9 dual at Arizona State vs. UNLV at New Mexico vs. BYU vs. San Diego State at Denver vs. Colorado State FRESNO STATE NEW MEXICO STATE at Florida Atlantic SAN DIEGO NEBRASKA at Arizona at UNLV vs. UC Santa Barbara at NIC Championships! !Rochester, Mich.

L, 228-70 L, 181-117 L, 144-99 L, 139-104 W, 134-107 W, 92-21 L, 141-94 W, 187.5-112.5 W, 82-47 L, 182.5-116.5 W, 26-18 W, 125-117 L, 166-108 L, 170-127 L, 195-103 2nd/5

2003-04 – 5-5 dual ARIZONA STATE at New Mexico at Lobo Invitational NEW MEXICO at San Diego at San Diego State at UC San Diego at Arizona vs. Missouri NEVADA at New Mexico State at NIC Championships! !Rochester, Mich.

L, 172-71 W, 140-104 2nd/6 W, 172-120 W, 55-30 L, 126-119 W, 117-86 L, 183-58 L, 149-88 L, 159-139 W, 208-149 2nd/5

2004-05 – 5-2 dual N4 vs. BYU/at New Mexico W vs. UNM/L vs. BYU N5-6 at Lobo Invitational 2nd/5 N12 at Nevada L, 161-139 J2 NEW MEXICO W, 79-52 J8 vs. Minnesota/Cal-B. 2nd/3 J22 NEW MEXICO STATE W, 166-116 J29 vs. San Diego W, 176-86 F5 SAN DIEGO STATE W, 180-94 F23-26 at WAC Championships! 5th/7 !San Antonio, Texas N5 N19 D3 D17 J6 J6 J6 J9 J20

2005-06 – 3-4 dual at Lobo Invitational at New Mexico State NEW MEXICO at Rebel Invitational at Arizona vs. Oregon State vs. Washington RICE at San Diego

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2nd/4 W, 146-91 W, 190-107 4th/10 L, 201-93 L, 170-124 L, 183.5-110.5 L, 124-81 W, 180-114

F22-25 at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas N2 N2 N2 D2 D2 D18 J5 J6 J8 J12 J13 J27 F14-17

O26 O26 O27 O27 N3 N10 N10 N16 D6 D15 J4 J4 J26 F2 F23

2006-07 – 6-6 dual at New Mexico vs. New Mexico State vs. BYU BOISE STATE NEW MEXICO STATE at Loyola Marymount at Arizona vs. Oregon State TCU at Idaho at Washington State SAN DIEGO at WAC Championships! !San Antonio Texas 2007-08 – 9-5 dual

at TCU vs. Centenary at North Texas vs. Texas A&M at Grand Canyon IDAHO NEW MEXICO STATE WASHINGTON STATE NEW MEXICO at San Diego at #4 Arizona vs. Oregon State GRAND CANYON at New Mexico State at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas

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L, 175.5-123.5 W, 179-118 L, 221-77 W, 197-27 W, 137-102 W, 155-107 L, 184-105 L, 171-123 L, 145-115 W, 138-124 L, 161-92 W, 185-108 3rd/8

W, 57-45 W, 87-14 W, 158-142 L, 180-113 W, 160-145 W, 163-126 W, 164-131 L, 157-137 W, 169-125 W, 174.5-106.5 L, 174-122 L, 176-123 W, 150-41 L, 153-109 2nd/8

O10 O10 O11 O11 O11 O18 N1 N1 N14 N15 D6 J2 J2 J2 J17 J24 F28

2008-09 – 7-9 dual vs. Boise State vs. Nevada vs. Air Force vs. Northern Colorado vs. San Jose State KANSAS at New Mexico vs. BYU at Idaho at Washington State NEW MEXICO at Arizona vs. Oregon State vs. Washington LOYOLA MARYMOUNT SAN DIEGO at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas

W, 139-103 L, 130-112 W, 130-107 W, 149-88 L, 130-112 L, 193-103 W, 177-123 L, 177.5-122.5 W, 146-95 L, 146-59 L, 167.5-132.5 L, 254.5-45.5 L, 161-139 L, 201-98 W, 172.5-82.5 W, 176-120 2nd/9

O31 O31 N6 N13 D19 J8 J8 J9 F6 F6 F24-27

2009-10 – 3-7 dual at New Mexico State vs. Northern Colorado WASHINGTON STATE at Boise State at Arizona State at #2 Arizona vs. Oregon State IDAHO at San Diego vs. San Diego State at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas

L, 152-147 W, 224-75 L, 149-142 L, 185.5-114.5 L, 192-107 L, 216-83 L, 164.5-97.5 W, 173-127 W, 169-125 L, 153-116 5th/9

N12 N13 N20 D4 D18 J7 J7 J22 J22

2010-11 – 3-6 dual at Washington State at Idaho BOISE STATE NEW MEXICO STATE at Arizona State at Arizona vs. Oregon State at UNLV vs. UC Santa Barbara

L, 164-93 W, 136-106 L, 161-139 W, 170-130 L, 150-68 L, 157-122 W, 160-133 L, 162-95 L, 150-98

F23-26 at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas

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N5 N10 N11 N12 N12 N21 D3 J6 J6 J6 J6 J28 F22-25

2011-12 – 7-5 dual IDAHO at Colorado State at Northern Colorado at Denver vs. Seattle WASHINGTON STATE at New Mexico State at Arizona vs. Oregon State vs. Iowa vs. New Mexico State at Grand Canyon at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas

W, 155.5-133.5 W, 134-109 W, 160.5-82.5 L, 148-92 W, 171-65 W, 161-133 L, 161-138 L, 201-96 L, 180-114 L, 181-113 W, 150-148 W, 152-110 2nd/8

O13 O20 N3 N9 N10 D1 D20 J4 J4 J19 F2 F27-M2

2012-13 – 5-6 dual ARIZONA STATE at New Mexico NORTHERN COLORADO at Washington State at Idaho NEW MEXICO STATE vs. Northwestern at #6 Arizona vs. Oregon State COLORADO STATE at Arizona State at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas

W, 57-49 W, 152-148 W, 178-119 L, 146-116 L, 177.5-122.5 W, 176-116 2nd L, 221-76 L, 147-146 W, 177-120 L, 146-91 2nd/9

O26 N2 N8 N9 D7 J3 J3 F8 F26-M1

2013-14 – 5-3 dual NEW MEXICO IDAHO at Northern Colorado at Colorado State at New Mexico State at Arizona vs. Oregon State GRAND CANYON at WAC Championships! !San Antonio, Texas

W, 166.5-131.5 W, 175-125 W, 178-117 L, 152-148 W, 171-129 L, 188-107 L, 157-137 W, 168-125 1st/8

O25 N7 N8 D6 D20 J2 J2 J7 J31 F25-28

O30 O30 O31 O31 N13 N13 N14 D5 D19 D19 D19 J8 J8 J16 J23 F6 F24-27

2014-15 – 4-5 dual at New Mexico at Idaho at Washington State NEW MEXICO STATE at San Diego at Arizona vs. Oregon State NORTHERN COLORADO vs. Wyoming# at WAC Championships! #Las Vegas, Nev. !San Antonio, Texas 2015-16 – 7-9 dual LSU WYOMING LSU WYOMING at Wyoming vs. Air Force at Northern Colorado at New Mexico State at Florida Atlantic vs. Northwestern vs. Marywood at #7 Arizona vs. Oregon State COLORADO STATE NEW MEXICO IDAHO at WAC Championships! !Houston, Texas

L, 70-130 W, 185-115 L, 181-80 W, 182-118 W, 151-108 L, 191-102 L, 148-146 W, 142-93 L, 233-56 1st/8

L, 204-96 L, 156-144 L, 164-79 L, 144-99 L, 181-113 W, 177-123 W, 214-86 W, 178-122 W, 175-81 L, 189-71 W, 205-50 L, 195-96 W, 198.5-94.5 L, 160-140 L, 154-145 W, 169.5-102.5 1st/8

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ACADEMICS The NAU swimming & diving program once again excelled academically during the 2015-16 academic year, receiving the Scholar All-America Team award by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America twice. The team posted a team GPA of 3.46 during the fall 2015 semester, and followed with a 3.44 GPA during the spring 2016 semester. During both semester, the Lumberjacks’ GPA bested both Arizona and Arizona State. The squad’s cumulative GPA has been above 3.20 every semester since the spring 2006 semester. Twenty-three Lumberjacks were 2015-16 Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipients, while the squad also totaled 21 WAC All-Academic selections. Furthermore, Chelsea Jackson was named the Golden Eagle Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and was also NAU’s female recipient of the Big Sky Scholar-Athlete award.

Chelsea Jackson (right) receives her Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award.

WAC ALL-ACADEMIC HONOREES Cassie Anderson.................................... 2011-12 Kristy Ardavanis.............................2011-2012-13 Tami Binek.........................................2007-08-09 Danielle Borth.............................. 2005-06-07-08 Tori Braudaway............................................ 2012 Brooke Brittain............................. 2013-14-15-16 Elizabeth Brook.................................2007-08-09 Kendall Brown...................................2013-15-16 Blair Buder..............................................2005-06 Jordan Burnes..............................2011-12-13-14 Kelly Busche...........................................2005-06 Wendy Bustamante..................................... 2008 Katie Cattolica............................................. 2005 Lana Christensen.........................2008-09-10-11 Lindsay Clark-Warren.................................. 2015 Fi Connell..........................................2011-12-13 Corie Collins................................................ 2005 Shannon Colvin.................................2005-06-07 Laura D’Aniello............................................ 2008 Andrea Derflinger..............................2012-13-14 April Divine.................................................. 2008 Hayley Edmond........................................... 2016 Meredith Egloria................................2009-10-11 Claire Ferro..................................2008-09-10-11 Danielle Filipp.........................................2008-09 Rachael Foe......................................2008-09-10 Trinity Frazee............................................... 2013 Carolyn Fries............................................... 2005 Holly Frost................................................... 2012 Alexa Geiger....................................2014-15-16 Ashani Gottlieb.............................2011-12-13-14 Leann Hamblen........................................... 2005

Claire Hammond...................................2015-16 Taryn Harris..................................2008-09-10-11 Maria Hechanova..............................2007-08-09 Alex Huff............................................2013-14-15 Chelsea Jackson......................... 2013-14-15-16 Jessi Jones........................................2008-09-10 Kristin Jones......................................2010-11-12 Alexis Juergens........................... 2012-13-14-15 Kim Kopra.................................................... 2008 Ali Kronebusch............................................ 2005 Sara Lenhoff.....................................2014-15-16 Kali Lents..................................................... 2012 Emily Lewandowski...........................2012-13-14 Jori Lindquist.....................................2014-15-16 Alyssa Loeffelman..................................2015-16 Emma Lowther.............................2011-12-13-14 Kelsey Loy..............................................2012-13 Krista Maier.......................................2010-11-12 Allison Mann.........................................2015-16 Audrey Mann.........................................2015-16 Lindsey Miller....................................2008-09-10 Kimber Morelli........................................2009-10 Meagan Morrison..............................2012-13-14 Ellie Morrissey............................................. 2013 Katie Munch................................ 2005-06-07-08 Logan Neal................................................. 2016 Shannon Packard........................................ 2006 Rachel Palmer..............................2011-12-13-14 Eva Pold...................................... 2013-14-15-16 Monica Pruett.............................. 2013-14-15-16 Kimmy Richter......................................2015-16 Cassie Ronai............................... 2013-14-15-16

Renee Rother.........................................2008-09 Becky Russell.........................................2013-14 Jennifer Ruthrauff........................................ 2006 Kate Schafer................................................ 2011 Andrea Schmidt......................................... 2016 Stirling Smith................................2011-12-13-14 Gwen Smithberg................................2012-13-14 Alina Staffeldt.......................................2015-16 Amanda Sumrow......................................... 2016 Sarah Takach............................................. 2016 Heather Thomas.......................................... 2005 Carlye Townsend...............................2013-15-16 Rebecca Triemstra............................2005-07-08 Monica Veit...................................2008-09-10-11 Jane Wakefield.......................................2013-14 Julie Ward..........................................2006-07-08 T.J. Williams............................................2009-10 Caitlin Wright............................... 2012-13-14-15 Bold indicates current student-athletes

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NAU’s class of 2016 from left to right: Carlye Townsend, Trinity Frazee, Chelsea Jackson, Monica Pruett, Brooke Brittain, Cassie Ronai, Eva Pold and Kendall Brown.

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#NAUSTRONG ACADEMICS GOLDEN EAGLE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD RECIPIENTS Alyson Aggers........................................2002-03-04 Lacey Aldrich.....................................1995-96-97-98 Cassie Anderson......................................... 2011-12 Heather Anderson..................................2002-03-04 Sofi Appelberg........................................2005-07-08 Kristy Ardavanis.................................2010-11-12-13 Nichole Atkin..................................................... 2005 Anita Bailey...................................................... 1990 Caitlin Baker..............................................2014-15 Ali Beerthuis..................................................... 2003 Jessica Betts.....................................2001-02-03-04 Joanna Bieri................................................1998-99 Tami Binek.........................................2006-07-08-09 Jordan Bixler...............................................2003-04 Danielle Borth....................................2005-06-07-08 Jaclyn Branning................................................ 2010 Genta Branstetter............................................. 1992 Tori Braudaway....................................... 2011-12-13 Liz Breiland.............................................2002-03-04 Cindy Brickhouse............................................. 1988 Brooke Brittain...................................2013-14-15-16 Elizabeth Brook......................................2006-08-09 Kendall Brown .......................................2014-15-16 Blair Buder.........................................2003-04-05-06 Jordan Burnes...................................2011-12-13-14 Kelly Busche......................................2003-04-05-06 Wendy Bustamante.......................................... 2008 Dana Butts........................................................ 1990 Katie Cattolica........................................2005-06-08 Lana Christensen..............................2008-09-10-11 Jayne Clark...................................................... 1988 Lindsay Clark-Warren..................................2014-15 Kelly Cochran.........................................1996-98-99 Kim Cochran..................................................... 2001 Megan Collier................................................... 2008 Corie Collins................................................2004-05 Shannon Colvin.................................2005-06-07-08 Fi Connell..........................................2010-11-12-13 Jennifer Cowperthwaite.................................... 1990 Stephanie Cox.................................................. 1998 Fiona Curnow................................................... 1986 Brittany Curry................................................... 2008 Laura Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aniello................................................. 2008 Anna Deem.......................................2001-02-03-04 Andrea Derflinger..............................2011-12-13-14 Hilary Devine.................................................... 1994 April Diez...........................................1993-94-95-96 April Divine....................................................... 2008 Kiernan Donahoe............................................. 2000 Sharon Dugan.............................................1998-99 Hayley Edmond................................................ 2016 Meredith Egloria...........................2007-08-09-10-11 Ellen Erick...............................................1999-2000 Monika Fajardo.......................................2002-03-04 Leia Fazio......................................1999-2000-01-02

Claire Ferro.......................................2008-09-10-11 Danielle Filipp..............................................2008-09 Tara Florschuetz............................................... 1990 Rachael Foe......................................2007-08-09-10 Kristina Fox...................................................... 1997 Trinity Frazee.....................................2013-14-15-16 Carolyn Fries.................................................... 2005 Holly Frost........................................................ 2012 Alexa Geiger.........................................2014-15-16 Sharon George................................................. 1989 Tricia Gillespie.................................................. 1987 Gina Gioco.............................................1993-94-95 Lisa Gorsline.................................................... 1996 Ashani Gottlieb..................................2011-12-13-14 Michelle Guglielmo........................................... 1998 Heather Halliday............................................... 1990 Leann Hamblen......................................2004-05-06 Claire Hammond........................................2015-16 Niki Hanson...................................................... 1997 Kelly Hardin...................................................... 1992 Melanie Harris.................................................. 2015 Taryn Harris.......................................2008-09-10-11 Trina Havlick................................................1991-92 Maria Hechanova..............................2006-07-08-09 Trudy Henkels.............................................1995-96 Katherine Horak............................1997-98-99-2000 Roni Houck...................................................... 2015 Cari Houtz...................................................1990-91 Megan Howell................................................... 2004 Kensie Howlett............................................2003-04 Alex Huff............................................2012-13-14-15 Ila Hughes........................................................ 2016 Chelsea Jackson...............................2013-14-15-16 Alanna Janssens....................................2002-03-04 Jacqueline Jenner.......................................2003-04 Jessi Jones........................................2007-08-09-10 Kristin Jones......................................2009-10-11-12 Alexis Juergens.................................2012-13-14-15 Urte Kazakeviciute......................................... 2014 Margot Kirkpatrick............................................ 1990 Sandi Kline....................................................... 1990 Kim Kopra....................................................2008-09 Jayne Koprowski...............................1992-93-94-95 Nichole Kotchka.................................1999-2000-01 Ali Krastins....................................................... 1992 Ali Kronebusch..................................2002-03-04-05 Kristen Kursiss............................................2001-02 Brooke Larson...............................1999-2000-01-02 Amanda Lasik....................................2001-02-03-04 Jennifer Lattig..............................................1994-95 Sara Lenhoff..........................................2014-15-16 Emily Lewandowski................................2012-13-14 Jori Lindquist...............................................2015-16 Alyssa Loeffelman.......................................2015-16 Michelle Lovata................................................ 2003

Twenty-three swimming & diving student-athletes earned Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Awards during the 2015-16 year.

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Katie Lowe.........................................2001-02-03-04 Emma Lowther..................................2011-12-13-14 Kelsey Loy.........................................2010-11-12-13 Krista Maier.......................................2009-10-11-12 Allison Mann..............................................2015-16 Audrey Mann..............................................2015-16 Amy Martin.........................................1998-99-2000 Sasha Martin..........................................1993-94-95 Courtney McKenzie...........................2000-01-02-03 Amie Michael...............................................1990-91 Lindsey Miller....................................2007-08-09-10 Kimber Morelli........................................2007-09-10 Meagan Morrison...................................2012-13-14 Ellie Morrissey.................................................. 2013 Katie Munch......................................2005-06-07-08 Kaci Nation....................................................... 1990 Logan Neal...................................................... 2016 Kristy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell...........................................1990-91 Shannon Packard...................................2004-05-06 Hadas Pade............................................1994-95-96 Rachel Palmer...................................2011-12-13-14 Kristin Pereyra.................................................. 2000 Lindsay Peterson...............................2001-02-03-04 Cathy Petry....................................................... 1986 Eva Pold............................................2013-14-15-16 Ellen Potter....................................................... 1990 Monica Pruett....................................2013-14-15-16 Michelle Quigley............................................... 1994 Andrea Redman................................1996-97-98-99 Kristi Richardson.............................................. 1989 Kimmy Richter...........................................2015-16 Megan Riesmeyer............................................ 1996 Cassie Ronai.....................................2013-14-15-16 Jocelyn Rossi.........................................1997-98-99 Renee Rother.........................................2008-09-10 Becky Russell.........................................2012-13-14 Holly Russell...........................................1994-95-96 Jennifer Ruthrauff..............................2003-04-05-06 Kate Schafer..................................................... 2008 Andrea Schmidt.............................................. 2016 Emily Simon...........................................2003-04-05 Ida Smit.............................................1991-92-93-94 Stirling Smith.....................................2011-12-13-14 Gwen Smithberg.....................................2012-13-14 Alina Staffeldt............................................2015-16 Natalie Strohmeyer........................................... 1990 Christina Suarez............................................... 2008 Lonnie Sullivan................................................. 1991 Amanda Sumrow.............................................. 2016 Sarah Takach.................................................. 2016 Heather Thomas.....................................2003-04-05 Cari Thomson..............................................1989-90 Carlye Townsend...............................2013-14-15-16 Becky Triemstra.................................2005-06-07-08 Chelsey Urban.............................................2001-04 Erika Van Steenberg......................................... 1992 Aubrey Varga...............................................2001-02 Monica Veit.............................................2008-09-10 Maryann Wagener..................................2000-02-03 Jane Wakefield....................................... 2011-13-14 Julie Ward...............................................2006-07-08 Annie Warner.................................1999-2000-01-02 Julie White...................................................1990-91 Dawn Williams.............................................1996-99 Jennifer Williams.............................................. 1993 Kelsey Williams...........................................1997-99 Megan Williams................................................ 2000 T.J. Williams.................................................2009-10 Caitlin Wright.....................................2012-13-14-15 Kristin Wright...............................................1997-99 Christen Zybura................................................ 1993 Bold indicates current student-athletes

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Northern Arizona University provides an outstanding undergraduate residential education strengthened by important research, graduate and professional programs, and a responsive distance learning network delivering programs throughout Arizona. NAUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s underlying core strength at the undergraduate level is in its ability to provide knowledge of the world, an ability to appreciate change, diversity, and life itself. Faculty and staff members are committed to the residential campus concept and to the student population; however, they are also prepared to deliver education throughout Arizona and the world either online or in new campus structures. The Mountain Campus has a student population of more than 20,000 at its main campus in Flagstaff and at sites across the state. NAU was established in 1899 as the Northern Arizona Normal School. A close, personal interest in the development of each student as an individual has long been a trademark of the Mountain Campus. This educational experience is enhanced by an atmosphere that celebrates the diversity of opinions and cultures. The undergraduate programs at NAU cover a diverse range of disciplines from liberal arts and the sciences to professional and career-related fields. As NAU looks to the future, it continues to develop innovative ways to provide citizens with greater access to education and strives to strengthen its teaching and service partnerships to meet the needs of a changing Arizona. Flagstaff, with a population of about 57,000, is rich in cultural diversity. Located at the base of the majestic San Francisco Peaks, Flagstaff is 140 miles north of Phoenix at the intersection of Interstate 17 and Interstate 40. With its elevation of 7,000 feet and a four-season climate, Flagstaff is ideal for year-round outdoor activities. Nearby attractions include the Grand Canyon, Lowell Observatory, Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Monument Valley, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, and Arizona Snowbowl.

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After nearly two years of construction, Northern Arizona University’s brand new Aquatic and Tennis Complex (ATC) held its grand opening on Feb. 19, 2016. The state-of-the art facility, located across the street from NAU’s Health and Learning Center, will be the new home of NAU swimming & diving and men’s and women’s tennis. Groundbreaking for the ATC was held on May 1, 2014 after the Arizona Board of Regents unanimously approved the proposal on Feb. 7, 2014. The Aquatic and Tennis Complex replaced the Wall Aquatic Center – the home of the Lumberjack swimming & diving program for the last 34 years since the pool’s opening in 1983. The 120,000 square foot ATC is more than double the size of the 50,000 square foot Wall Aquatic Center. For the NAU swimming & diving team, the ATC includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool as well as a separate diving well. In addition to 1-meter and 3-meter springboards, there is the addition of a 10-meter diving platform that the Wall Aquatic Center previously had not supported. Other features include dryland training areas and a spa. Both the NAU men’s and women’s tennis teams will enjoy the luxury of their own on-campus courts since 2007 when there were previously six outdoor courts to use. The ATC will provide the two programs with an indoor home for daily practice and home matches featuring six indoor courts. Previously at the mercy of Flagstaff’s

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unpredictable weather, NAU tennis had hosted home matches at Continental Country Club and the Flagstaff Athletic Club as well as in Sedona in recent years while resorting to the two-court Fieldhouse for an on-campus practice facility. The second phase of the ATC will provide both tennis teams with six outdoor courts adjacent to the facility. Spectator viewing decks are available for both the pool and tennis courts. Shortly after the grand opening, the Aquatic and Tennis Complex hosted the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships from March 7-9, 2016. Nearly 100 divers – both men’s and women’s – representing 25 universities spanning the Pac-12, Mountain West, WAC and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conferences competed at the qualifying meet for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. The first tennis match held in the ATC was on Feb. 21, 2016 when the NAU men’s tennis team posted a 7-0 victory over Western New Mexico. The NAU women’s tennis team made their debut in the facility on March 5, 2016 and splitting a doubleheader with a 5-2 win over conference rival Montana State and a narrow 4-3 loss to Emory University, the reigning Division III national runner-ups.

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE NAU: WHERE THE WORLD TRAINS Flagstaff, home to the NAU swimming & diving program, has been a prominent training facility for world class athletes for years, and the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics was not any different. In 2016, a total of 202 athletes swimming and track & field representing 30 countries trained at HYPO2 High Performance Center in Flagstaff and utitlized NAU’s world-class facilities for high altitude training. The number was a significant increase from the 152 athletes from 22 countries who trained in Flagstaff prior to the 2012 London Games. The number of medalists also grew from 18 total medalists to 22 combined between the Rio Olympics and Paralympics. In 2012, the 18 medalists spanned six countries. Four years later, the country count doubled to 12 In swimming alone, 22 athletes combined for 39 medals (10 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze) at the Rio Games. The list includes USA’s Conor Dwyer who won gold as part Breakdown of athletes by country who trained in Flagstaff. (Courtesy of HYPO2) of the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team. In the Rio Paralympics, New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe collected three gold medals among her five total. Pascoe, a training partner of former Lumberjack Hayley Edmond and current NAU swimmer Monique King, was one of three Paralympian medalists who trained in Flagstaff. Joining Pascoe were Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung, who earned two gold among five medals, and Brazil’s Andre Brasil, who totaled four medals himself in his home country.

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RIO 2016 MEDALISTS WHO TRAINED IN FLAGSTAFF OLYMPICS Australia Matthew Abood Bronze - Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Brazil Poliana Okimoto Bronze - Women’s 10km Marathon Canada Hilary Caldwell Bronze - Women’s 200m Backstroke Denmark Pernille Blume Gold - Women’s 50m Freestyle Bronze - Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Rikke Moller Pedersen Bronze - Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Great Britain Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Silver - Women’s 200m Individual Medley Jazz Carlin Silver - Women’s 400m Freestyle Silver - Women’s 800m Freestyle Hungary Boglarka Kapas Bronze - Women’s 800m Freestyle Italy Rachel Bruni Silver - Women’s 10km Marathon

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Gregorio Paltrinieri Gold - Men’s 1500m Freestyle Japan Kosuke Hagino Gold - Men’s 400m Individual Medley Silver - Men’s 200m Individual Medley Bronze - Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Natsumi Hoshi Bronze - Women’s 200m Butterfly Rie Kaneto Gold - Women’s 200m Breaststroke Yuri Kobori Bronze - Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Takeshi Matsuda Bronze - Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Masato Sakai Silver - Men’s 200m Butterfly Daiya Seto Bronze - Men’s 400m Individual Medley

PARALYMPICS Brazil Andre Brasil Silver - Men’s 100m Freestyle S10 Silver - Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points Bronze - Men’s 100m Butterfly S10 Bronze - Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay 34 Points New Zealand Sophie Pascoe Gold - Women’s 100m Backstroke S10 Gold - Women’s 200m Individual Medley SM10 Gold - Women’s 100m Butterfly S10 Silver - Women’s 50m Freestyle S10 Silver - Women’s 100m Freestyle S10 Norway Sarah Louise Rung Gold - Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB4 Gold - Women’s 200m Individual Medley SM5 Silver - Women’s 50m Butterfly S5 Bronze - Women’s 200m Freestyle S5 Bronze - Women’s 50m Backstroke S5

Russia Yulia Efimova Silver - Women’s 100m Breaststroke Silver - Women’s 200m Breaststroke United States of America Conor Dwyer Gold - Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Bronze - Men’s 200m Freestyle

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#NAUSTRONG UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Rita Hartung Cheng serves as the 16th president of Northern Arizona University. Under her leadership, NAU has embarked on an aggressive mission to thrive in the fast-changing environment of higher education. She has amplified the university’s strengths, demonstrating its excellence in pursuing the discovery, use and advancement of knowledge. She has set forth a vision of excellence in education through student-centered teaching, a robust research environment and inclusive support services focused on success measured through retention and graduation rates. Dr. Cheng oversees an operating budget of more than $550 million and 4,600 faculty and staff. NAU offers more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs to its 29,000 students. Enrollment growth has increased steadily, and the university’s research profile is recognized on an international level. NAU is designated as a high research university by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. At NAU, a comprehensive network of staff, advisers and peers complement talented and dedicated faculty in supporting students of all backgrounds. Dr. Cheng’s commitment to inclusiveness and a supportive academic community has made NAU a preferred destination for non-traditional and underrepresented students who are taking the next step in pursuing a university education. Dr. Cheng regards campus as an integral part of the local community. She supports a strong, academically focused athletics program and champions music, art, theater and other cultural and recreational activities that contribute to the vibrancy of the surrounding community. Dr. Cheng believes NAU’s success should directly impact lives in communities in Arizona and throughout the world. She is com-

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mitted to building partnerships, which drive economic and cultural vitality. The university serves as an important economic engine in the region, contributing $2 billion annually to the state economy. One in five jobs in Coconino County is directly or indirectly linked to the university. An accountant by training, she leads by relying on values, analyzing data and inviting the input of stakeholders. She also emphasizes shared governance, transparency, communication, accountability and inclusiveness. Dr. Cheng arrived at NAU in August 2014 from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, where she served as chancellor for four years and was a professor of accounting. She previously spent 22 years in faculty and administrative roles at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, including five years as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. A certified public accountant and certified government financial manager (inactive), Dr. Cheng is internationally recognized for her research in government and nonprofit accounting. Dr. Cheng is part of the Arizona Board of Regents’ Enterprise Executive Committee, responsible for driving achievement of statewide goals. Dr. Cheng earned a Ph.D. in management from Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management, an MBA from the University of Rhode Island and a bachelor’s in business administration with honors from Bishop‘s University in Quebec. Along with her vision for NAU, Dr. Cheng brings her experience and leadership to many boards and organizations including the NCAA Division 1 Board of Governors Finance and Audit Committee, Big Sky President’s Council, Arizona State Board of Education, Higher Learning Commission Board of Trustees, American Association of State Colleges and Universities Board of Directors, Arizona Women in Higher Education Presidential Sponsor, Arizona Commerce Authority, and is an active member of the Phoenix Leadership Council, Northern Arizona Leadership Alliance, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce.

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2016-17 LUMBERJACK SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Dr. Lisa Campos was hired in April 2012 as Northern Arizona’s Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics. Since her arrival, Campos has guided the Lumberjacks to Back-to-Back Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Cup trophies; an award that recognizes the department’s overall excellence in competition and in the classroom. In 2013, NAU became the fourth institution to win multiple Presidents’ Cups, winning their second (first was 2005-06); and then followed it up during the

2013-14 school year. NAU has captured 24 team conference championships during Campos’ time in Flagstaff, while nine teams have advanced to postseason competition. The Lumberjacks’ stellar athletic achievements have led to the men’s programs winning the Big Sky All-Sports Trophy three consecutive times from 2014-16. The women’s teams captured the trophy in 2014, and have been runners-up the last two years. During the 2015-16 school year, the men’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams won their fifth straight title for each, while the women’s team captured the outdoor crown. Volleyball won the Big Sky Regular Season and Tournament Championship to earn its first NCAA appearance berth since 1999. Swimming & diving captured its third straight Western Athletic Conference Championship defeating its nearest competition by over 300 points. During the 2015-16 school year, NAU finished with a 3.12 overall cumulative grade point average. Seven of 13 teams finished the 2015-16 academic year with a GPA of at least 3.00 led by the swimming and diving team, who recorded a 3.44 gpa. Four student-athletes received CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District honors, while Caleb Hoover picked up his second CoSIDA/ Capital One Academic All-American First Team honoree. NAU had 118 total student-athletes earn All-Academic honors by the Big Sky and WAC. A total of 58 student-athletes earned their degrees during the 2015-16 academic year with a cumulative gpa of 3.20, while 184 Dean’s List honors were bestowed. Campos and the Lumberjacks continue to give back to the community as Lumberjack student-athletes set a new record for community service hours with 5,428; beating last year’s mark of 5,327. Dr. Campos currently sits on the prestigious NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee, a subcommittee of the new governance model. She also sits on the Board of Directors at NACWAA and for the local United Way of Northern Arizona. At the time of her hire at NAU, Campos became one of 26 females and the youngest in the country to lead a Division I program, including 13 head athletic administrators at the Football Championship Subdivision level. Campos took over the leadership of the Lumberjack Athletics Department after serving as the Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of Texas at El Paso from 2006 to 2012. Campos served as the sport administrator for several Miner sports programs and was also the primary administrator for compliance, CHAMPS/Life Skills, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and cheerleading. While at UTEP, Dr. Campos assisted with athletic facility enhancements and co-directed the planning and design of the $2.6 million Helen of Troy Softball Complex, which opened in September 2005. In 2006, Campos was the NCAA liaison for the Self Study Re-

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port for NCAA Certification and continued to oversee all gender, minority equity, and student welfare strategic plans. In 2005, she created the Athletics Diversity Graduate Assistantship Program and served on the UTEP Women’s Resource Advisory Board. Campos also served as Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator and the Assistant Dean of Students within the UTEP Division of Student Affairs during her time in El Paso. While at UTEP, Dr. Campos had the opportunity to serve on a number of NCAA Committees, including the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet, the NCAA Rifle Committee, and chaired the NCAA Women’s Soccer Committee. Dr. Campos holds a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Texas at El Paso. She graduated from Colorado State University where she earned a bachelor’s of science degree in Business Administration and a master’s of science degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education. Campos is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) and Flagstaff Leadership Program. A native of Las Animas, Colo., Campos is married to Darren D’Attilio. They live in Flagstaff with their son, Christopher.

Dr. Campos with Chelsea Jackson, a 2016 graduate and Flagstaff native.

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Date Opponent/Meet Sept. 23 Pentathlon Oct. 8 vs. Arizona/Hawaii Oct. 14 Blue vs. Gold Oct. 29 at New Mexico Nov. 3 at Washington State Nov. 4 at Idaho Nov. 18-19 Lumberjack Diving Invitational Nov. 18-20 at Kansas Classic Dec. 3 New Mexico State Dec. 15-21 at USA Diving Winter Nationals Dec. 16 at Arizona State Jan. 6 at Arizona/vs. Oregon State Jan. 20 Northern Colorado Jan. 21 Northern Colorado Jan. 27 at Boise State Jan. 27-28 at Air Force Diving Invitational Jan. 28 at Boise State/vs. Nevada Feb. 22-25 at WAC Championships March 6-8 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships March 15-18 at NCAA Championships

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