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& DIVING MEN: 3-1/0-0 BIG 12 WOMEN: 2-3/0-1 BIG 12

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DAVID DIXON

• West Virginia competed in its third season at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in 2022 • The men’s team earned a third-place finish at the 2022 Big 12 Swimming and Diving

Championship, while the women’s team finished in fourth place • In total, the Mountaineers combined to earn 13 medals at the conference meet, including one gold, four silver and eight bronze • Nine members of the team earned a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team, while 24 were recognized on the All-Big 12 Second Team • Seven divers qualified for the 2021 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships: Camille Burt,

Marian Tiemeier, Sarah Krusinski, Nick Cover, PJ Lenz, Owen Johns and Glenn Eloriaga • Two Mountaineers qualified for the 2022 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving

Championships: swimmer Dixon and diver Lenz • Dixon earned a bid to the national meet for the fifth consecutive season, becoming the first Mountaineer in program history to do so. Lenz also qualified for the NCAA

Championships for the second straight year. • Two program records were broken during the 2021-22 campaign, including William

Mullen’s record-breaking performance at Big 12s in the 1650 freestyle (15.21.57); the record was previously set by Craig Cooper in 1983. Additionally, fifth-year Ana

Zortea broke a program record in the women’s 100-yard backstroke, as she bested the previous school record of 53.50 – set by Amelie Currat in 2018 – with a time of 53.41. • The two squads were again named CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams in the fall and spring semesters • Lenz, Josh Madzy, Conrad Molinaro, Burt and Abigail Riggs were named recipients of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor • Thirty-five Mountaineers were named to the 2022 Academic All-Big 12 Swimming and Diving Team; of those, 29 were named to the first team and two student-athletes earned the honor with a 4.0 GPA, the most among other Big 12 schools • Thirteen were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Thirteen were named as CSCAA Scholar All-Americans • WVU sent 24 swimmers to the 2022 CSCAA National Invitational Championships for the first time in program history.

MEN’S TEAM

• CSCAA Scholar All-America

JONATHAN BENNETT

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA National Invitational

ZACH BOLEY

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

NICK COVER

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Qualifier – men’s platform, 1-meter, 3-meter • First Team All-Big 12 - Platform • Second Team All-Big 12 - 1-meter springboard; 3-meter springboard

DAVID DIXON

• NCAA Qualifier – 200 fly, 100 fly, 200 IM • Big 12 Champion – 200 Butterfly • First Team All-Big 12 - 200 butterfly (1st place); 100 butterfly (4th place) • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Swimmer of the Week – Nov. 24 • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week – • Feb. 28 • Second Team All-Big 12 - 200 IM

GLENN ELORIAGA

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Qualifier – men’s platform • Second Team All-Big 12 Platform

MAX GUSTAFSON

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 100 butterfly; 200 freestyle

JOSH HARLAN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Second Team All-Big 12 - 200 backstroke; 200 IM; 400 IM

JUSTIN HEIMES

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • First Team All-Big 12 - 100 backstroke (3rd place); 200 backstroke (3rd place) • CSCAA National Invitational

FAUSTO HUERTA

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Second Team All-Big 12 - 100 breaststroke; 200 breaststroke

PJ LENZ

ZHENYA INGRAM

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 100 backstroke; 200 butterfly; 100 butterfly • CSCAA National Invitational

OWEN JOHNS

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Qualifier – 1-meter, 3-meter • Second Team All-Big 12 - Platform; 1-meter springboard

REILLY KEANEY

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 200 breaststroke • CSCAA National Invitational

PJ LENZ

• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement

Award Recipient • NCAA Qualifier – men’s platform and 1-meter springboard

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Qualifier – men’s platform, 1-meter and 3-meter • First Team All-Big 12 - Platform (2nd place) • Second Team All-Big 12 - 3-meter

JOSH MADZY

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement

Award Recipient CONNER MCBETH

• CSCAA National Invitational

LOGAN MCFADDEN

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

DYLAN MELIN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team CONRAD MOLINARO

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team (4.0) • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement

Award recipient • CSCAA National Invitational

WILLIAM MULLEN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Program record: 1650 freestyle (15.21.57) • First Team All-Big 12 - 1650 freestyle • Second Team All-Big 12 - 500 freestyle • CSCAA National Invitational

BRADEN OSBORN

• CSCAA National Invitational

JOE SCHAEFER

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Second Team All-Big 12 - 100 breaststroke; 200 breaststroke

ROANOKE SHIRK

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 200 freestyle • CSCAA National Invitational

DAVID SNIDER

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Qualifier

BRENDAN WILLIAMS

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 1650 freestyle; 500 freestyle; 200 freestyle • CSCAA National Invitational

JAKE YOUNG

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 200 backstroke • CSCAANational Invitational

ROBERTS ZEMTURIS

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

WOMEN’S TEAM

KATE BECKISH

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

LAUREN BECKISH

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team MEREDITH BOLINGER

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

CAMILLE BURT

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement

Award Recipient • NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Qualifier – 1-meter MORGAN BURTON

• CSCAA National Invitational

HANNAH CECH

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

PAIGE DRESSEL

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • First Team All-Big 12 - 200 backstroke (3rd place) • CSCAA National Invitational

SHELBY GERVING

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

GINGER HANSEN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA National Invitational

ANA ZORTEA

MATHILDE KAELBEL

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MIRANDA KIRTLEY

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 1650 freestyle • CSCAA Qualifier

EMILY KNORR

• All-Big 12 First Team - 1650 free • All-Big 12 Second Team - 500 freestyle; 400 IM • CSCAA National Invitational

SARAH KRUSINSKI

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Qualifier – 1-meter, 3-meter and platform • Second Team All-Big 12 - Platform

EMMA LONGLEY

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

KAELYN MCCLAIN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team (4.0) JACQUELINE MCCUTCHAN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Second Team All-Big 12 - 100 backstroke; 100 freestyle • CSCAA National Invitational

HARNA MINEZAWA

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Second Team All-Big 12 - 50 freestyle • CSCAA National Invitational

LAUREN MUSBACH

• Second Team All-Big 12 - 200 butterfly • CSCAA National Invitational

TATUM PEYERL

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Qualifier

ABBY REARDON

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Second Team All-Big 12 - 500 freestyle; 200 freestyle; 200 backstroke • CSCAA National Invitational

ABIGAIL RIGGS

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement

Award Recipient

MARIAN TIEMEIER

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Qualifier – 1-meter • Second Team All-Big 12 - 1-meter springboard

ANNE-ELAINE TILLER

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MIA WALTERS

• First Team All-Big 12 - 200 butterfly (3rd place) • CSCAA National Invitational

SARAH YOUNG

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MEGAN ZARTMAN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ANA ZORTEA

• Program record: 100 backstroke (53.41) • First Team All-Big 12 - 100 backstroke (4th place) • Second Team All-Big 12 - 50 freestyle • CSCAA National Invitational

CAMILLE BURT

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