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Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving
SWIMMING
& 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