Swimming & Diving

ASU Diving 1996-97 Season Highlights

Men

• Men's Swimming and Diving (Ernie Maglischo/4th Year; Ward O'Connell/23rd Year): Finished 11th at the National Championships held at Minneapolis.
• Recorded a 7-4 dual record and a fifth place finish in the Pac-10.
• The diving team finished first at the Pac-10s for the second year.
• Junior Justin Eck placed 5th in the 3-meter at the Pac-10s.
• Freshman Allen Sonkin finished 6th in the Platform.
• Junior Craig Hutchison earned Academic All-America with a 3.69 grade-point average.
• Juan Beltran (2nd), Guillermo Diaz De Leon (2nd), Mike Melley (2nd), Scott Brown (HM) and Jason Hatcher (HM) were Pac-10 All-Academic selections.
• The swim team earned team All-Academic honors for the seventh straight semester.

Women

• Women's Swimming and Diving (Tim Hill/12th Year; Ward O'Connell/23rd Year): Finished in 28th place at the National Championships in Indianapolis.
• Posted an 8-5 dual record with a sixth place showing at the Pac-10s.
• Most victories (eight) since 1989-90.
• Sophomore diver Katrina Pfueffer qualified for the NCAAs where she placed 13th on the platform, earning her All-America honors.
• Finished fourth on the 3-meter and fifth on the 1-meter and platform at Pac-10s.
• Pfueffer also made the Pac-10 All-Academic first-team.
• Seniors Kathryn Williams (2nd) and Melissa Newman (HM) were also Pac-10 All-Academic selections.