Personal Statement
I began diving 1m seasonally at age eleven, year round at age 14. I began diving 3m at age 15. Prior to taking diving lessons, I spent nine and a half years in gymnastics with seven of those years competing in AAU and USA Gymnastics meets. As an accomplished gymnast, I reached level 8, before taking my love of tumbling and the water, and combining them into the sport I love today, diving. Upon attending Mariner High School my freshman year, I was informed that the school did not have a dive team and/or coach. Providing that I supplied my own coach and trained on my own time, I could dive for my high school. So, I did just that! In season, I commute 4-6 days a week, to a club coach that is approximately one hour away from home.
As a freshman, I was the Lee County All Conference dive champion. I went on to place 14th place at States. As a sophomore, I returned to States, this time placing 8th. This year as a junior I placed 2nd at states. My freshman, sophomore and junior year, I was MVP for my swim and dive team. My goal is to place 1st at states my senior year. In order to do this, I know that it requires hard work, commitment, and sacrifice, that I am willing to do, to reach my goal. I have a ‘diving bucket list’, that I have come up with for myself, which lists the dives that I want to achieve by next season. My ultimate goal is to dive in college. Being fairly new to the sport, there is no concern for burn-out. I am still excited to dive, to learn new dives and excel in the sport. I can’t wait to see what college diving has in store for me.
In addition to my diving commitment, I also swim. I ran varsity track for my school my freshman and sophomore year. In December of 2015 I began working a part-time job. Between school, diving and work, I was unable to run track my junior year. All the while, I take honors and AP courses, and currently have a 4.76 weighted GPA. When I am not busy with sports and school work I enjoying volunteering, just being a kid and making homemade ice cream.
