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2014-15 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Austen Blease

  • Position Dives
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 150
  • Class Senior
  • Major Environmental Studies (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown San Jose, CA
  • High School Saint Francis

Biography

2013-14: Finished sixth in the one-meter competition (482.20) and earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships (3/19-22)…posted a sixth-place finish in the one-meter (506.55) and a seventh-place finish (487.45) in the three-meter at the NCAA Diving Regional Championships (2/28-3/1)…broke the team record for 11-dive one-meter competitions with his winning score of 526.10 and earned Third Team All-UAA honors for the three-meter at the UAA Championships (2/14-15)…won the one-meter (291.69) and three-meter (294.45) dives vs. USMMA (1/24)…two-time UAA Athlete of the Week (1/27, 3/3)…ECAC DIII Metro Diver of the Week (1/28)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic.
 
2012-13: Set a then-team-record in the one-meter dive (11) with a score of 512.50 and was named Diver of the Meet at the ECAC Championships (11/30-12/2)…recorded two wins vs. SUNY Cortland (10/20), at the Rochester Quad Meet (10/26-27), vs. TCNJ (11/17), vs. USMMA (1/25), and vs. Vassar (1/26)…earned Second Team honors in the one-meter dive (480.75) and Third Team honors in the three-meter dive (522.30) at the UAA Championships (2/13-16)…placed sixth in both the one-meter (468.10) and three-meter (489.50) dives at the NCAA Regional Championships (3/1-2)...three-time UAA Athlete of the Week (10/22, 11/19, 12/3)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic.
 
2011-12: Earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades with a 15th-place finish in the one-meter dive (393.3) at the NCAA Championships (3/21-24)…also finished 21st in the three-meter dive (400.15) at NCAA’s…notched 11 wins during the season, including the one-meter dive (487.60) at the UAA Championships (2/15-18)…also placed second in the three-meter dive (497.75) at the UAA’s…set team records for the one-meter (6) dive (330.45) vs. TCNJ (11/19) and for the three-meter (6) dive (334.50) at the NYU Tri-Meet (1/20)…won both the one-meter and three-meter events vs. TCNJ ,  Springfield (1/14), Vassar (1/28), and at the NYU Tri-Meet…six-time UAA Athlete of the Week…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall Honor Roll…CSCAA Scholar All-American.
 
High School: Four-year team member and captain…recipient of the San Jose Mercury News Male Diver of the Year Award as a senior…volunteered in Costa Rica on an immersion…also competed for Santa Clara Diving…Scholar Athlete all four years…National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation Life-Time member…High Honor Roll student.
 
Personal: Minoring in business studies…enjoys photography, cooking and traveling…plans to attend graduate school for international relations and/or get a MBA and work for an international organization.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Dives
    5'11" 140 lbs
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Dives
    5'11" 149 lbs
  • 2013-14Junior

    Dives
    6'0" 149 lbs
  • 2014-15Senior

    Dives
    6'0" 150 lbs