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2016-17 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Daniel Tay

  • Position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • Ht./Wt. 5-7 / 158
  • Class Senior
  • Major Politics (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Singapore, Singapore
  • High School Raffles Institution

Biography

2015-16: Earned All-America accolades as a member of the Violets’ seventh-place 400-yard medley relay (3:18.74) and All-America Honorable Mention as part of NYU’s 15th-place 200-yard medley relay at the NCAA Championships (3/16-19)…placed second at the UAA  Championships (3/17-20) in the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.46) and third in the 400-yard medley relay (3:20.59)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Award…CSCAA Scholar All-American…IAAC Fall and Spring Honor Rolls.
 
2014-15: Earned All-America honors as a member of NYU’s fourth-place 200-yard medley relay (NYU-record 1:29.31) and All-America Honorable Mention in the 200-yard freestyle relay (14th place, 1:23.05), while also setting NYU records in the 200-yard butterfly (1:51.12) and 400-yard medley relay (3:17.53) at the NCAA Championships (3/18-21)…helped establish a new NYU record in the 200-yard free relay (third place, 1:21.95), and was a member of the Violets’ third-place 400-yard medley relay (3:20.15) and 200-yard medley relay (1:30.58) at the UAA Championships (2/11-14)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic.
 
2013-14: NYU Male Freshman Athlete of the Year…helped set the NYU record and earned Honorable Mention All-America as a member of the Violets’ 14th-place 400 medley relay (3:22.97) at the NCAA Championships (3/19-22)…earned a season-best time in the 100 fly (50.55) and helped set a new team and meet record as a member of the Violets’ winning 200 medley relay (1:31.79) at the ECAC Championships (12/6-8)…earned season-best times in the 50 free (21.54), the 100 free (48.12) and the 200 fly (1:54.28) at the UAA Championships (2/14-15)…placed third in the 100 fly (53.79) and fourth in the 200 fly (2:03.92) at the Rochester Invitational (10/25-26)…took second in the 100 fly (52.47) at the NYU Invitational (11/8-9)…participated on the winning 200 medley relay team (1:37.05) vs. Springfield (1/18)…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll…CSCAA Scholar All-American.
 
High School: Four-year team member.
 
Personal: Chose NYU for “the diversity of opportunities afforded by both the university and the city”…aspires to work in news media.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'6" 150 lbs
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'7" 160 lbs
  • C

    2015-16Junior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'7" 158 lbs
    C
  • C

    2016-17Senior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'7" 158 lbs
    C