IUPUI's Watts, USD's Hertting Earn Diver of the Week Honors
IUPUI's Watts, USD's Hertting Earn Diver of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI’s Cody Watts
and South Dakota's Greysen Hertting were named as
The Summit League’s Men's and Women's Divers of the Week for
their performances Jan. 12-18.
MEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Cody Watts, IUPUI
Jr. // Centerville, Ind.
Watts claims his fourth Diver of the Week award of the season and
fifth of his career in a dual meet win versus Wis.-Green Bay on
Jan. 15. His three-meter score of 346.80 is a new league high this
season and won the event, helping the Jaguars narrowly defeat
Wis.-Green Bay by a score of 152.50-147.50. His six-dive combined
score of 346.80 is more than 14 points higher than the second place
total in The Summit League this season.
Also nominated: Chase Testa, South Dakota; Ross Edfort,
Denver.
Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Oct.
21 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Oct. 28 – Ross Edfort, Denver;
Nov. 4 – Doug Ogilvie, Western Illinois; Nov. 11 –
Connor Florand, South Dakota State; Nov. 18 – Dustin Gens,
South Dakota; Nov. 25 – Cody Watts, IUPUI.
WOMEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Greysen Hertting, South Dakota
So. // Appleton, Wis.
Hertting earns Summit League Diver of the Week honors for the
18th time in her career and eighth time this season. The
South Dakota sophomore collected four wins over a two-day double
dual versus Western Illinois and Eastern Illinois. Friday, she
notched a new school record of 301.50 in the three-meter dive and
added a score of 265.13 in the one-meter. Saturday she repeated her
wins in both dives, taking the three-meter in 264.98 and the
one-meter in 277.51.
Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Greysen Hertting, South
Dakota; Oct. 21 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Oct. 28
– Greysen Hertting, South Dakota: Nov. 4 – Miranda
Knipfer, Omaha; Nov. 11 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota;
Nov. 18 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Nov. 25 –
Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Dec. 9 – Greysen Hertting,
South Dakota; Jan. 13 – Larissa Grammer, Denver.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League
offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over
120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S.
metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member
institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne
(Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana
University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State
University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts
University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State
University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the
Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and
has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 65
All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous
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