Zach Niehaus

Zach Niehaus

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Taylor Mill, Ky.

High School:
Scott

Event:
Diving

2005-06: All-MAC Academic Team ... MAC Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week (Nov. 15) ... one of Miami's three Zone "C" diving qualifiers ... won third career conference medal with a runner-up finish at the MAC Championships on the three-meter board ... added a fifth-place finish on the one-meter board at the conference meet ... posted a career-best score on the three-meter board (six-dive format) with a tally of 327.30 at the Cincinnati/Kenyon/Louisville Quadrangular ... notched a career-best score on the three-meter dive in the 11-dive format with a tally of 550.70 at the Zone "C" Diving Championships ... named the conference athlete of the week after sweeping the one- and three-meter boards against Ball State ... notched five diving wins on the season, three on the three-meter board and two on the one-meter board ... finished 16th on both boards at the Zone "C" diving meet.

2004-05: Academic All-MAC ... silver medalist at the MAC meet on the three-meter board (481.57) while finishing fourth on the one-meter board (262.64) ... won five events on the year, taking the three-meter competition at the Buffalo, Ball State, Wright State and Ohio dual meets while winning the one-meter competition at the Miami Invitational.

2003-04: Placed third in three-meter diving event at the MAC Championships and added a seventh-place finish in the one-meter ... won two events on the year, taking second five times and third two more ... swept both diving events at Buffalo ... took second in both events against Ball State, behind teammate Peter Donohue.

2002-03: Won the three-meter diving competition at the Miami Invitational ... took second in six other diving events on the season.

High School: Holds a team record with a meet score of 515.35 ... named most valuable diver for six years ... individual Kentucky state runner-up in 1998, 2001 and 2002 ... was a diver on the 2001 state runner-up team ... four time all-region selection ... three-time second-team all-state honoree ... three-time all-American.

Personal: Born Aug. 7, 1984 ... son of Gary and Sherry Niehaus ... finance major.

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