2023-24 / REDSHIRT SEASON
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not compete due to injury
2022-23 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• NCAA Championships Qualifier (1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving)
• World University Games Qualifier (3-Meter Diving)
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed primarily in the springboard events
• Won on 3-meter with a career-best score of 408.20 at the Big Ten Triple Duals hosted by Northwestern, moving into 14th place in team history while producing the team's season-best mark
• Season best on 1-meter (352.60) was at the Zone C Championships as he qualified for NCAAs
• Finished fourth on 3-meter at the World University Games in his international debut
• Accounted for 47 team points at the Big Ten Championships, ranking fourth on the squad while scoring in all three events
• Consolation finalist in all three events at Big Tens, finishing as the consol runner-up on 1-meter for a top-10 overall showing
• Placed 18th on 3-meter at the NCAA Championships, matching his showing in the event at the USA Diving Winter Nationals
• Accounted for 34 team points at the Purdue Invitational, finishing as the runner-up on both springboards
• Also teamed up with Jordan Rzepka and Luke Fortner in the exhibition team diving event at the Purdue Invite
• Victorious on 3-meter in the dual at Michigan
2021-22 / AS A FRESHMAN
• NCAA Championships Qualifier (3-Meter Diving)
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Excelled most on the springboards but competed on the platform at the Big Ten Championships as well
• Placed 17th on 3-meter in his debut at the NCAA Championships, just one spot shy of a scoring finish
• Finished seventh on 3-meter on the first day of Zones to qualify for the national championship meet, posting a season-best score of 398.40 in the final
• Also performed well with a list score of 378.70 on 3-meter at Big Tens
• Season best on 1-meter (335.70) was at the Indiana Intercollegiates meet in October
• Scored in all three events at Big Tens, accounting for 15 team points
• Finalist on both springboards at the Purdue Invitational, accounting for 24 team points
• Victorious on 3-meter at the Senior Day dual meet vs. Wabash
HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-time IHSAA state champion on 1-meter for coach Laura Siebold-Caudill at Delta High School near Muncie
• Also trained with coach Corey Cole at the Indiana International School of Diving
• Four-year letterwinner and four-year state qualifier also played soccer as a freshman
• Won the state title as a senior with the second-highest score in IHSAA history
• IHSAA’s Herman F. Keller Mental Attitude Award winner as a senior
• Also won conference, sectional and regional titles each of his upperclassman seasons
• Set conference-record scores as a junior and senior
• Four-year sectional champion also won the conference title as a sophomore, finishing fourth at state that year
• Two-time USA Diving Junior Nationals qualifier, finishing top 10 on 3-meter in 2019 and 1-meter in 2021
• All-A honor roll student was on the A+ list both of his upperclassman years
PERSONAL
• Major: Psychological Sciences / Law & Society
• Full name is Samuel Jon Bennett
• Born in Muncie, Indiana
• Parents are John and Kim Bennett
• Family also includes older sister Haley
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not compete due to injury
2022-23 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• NCAA Championships Qualifier (1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving)
• World University Games Qualifier (3-Meter Diving)
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed primarily in the springboard events
• Won on 3-meter with a career-best score of 408.20 at the Big Ten Triple Duals hosted by Northwestern, moving into 14th place in team history while producing the team's season-best mark
• Season best on 1-meter (352.60) was at the Zone C Championships as he qualified for NCAAs
• Finished fourth on 3-meter at the World University Games in his international debut
• Accounted for 47 team points at the Big Ten Championships, ranking fourth on the squad while scoring in all three events
• Consolation finalist in all three events at Big Tens, finishing as the consol runner-up on 1-meter for a top-10 overall showing
• Placed 18th on 3-meter at the NCAA Championships, matching his showing in the event at the USA Diving Winter Nationals
• Accounted for 34 team points at the Purdue Invitational, finishing as the runner-up on both springboards
• Also teamed up with Jordan Rzepka and Luke Fortner in the exhibition team diving event at the Purdue Invite
• Victorious on 3-meter in the dual at Michigan
2021-22 / AS A FRESHMAN
• NCAA Championships Qualifier (3-Meter Diving)
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Excelled most on the springboards but competed on the platform at the Big Ten Championships as well
• Placed 17th on 3-meter in his debut at the NCAA Championships, just one spot shy of a scoring finish
• Finished seventh on 3-meter on the first day of Zones to qualify for the national championship meet, posting a season-best score of 398.40 in the final
• Also performed well with a list score of 378.70 on 3-meter at Big Tens
• Season best on 1-meter (335.70) was at the Indiana Intercollegiates meet in October
• Scored in all three events at Big Tens, accounting for 15 team points
• Finalist on both springboards at the Purdue Invitational, accounting for 24 team points
• Victorious on 3-meter at the Senior Day dual meet vs. Wabash
HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-time IHSAA state champion on 1-meter for coach Laura Siebold-Caudill at Delta High School near Muncie
• Also trained with coach Corey Cole at the Indiana International School of Diving
• Four-year letterwinner and four-year state qualifier also played soccer as a freshman
• Won the state title as a senior with the second-highest score in IHSAA history
• IHSAA’s Herman F. Keller Mental Attitude Award winner as a senior
• Also won conference, sectional and regional titles each of his upperclassman seasons
• Set conference-record scores as a junior and senior
• Four-year sectional champion also won the conference title as a sophomore, finishing fourth at state that year
• Two-time USA Diving Junior Nationals qualifier, finishing top 10 on 3-meter in 2019 and 1-meter in 2021
• All-A honor roll student was on the A+ list both of his upperclassman years
PERSONAL
• Major: Psychological Sciences / Law & Society
• Full name is Samuel Jon Bennett
• Born in Muncie, Indiana
• Parents are John and Kim Bennett
• Family also includes older sister Haley