· NCAA Championships Qualifier (Platform Diving)
· Cox competed in all three diving events throughout the season
· Career-best score on platform (463.35) at the Big Tens Championships was good for third place in the championship final and third best in program history
· Also finished third on platform at the Zone C Championships to punch his ticket to NCAAs for the second year in a row
· Accounted for 30 team points at the Big Ten Championships by scoring in all three diving events for the second time in his career
· Won the consolation final of 1-meter (349.45) and took fourth in the consolation final of 3-meter (351.30) with season-best scores at Big Tens
· Finished 17th in the prelims of platform diving at NCAAs to just miss out on advancing to the consolation final
· Finished fourth on platform at the Ohio State Invitational
· Finished his career having accounted for 68 team points at the Big Ten Championships, good for fourth most among his senior class
2013-14:
· Honorable Mention All-America (Platform Diving)
· NCAA Championships Qualifier
· Second Team All-Big Ten
· Cox competed in all three diving events over the course of the season
· Runner-up in platform diving at the Big Ten Championships with a career-best score of 419.20 that ranked eighth in program history
· Won the platform diving competition at the Zone C Championships to punch his ticket to NCAAs for the first time
· Competed in all three diving events at NCAAs and qualified for the consolation final from the platforms to earn Honorable Mention All-America acclaim
· Accounted for 18 team points at the Big Ten Championships by placing second in the championship final of platform diving and eighth in the consolation final of 3-meter diving
· Won the platform diving competition at the Ohio State Invitational, where he also finished sixth among a large field from the 1-meter board
· Won from the 1-meter board at the November Quad meet... named among the team captains for 2014-15.
2012-13:
· Cox competed in all three diving events throughout the season
· Posted season-best scores from the 3-meter (382) and platform (393.95) at the Big Ten Championships
· Season-best from the 1-meter board (335.75) was at the Big Ten Quad
· Moved into eighth place from the 3-meter and ninth place from the platform among the Purdue all-time Top 10
· Scored in all three diving events at Big Tens, accounting for 17 points by placing seventh in the championship final of the platform, fifth in the consolation final of 3-meter and eight in the consolation final of 1-meter
· Placed 14th in the platform prelims for his highest finish at the Zone C Championships
· Was selected as the diver to travel among the group of nine Boilers for the prestigious Classic @ SMU, winning the 1-meter competition and placing fourth from the 3-meter
· Placed third from the platform as the top-performing Boiler at the Ohio State Invitational
· Accounted for 25 team points at the Purdue Invitational by placing fifth from the 1-meter and eighth from the platform.
2011-12:
· Cox finished sixth in the consolation final of the platform diving at the Big Ten Championships to account for three team points
· Also posted his season-high score (322.35) from the platform in the preliminary round of Big Tens
· Competed from all three boards at the Zone C Championships, highlighted by a 11-place finish in the platform
· Posted season-best scores from the 1-meter (294.08) at Iowa and the 3-meter at Miami.
Before Purdue:
· Three-time All-American was a state champion and Wisconsin Division I Diver of the Year as a sophomore and senior at Menomonee Falls High School
· State runner-up as a junior
· Won every event he entered and broke every MFHS school and pool record as a senior
· Won the state title his senior year with the eighth-highest score in Wisconsin history
· Also qualified for the state meet as a freshman, finishing eighth
· Three-year conference and sectional champion
· Team captain and MVP as a senior
· Won YMCA national championship titles in the 1-meter, 3-meter (twice) and 10-meter platform
· 3-meter finalist at the 2011 Junior Nationals.
Personal:
· Full name is Nathan Kyle Cox
· Born in Menomonee Falls, Wis.
· Son of Gary and Kristin Cox
· Family also includes brother Danny, who was an All-American diver at Purdue from 2006-07 through 2010-11
· Majoring in communication
Purdue Personal Preferences
Favorite Pro Team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite Coach: John Wooden
Favorite Aquatic Center (Other Than Purdue): University of Hawaii
In His MP3 Player: Imagine Dragons
Last Concert He Attended: Milwaukee's Summerfest
Favorite Actor & Actress: Robert Downey, Jr. & Olivia Wilde
Favorite Director: Michael Bay
Favorite Month of the Year: January
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Food: Chicken Alfredo
Favorite Big City: Chicago
Favorite Building on Campus: Boilermaker Aquatic Center
Unique Travel Locale: Puerto Rico
Country He'd Most Like to Visit: Slovenia
Another Sport He Enjoys Playing: Baseball
Favorite Outdoor Activities: Tubing & Wakeboarding
Enjoyed this Professor's Class: Daleth Assad, Latin American Literature
Furry Friend: Buster, Brittany Spaniel
Most Memorable Competition at Purdue: 2014 Big Ten Championships
2012-13 Photo Gallery