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Kaitlin Simons Season 2024-25

PositionDIVING
YearJunior
HometownMiddlebury, Ind.
2023-24 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
Competed in all three diving events
Season-Best Scores: 284.80 on 1-meter, 310.95 on 3-meter, 250.95 on platform, qualifying for the Zone C Championships in all three events
Scored in both springboard events at the Big Ten Championships, accounting for 13 team points
Consolation finalist on 3-meter at Big Tens
Scored in all three diving events to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invitational, accounting for 34 team points
At the Purdue Invite, finished fifth on 3-meter, sixth on 1-meter and 10th on platform
Teamed up with Jenna Sonnenberg and Jaye Patrick for a runner-up finish in team diving to open Zones

2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN
• CSCAA Scholar All-America (Second Team)
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Competed primarily in the springboard diving events
• Accounted for 19 team points at the Big Ten Championships
• Finished third in the 3-meter consolation final at Big Tens via a season-best score of 301.40, qualifying for Zones
• Also scored on 1-meter at Big Tens with a 22nd-place finish in the prelims
• Qualified for Zones on 1-meter via her season-best score of 276.83 at Illinois
• Scored in all three diving events at the Purdue Invitational, accounting for 13 team points
• At the Purdue Invite, was a finalist on 1-meter and finished top 16 in the other events to also score

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year Indiana state finalist for coach Bob Burns at Northridge High School in northern Indiana
Also competed for the Indiana International School of Diving club
Finished third at state both of her upperclassman seasons, fifth as a sophomore and ninth as a freshman
All-American as a senior
Two-time IGCSA second-team all-state as an upperclassman; three-year IHSSCA state top-16 honoree
Won sectional and regional titles each of her underclassman years, runner-up at both meets as an upperclassman
Four-year All-North Lakes Conference honoree and Northridge scholar athlete honoree
Conference champion as a freshman
Helped Northridge win three conference and sectional titles on the way to top-five finishes at state in 2019 and 2020
2017 USA Diving Junior Zone champion
USA Diving Junior Nationals qualifier form 2015-2021
Camo International finalist
Four-year high honor roll student
National Honor Society
2020 Rising Star of Indiana
Earned multiple state and regional placements as a varsity member of the Science Olympiad team
Junior Optimist Leadership award
• Earned honors in biology, Spanish and marching band

PERSONAL
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Born in Yulin, Guangxi, China
Parents are Gerry and Laura
Family also includes older brothers Thomas and Adam
Thomas is a Purdue alumnus
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Sophomore
2023-24

DIVING
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Freshman
2022-23

DIVING