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Maycey Vieta Season 2020-21

PositionDIVING
YearSophomore
HometownBlacklick, Ohio
2023-24 / AS A FIFTH YEAR
• OLYMPIAN (10-Meter for Puerto Rico)
• World Aquatics Championship Qualifier (10-Meter for Puerto Rico)
• All-American (Platform)
• NCAA National Championship Qualifier (Platform)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Ten


2022-23 / AS A SENIOR
• Big Ten Champion (Platform)
• Big Ten Medal of Honor
• All-American (Platform)
• Central American & Caribbean Games Bronze Medalist (10-Meter, Mixed 10-Meter Synchro)

 World Aquatics Championships Qualifier (10-Meter for Puerto Rico)
• NCAA Championships Qualifier (Platform)
• First Team All-Big Ten (Platform)
 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
 CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Academic All-District
Academic All-Big Ten
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Competed on 3-meter and platform, focusing on platform for Zones and NCAAs
• Won the Purdue women's first Big Ten title since 2020 and first on platform since 2009
• Medaled on platform at Big Tens for the third time in four years, teaming with Maggie Merriman for the Purdue women's first-ever 1-2 finish at the Big Ten Championships
• Championship finalist at NCAAs for the second time in her career
• Also was a championship finalist on 10-meter at the USA Diving Winter Nationals in December
• Won a pair of bronze medals for Puerto Rico at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador before heading to Japan for the World Championships
• Season-best scores 318.30 on platform at the Big Ten Championships and 311.03 on 3-meter at Illinois
• Accounted for 35 team points at Big Tens, ranking third on the team; enters the 2023-24 season as Purdue's active career scoring leader at Big Tens (164 points)
• Opted to return as a fifth-year student-athlete for the 2023-24 school year
• Joined Jenna Sonnenberg and Merriman as Boilermakers to claim all four prominent academic honors in 2022-23

2021-22 / AS A JUNIOR
• USA Diving Winter Nationals Silver Medalist (10-Meter)
 FINA World Championships Qualifier (10-Meter, 10-Meter Synchro for Puerto Rico)
• Big Ten Silver Medalist (Platform)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (Platform)
• NCAA Championships Qualifier (Platform)

 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
 CSCAA Scholar All-America
Academic All-Big Ten
Competed in all three events at the Big Ten Championships and focused on the platform at NCAAs
Season-Best Scores: 310.55 on 1-meter, 311.35 on 3-meter, 349.50 on platform
Moved up to third place in team history with her career-best score on platform at Big Tens
Claimed silver on 10-meter at the USA Diving Winter Nationals and qualified for the FINA World Championships with Puerto Rico
Won silver on the tower at Big Tens for the second time, leading the way as Purdue had four of the eight competitors in the championship final
Accounted for 44 team points at Big Tens to rank third on the team, also scoring the consolation final on 3-meter
Ranks second among active Boilermakers with 129 points at Big Tens
Finished fifth on platform at Zones to qualify for the NCAA Championships again; finished 20th at NCAAs
At the World Championships in Budapest, finished 10th in the prelim and 13th in the semifinal
Victorious on platform at the Purdue Invitational
Finished fifth in the 1-meter prelim at the Purdue Invite but opted to scratch from the final
Won on 3-meter at the season-opening intrasquad

2020-21 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• NCAA Bronze Medalist & All-American (Platform)
 Academic All-Big Ten
 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
CSCAA Scholar All-America
 FINA Diving World Cup Qualifier (10-Meter, 10-Meter Synchro for Puerto Rico)
Competed in all three diving events, excelling most on platform
One of nine members of Purdue swim-dive to earn all three top academic honors for the year
Won bronze on the tower at the NCAA Championships, registering the top individual finish as Purdue had the top-scoring diving team at the women’s national championship meet
Posted a career-best score (316.80) on platform at NCAAs, moving into ninth place in team history
Scored in all three diving events at Big Tens, highlighted by a fourth-place showing on the tower
Also was a consolation finalist on 1-meter and 17th overall on 3-meter, accounting for 49 team points to rank second on the team
Event winner on platform at Zones to earn her berth at the NCAA Championships
Season-best scores on the springboards included: 281.50 on 1-meter at Big Tens and 282.95 on 3-meter at the triple dual with Minnesota and Wisconsin in Madison
• Selected to serve as a Boiler SAAC team representative during the 2021-22 school year

2019-20 / AS A FRESHMAN
• All-American (Platform -- Honorary Due to Cancellation of NCAAs)
• Big Ten Silver Medalist & Second Team All-Big Ten (Platform)
CSCAA Scholar All-America
Competed in all three diving events, excelling most on platform
Scored in all three events in her debut at the Big Ten Championships, winning silver on the platform
Purdue’s first female freshman diver to medal at Big Tens since 2009
Co-recipient of the team's most improved award
Season-Best Scores: 277.90 on 1-Meter, 279.60 on 3-Meter, 294.20 on Platform
Moved into 11th place in program history on platform
Accounted for 36 team points at Big Tens
At the House of Champions Invitational in November, finished top 10 in all three diving events
Finished third on platform and also was a top-eight finalist on 1-meter at the November Invite
Runner-up on 1-meter as Purdue’s top finisher in the dual meet at Indiana

HIGH SCHOOL
Competed for coach Jill McInerney at Gahanna Lincoln High School in the Columbus area
Ohio state champion as a sophomore
State runner-up each of her upperclassman seasons
Also a two-time district champion as an upperclassman
Set school records for six- and 11-dive lists all four years
Ned Reeb Invitational champion as a freshman and senior
Also competed for the national champion Ohio State Diving Club
Nationals qualifier and finalists – Tier 3 Juniors
Four-year honor roll student

PERSONAL
 Major: Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership; earned bachelor's in Media & Mass Communication in May 2023
 Full name is Maycey Adrianne Vieta
 Born in Mesa, Arizona
 Parents are Mark and Julie Vieta
 Family also includes siblings Morgan, Marcus, Marley, Margot and Madden
 Mother was a cheerleader at the University of Notre Dame
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Fifth Year
2023-24

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Junior
2021-22

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Freshman
2019-20

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Senior
2022-23

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