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Swimming & Diving
07/11/2012 Fifty-Nine Spartans Named Big Ten Distinguished ScholarsHonorees earned minimum grade point average of 3.7 for the 2011-12 academic year. 04/26/2012 Swimming and Diving Celebrates 2011-12 Season with BanquetSpartans honored top performers at banquet. 04/10/2012 Michigan State Holds 15th Annual Spartan Academic Excellence GalaA record 294 Spartan student-athletes were honored for cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or better. 03/28/2012 2011-12 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Selections AnnouncedForty-nine Spartans student-athletes were recognized for having a 3.0 or better GPA. 03/13/2012 Divers Compete at NCAA Zone C RegionalsFive Divers Competed at the Regional Championships in Indiana. Senior Season: Academic All-Big Ten ... Named Scholar-Athlete at the Academic Excellence Gala with the highest cumulative grade point average for Men's Swimming and Diving ... Competed in the NCAA Diving Zone C Regional placing 40th in the one-meter with 248.45 points and 26th on the three-meter with 279.15 points. Junior Season: Academic All-Big Ten ... Posted season-best scores on the one-meter at the Green and White meet (284.10) and on the three-meter at the dual meet vs. Michigan (312.83). Sophomore Season: Academic All-Big Ten ... Placed fourth against GVSU on the one-meter (282.60) ... Placed fourth against UW-Milwaukee on the three-meter and dove a 263.70 ... Dove a 283.73 on the three-meter against Notre Dame ... Dove a 234.30 on the one-meter at the Big Ten Championships. Freshman Season: Scored a 263.93 on the three-meter board which was good for fourth place at the Northwestern Invitational (11/22) ... Collected a pair of season-high scores vs. Ball State (12/13) with a 261.97 (second place) on the one-meter board and a 269.03 (third place) on the three-meter board ... Took third place in the three-meter competition with a 264.90 vs. Michigan (2/8). High School: All-American and All-State honoree. Personal: Born March 7, 1990...Son of Jerry and Colette Akers...Enrolled in the Lyman Briggs School. |
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