Dreyer, Velazquez Named ACC Divers of the Year

March 30, 2005

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami divers Jenna Dreyer and Miguel Velazquez became the first-ever recipients of the Atlantic Coast Conference Diver of the Year award when the conference announced the men’s and women’s ACC swimming and diving honors Wednesday. All awards were determined by a vote of the league’s head coaches. <?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>

Dreyer, a <?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Port Elizabeth, South Africa native, placed sixth on the one-meter board at the NCAA Championship to earn first-team All-America honors.  The freshman also garnered honorable mention All-America accolades on the three-meter and 10-meter platform boards.  Dreyer was awarded All-Conference honors for her first-place finish on the one-meter board and second-place finish on the three-meter board.  She was named the ACC Diver of the Meet, having set a new ACC Championship record with a score of 320.75 on the one-meter board.

Velazquez, a native of Mexico City, Mexico, was named a first-team All-American after placing third on the 10-meter platform board and fifth on the three-meter board at the NCAA Championship.  He also earned honorable mention All-America honors for his performance on the one-meter board.  Velazquez, a senior, was named the ACC Diver of the Meet, having placed first on both the one and three-meter boards at the ACC Championship.