Valerie McGowan

Position:
Diving
Class:
Senior
High School:
Plainfield
Hometown:
Plainfield, Ind.`

2006-07: Scored a 196.50 at the House of Champions (12/1/06) in one-meter diving . . . and finished with a season best 217.60 in the three-meter at the House of Champions (12/1/06).

2005-06: Competed in 14 events for the Cardinals with one second-place finish . . . posted a season-best 201.23 in the one-meter dive and a 234.90 in the three-meter.

2004-05: Posted career-best scores of 320.15 on the three-meter board in 11-dives and 208.05 on the one-meter board.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Plainfield for Coach Julie Bradshaw . . . two-time academic All-Mid-State Conference . . . academic all-state and academic All-American as a senior . . . individual county champion as a junior . . . team captain as a senior . . . helped guide the Quakers to four county championships and sectional championships her freshman and sophomore campaigns . . . state qualifier as a junior . . . recorded personal-best marks of 215.45 in six dives as a senior and 345.15 in 11 dives as a junior.

PERSONAL: Majoring in nursing . . . born March 2, 1986, in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . daughter of Greg and Bev McGowan . . . father played tennis and was a diver at Wabash College . . . has two sisters, Lindsey and Melanie, and one brother, Stephen.