Zach Whitaker

Position:
Diving
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Coatesville, Ind.
High School:
North Putnam

2005-06: Named Academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . received High Point Diver of the Year . . . recipient of the Robert S. Thomas Scholarship . . . earned 10 first place finishes . . . came in second five times . . . placed third in the one-meter dive at the Mid-American Conference Championship (287.80) . . . finished seventh in the three-meter dive (271.50) . . . led the team for the year in the one-meter dive vs. Butler (303.15) and in the three-meter dive (303.15).

2004-05: Posted BSU’s top one-meter score of the season with a 294.30 at Buffalo . . . ranked second in the team on the three-meter board with a 359.45 at the Zippy Invitational . . . both were career-best efforts . . . earned eight top three scores, including a first-place tally.

2003-04: Placed 10th in one-meter diving (239.10) and 17th in three-meter diving (331.20) at the Mid-American Conference Championships . . . recorded the team’s second-best scores on the one-meter board (247.28) and the three-meter board (347.05) . . . posted four top-three marks.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at North Putnam for Coach Kyle Trebley . . . All-West Central Conference First Team selection as a sophomore, junior and senior . . . established county, conference and sectional diving records . . . shattered the previous school standard for six and 11 dives . . . placed 15th at the Indiana High School Athletic Association state meet . . . U.S. Diving Zone Qualifier in both the one and three meter events.

PERSONAL: Majoring in public relations . . . born Dec. 28, 1984, in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . son of Phil Whitaker and Brenda Kiger . . . has two brothers, Phillip and Eric.