SamDuncan

Top Scores:
1-meter: 357.50 (NCAA Zone C Championships, 3/7/21)
3-meter: 395.95 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/25/21)
Platform: 277.55 (2022 SEC Championships, 2/18/22)

Career Notes:

• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
• 2021, 2022 NCAA qualifier
• 2021 All-SEC Freshman Team
• 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team

In the Record Book:

• No. 6 on 3-meter (2021)
• No. 10 on 1-meter (2021)

2020-21 Freshman: Named to the All-SEC Freshman Team … Competed on the 3-meter springboard at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, finishing 29th with a score of 264.40 … Placed eighth on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 373.65 and 11th on the 1-meter springboard in 302.20 at the 2021 SEC Championships … Qualified for the NCAA Championships, diving to 19th on the 1-meter at 298.15 … Punched his ticket to NCAAs at the Zone C Championships where he took sixth on the 1-meter with a final score of 645.30 … Dove to third on the 3-meter (346.68) and fifth on the 1-meter (311.48) against Tennessee … Finished fourth on the 1-meter (300.53) and fifth on the 3-meter (329.33) versus Louisville … Earned the Most Improved Diver Award and the Booster Club Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named to the SEC First-Year Honor Roll … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team.

Prior to UK: Won the 1-meter at the Virginia Class 6 Championships in 2020 after taking second in 2019 and third in 2018 … Three-time Virginia Region D 1-meter champion … Also competed for Dominion Dive Club … Swept the 1-meter and 3-meter at the 2019 USA Diving Region 6 Championships … Placed second on the 3-meter and third on the 1-meter at the 2019 USA Diving Zone C Championships.