NCAA ZONE QUALIFIER 2003-04: Rebounded from a preseason shoulder surgery--earning the team's Warrior Award--to qualify for the NCAA Zone "B" Championships (March 12-13) during her first year with the Seminoles...Finished 18th on the one-meter board at the competition with a score of 481.50...Had her best meet of the season at the ACC Championships (Feb. 18-21), taking fourth in the one-meter competition while placing sixth on the three-meter board...Tallied season-high scores of 276.70 on the one-meter while adding an 11-dive 444.25 in the three-meter at the meet...Recorded five top five finishes during the dual meet season. HIGH SCHOOL: Won the state diving championships in 2002 while at Colquitt County high school in Georgia...Qualified for the national team seven times...Notched four third-place finishes with one second-place score on the one-meter board...Also played four years of soccer in high school, earning First-Team All-Region honors each season...Dove for Team Orlando along with Seminole teammate Brittany Lerew for Lerew's father Jay. PERSONAL: Born August 14, 1985...Majoring in Biological Sciences...Daughter of Tommy Geni Akridge...Sister Chaltsy Akridge played tennis at Mercer. |
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