Ginni van Katwijk

Ginni van Katwijk

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Grootebroek, Netherlands

High School:
RSG Enkhuizen

Last College:
Wyoming

Height:
5-6

Event:
Diving

Birthdate:
03/05/1985

Experience:
1L

2007 NCAA Platform Diving All-America
2007 C-USA Co-Newcomer of the Year
2007 All-Conference USA Second Team (1-Meter Diving)
2007 All-Conference USA Second Team (Platform Diving)
2007 All-Conference USA Third Team (3-Meter Diving)
C-USA Diver of the Week (Jan. 30, 2007)
2006-07 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

2006-07 SEASON
Finished second in both diving events during the second day of the tri-meet against Northern Colorado and at New Mexico State... Posted a second-place finish on the 1-meter board against No. 8 SMU and No. 25 Oregon State... Placed second on the 3-meter springboard during the first day of the Phill Hansel Duals Weekend... Finished second on the 3-meter springboard with 281.50 points during the Hawai'i Diving Invitational... Finished second in both the 1- and 3-meter springboard events during a quad-meet against North Texas, Florida International and New Mexico State... Scored 266.92 points on the 1-meter springboard and 303.83 points in the 3-meter event to finish third in both during a quad meet at LSU and against Rice and New Orleans... Placed second on the 1-meter springboard with a career-best 291.70 points during the C-USA Championship... Finished third in the 3-meter diving with 291.00 points during the C-USA Championship... Wrapped up her first appearance at the C-USA Championship with a second-place finish on the platform after scoring 264.05 points... Joined teammate Anastasia Pozdniakova as the only competitors to place among the Top Three individual leaders in all three diving events during the C-USA meet... Scored 622.80 points on the 3-meter springboard to finish third at the NCAA Zone D meet... Qualified for her first NCAA Championships appearance with that performance... Posted 379.60 points on the platform to finish sixth in that event at the NCAA Zone D meet... Was the only Cougar diver to compete in all three events at the Zone meet... Finished second in the consolation finals of platform diving during the NCAA Championships with 294.75 points... Was the only diver to compete in all three events during the NCAA Championships... Finished 35th on both the 1- and 3-meter springboard events at the NCAA Championships... Won the platform competition at the 2007 Dutch Nationals meet... Finished 12th at the 2007 Rome Grand Prix.

PRE-HOUSTON
Set three Wyoming records... Qualified for the NCAA Zone E Meet in each of her two seasons. Sophomore (2005-06): Transferred to Wyoming following the fall semester and made an immediate impact... Placed third on the 3-meter and platform at the Mountain West Championships... Earned All-MWC First-Team honors and set school records in both events... MWC Diver of the Week... Named Academic All-Conference.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was the Dutch national champion on the 1- and 3-meter springboards in the 2006 open division... Dutch national champion in Group A in the 1- and 3-meter events as well as synchronized diving in 2002... Repeated in the 3-meter event while winning the Open/Senior level 1- and 3-meter Dutch national championships... Was a 2004 British national champion on the 1-meter board in the Open division.

PERSONAL
Full name is Ginni Anita van Katwijk... Born on March 5, 1985, in Rotterdam, Netherlands... Daughter of Ida van Katwijk... Majoring in sociology.

Ginni van Katwijk's Personal Bests
1-Meter • 513.70 • Austin, Texas • 3/3/07
3-Meter (6) • 319.25 • Austin, Texas • 3/2/07
3-Meter (11) • 622.80 • Austin, Texas • 3/2/07
Platform • 379.60 • Austin, Texas • 3/3/07