The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2008-09 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Jessica Livingston
- Position:
- Diving
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Woodlands
- Prev School:
- Minnesota
- Hometown:
- The Woodlands, Texas
· 2007 NCAA Platform Diving Champion
· Two-time All-American
· Big 12 Champion
AS A SENIOR (2007-08)
· Redshirt season
AS A JUNIOR (2006-07)
· Captured the NCAA platform diving championship with a final score of 357.85, edging Indiana[apos]s Lindsay Weigle by 1.3 points
· Added All-America honors in the three-meter diving event with a third-place finish (367.15) at the NCAA Championship
· Claimed the platform diving title (345.90) at the Big 12 Championship, where she also placed third in the one-meter event (295.25) and second in the three-meter event (324.55)
· Competed in the one-meter event in seven dual meets, with second-place finishes coming against Nebraska (270.08), Texas A&M (295.27) and Arizona and SMU (267.05)
· Participated in the three-meter event in seven dual meets and recorded second-place finishes against Nebraska (309.68), Texas A&M (312.45), Auburn (288.07), Georgia (326.48) and Arizona and SMU (329.60)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005-06)
· Achieved All-America status at the NCAA Championships, finishing fourth in the platform event (298.40).
· Won the title in the platform event (303.50) at the Big 12 Championships
· Finished second in the 1-meter event (277.28) at the dual meet with Arizona
· Runner-up in the 3-meter event (240.15) in the meet with USC and UC Santa Barbara
· Earned first-place finishes in both the 1-meter event (279.25) and 3-meter event (286.00) at the Big 12 Relays.
· Won the 3-meter dive (298.20) at the dual meet with Missouri
NATIONALLY
· 2008 U.S. Spring National Champion in the 10m platform synchro with Texas-Ex
Laura Wilkinson
· Placed third in the 10m platform synchro with Laura Wilkinson at the 2008 FINA
FINA Diving Grand Prix
· Won the platform title at the 2006 Kaiser Permanente USA Diving Championships
· Placed second on 1-meter in the 2001 Junior Pan Am
· In 2001, she was the 3-meter Champion in the Junior Nationals
· Placed sixth on platform in the 2002 Junior World Championship
· Placed third on 3-meter in the 2003 Junior Pan Am
· Competed in the 2004 Olympic Trials and placed fourth on the 10-meter platform
· In the 2005 FINA China Open, placed eighth on platform and fourth on synchro platform
· Claimed USA Diving title with former Longhorn Laura Wilkinson in the 10-meter synchro event (2005, 2007)
PRIOR TO TEXAS
· Made the 2005 Big Ten Second Team
· The University of Minnesota swimming and diving 2005 MVP
HIGH SCHOOL
· High school team was four-time State Runner-Ups (2001-04)
· Team were three time conference Champions (2001-2003)
· Helped high school team to 2004 District and Regional Championships
· Had an undefeated high school diving career
· 3-time Missouri and one-time Texas state champion
· Named All-State all four years of high school career
· Named her high school team[apos]s 2001 and 2002 MVP
· 2001 and 2002 High Point Award recipient
· TISCA 5A Female Diver of the Year
· Named an Academic All-American in 2004
· A four-year All-American
PERSONAL
Daughter of Janine and Robert Livingston... has one brother, Drew (17)... majoring in advertising... recipient of the 2006 UT Women[apos]s Athletics Good Right Arm Advertising Scholarship ... recipient of the 2007 UT Women[apos]s Athletics Darrell K Royal Endowed Presidential Scholarship ... a 2007 Academic All-Big 12 first-team selection ... member of the Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007) ... born January 25, 1986, in Arlington, Texas.
