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Taylor Konopacke Season 2023-24

PositionDIVER
ClassSophomore
HometownDel Mar, Calif.

SDSU TOP-10 CAREER MARKS
Platform: 249.00 pts (8th)

HONORS
2024 NCAA Zone E Qualifier (Platform)
2023 NCAA Zone E Qualifier (Platform)
2023 Mountain West All-Academic Selection
2022-23 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete


Link: Season & Career Bests

2022-23 SEASON (As A Freshman):
Saw action in 10 meets during her first season on The Mesa, capped by a berth in platform competition at the NCAA Zone E Championships … Set a personal best in her collegiate debut with 230.63 points in the 1-meter springboard at Pepperdine, finishing second in the event to help SDSU defeat the Waves (10-7-22) … Logged a pair of top-10 placements at the GCU Quad Meet, taking eighth in the 3-meter competition (220.58 pts) to go with a ninth-place standing in the 1-meter event (217.58 pts) (10-21/22-22) … Finished sixth in the platform finals with 226.10 points at the CBU Lancer Diving Invitational (12-16-22) … Scored a personal-high 243.08 points in 3-meter competition in the Aztecs’ triumph over USD, as the Scarlet and Black rolled to its 50th consecutive dual-meet victory (1-27-23) … Advanced to the finals of the 1-meter and platform at the NAU Lumberjack Diving Invitational (2-3/5-23) … Secured a spot in the NCAA Zone E meet after posting a season-high 227.05 points on the platform at the Mountain West Championships where she finished 11th in the consolation round (2-18-23) … Ended year with a 29th-place finish in the platform preliminaries with 188.10 points at the NCAA Zone E Championships (3-7-23) … Earned a spot on the Mountain West all-academic team and received conference scholar-athlete recognition.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE:  Graduated in 2022 from Canyon Crest  Academy in Del Mar, California, where she was a two-year varsity competitor for head coach Todd Mulzet … Was named her school’s Diver of the Year … Finished sixth in the finals of the girls springboard with 203.80 points at the 2022 CIF San Diego Section Division I Championships, according to DiveMeets.com … Posted a top score of 42.55 in the 203B dive during the third round of the event … Captured two titles at the 2020 Ron O’Brien Novice Invitational after winning the girls 14-18 3-meter competition (236.75 pts) and platform event (168.70 pts) … Also competed in gymnastics as a prep.

PERSONAL: Born in La Jolla, California … Plans to major in biology at SDSU.