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Gina Cazares Season 2021-22

EventsDIVER
Height5-0
ClassSenior
HometownSan Diego, Calif.
Exp.3L

HONORS & AWARDS

All-Mountain West - Platform (2021 & 2022)

Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020 & 2021)

SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020, Fall 2020)
 

CAZARES' CAREER BEST SCORES

EventScoreMeet1-Meter284.15Mountain West Championships (2-16-22)3-Meter305.25vs. San Diego (1-24-20)Platform257.95Mountain West Championships (2-19.22)

Completed her Aztec career ranked No. 5 on the program's top platform diving scores.

2021-22: Competed in eight meets, and posted Zone E qualifying scores in the 1-meter springboard and platform and competed in both of those disciplines… Recorded top-10 finishes in the 1-meter springboard at UCLA (5th), vs. Cal Poly (5th), the Chic-Fil-A Invitational (6th), and vs. San Diego (6th)… Best 1-meter score, 284.15, came at the Mountain West Championships… Top-10 finishes in the 3-meter springboard came at UCLA (3rd), vs. Cal Poly (6th) and vs. San Diego (6th)… Best 3-meter score, 269.75, was recorded at the prelims of the Mountain West Championships… Produced top-10 finishes in the platform at the Phill Hansel Invitational (3rd), at UCLA (4th) and the Mountain West Championships (6th)… Top score in the platform, 257.95, came at the Mountain West Championships… Her top scores in the 1-meter springboard and platform were career-bests… Finished her Aztec career ranked No. 5 in the platform (257.95).

2020-21: One of three Aztecs who qualified to compete at the 2021 NCAA Zone E Championships, where she placed 26th in the 1-meter and 16th on the platform ... Collected two top-15 finishes at the 2021 Mountain West Conference Championships, placing sixth on the platform and 11th on the 1-meter springboard … Her platform performance earned her all-Mountain West honors for the first time in her career … Dove to a bronze medal finish in the Aztecs’ dual at Pepperdine on the 1-meter springboard … Recorded two top-6 finishes at the Fresno State Invite, placing sixth on the 1-meter and fifth on the 3-meter springboards.

2019-20: Competed in the prelims of all three boards at the 2020 NCAA Zone E Championships (March 9-11), earning her top finish on the platform (26th, 203.20 points) … Earned spots in the consolation finals on both the 1-meter and platform springboard competitions at the MW Championships (Feb. 19-22), collecting seventh (250.35 points) and second (245.15 points) in those competitions, respectively …  Platform effort at conference championships also marked her career-best performance and sits as the Aztecs’ fifth-best effort in program history…  Registered her season-best 1-meter performance at the NAU Diving Invite (Nov. 23), scoring a career-best 281.35 points for a sixth-place finish in the prelims …The effort marked SDSU’s ninth-best 1-meter performance in program history … Her top 3-meter performance of the season came against San Diego (Jan. 24), where she totaled a career-best score of 305.25 and placed sixth overall. 

HIGH SCHOOL
2018 graduate of nearby West Hills High School in Santee, California… Coached there by Rob Kreuger… Earned four varsity letters as a diver at West Hills HS… Also competed in gymnastics at West Hills HS… Qualified for the California state meet and finished third in the California CIF San Diego Section 2 Championships in 1-meter competition… Graduated with a 3.8 grade point average at West Hills… Named First Team All-CIF in gymnastics and owns the school record on uneven bars.