The University of Akron Athletics
2008-09 Women's Swimming and Diving

Katie Carter
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Euclid
- Hometown:
- Euclid, Ohio
2005-06 Mid-American Conference 3-Meter DivingChampion
2005-06 First-Team All-MAC
2006-07 Academic All-MAC
2007-08 Academic All-MAC
as a Junior (2007-08):Carter dominated fromboth springboards all season sweeping1-Meter and 3-Meter divingevents on four separate occasions (Oakland, Miami, Ball State andMarshall)...Added a 1st place finish from the 1-Meter board againstEastern Michigan in addition to a 2nd place finish in the 3-Meterportion of competition... Tallied two first place victories fromthe 3-Meter board and added a pair of second place finishes on the1-Meter board at both the Zippy Invitational and Buffalomeets...Concluded the season with a 3rd place finish in 1-Meterdiving event at the MAC Championships while leading the Zips with aseventh place finish in 3-Meter diving...Carter’s 3.7 GPAearned her a spot on the All-Academic MAC team for the secondstraight season...
as a Sophomore (2006-07): Ended the regularseason with seven-straight victories in 3-meter diving including a new meet and pool record with season-best performanceof 318.85 at the SummaCare Invitational (12/1/06-12/03/06) ... alsoclaimed four wins and four second-place efforts in 1-meter diving... swept both diving events against Ball State (10/28/06), Ohio(11/10/06), Bowling Green (1/13/07) and Youngstown State (1/14/07)... finished in the top-five of both events in every meet of theseason except against EMU and at the MAC meet ... earned AcademicAll-MAC honors at seasons end.
as a Freshman (2005-06): Crowned as the 2006Mid-American Conference 3-meter diving champion after posting ameet and school record six-dive tally of 335.85 ... missed the MACoverall record by 2.1 points ... earned first-team All-MAC honorsafter winning the 3-meter diving championship and posting aninth-place finish in the 1-meter event ... qualified for the NCAAZone Diving Meet, finishing 17th in the 3-meter to become just thethird UA diver to make the finals in either diving event ... ledall divers and all UA freshmen with nine victories and tied for thediving corp lead with 16 top-five finishes ... posted multiple winson two occasions, including a dual meet sweep against Ball State(10/29/05) and a tri-meet sweep against Ohio and Youngstown State(11/11/05) ... notched her first-career victory, teaming up withteammate Melissa Holbach to win the 1-meter event at the Tom StubbsRelays (10/14/05)...her first individual victory came in her sweepof Ball State (10/29/05) ... won at least one diving event in fiveof her first six collegiate meets ... posted a top-five finish inevery regular season event she competed in and finished in thetop-10 in every event except the two events at the NCAA ZoneMeet.
at Euclid High School: Four-year letterwinner... qualified three times for the Division I Ohio High School StateChampionships ... finished 19th in the 2003 state championships,earning All-America considerations ... moved into the top-10 in the2004 championships, placing eighth to earn All-Americaconsideration ... ended her high school career with a fourth-placefinish in the 1-meter at the 2005 state championships, earningAll-America honors ... broke the LEL meet record en route to aconference championship in 2005 ... followed up her conferencevictory with a win in the sectional and district meets ... won the2004 Viking Invitational ... named to the NISCA Top-40 ... was the2004-05 Euclid High School Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Daughter of Geoffrey and ChristineCarter ... her father was a four-year letterwinner in swimming atAshland College (1970-74) while majoring in graphic design ... hasa 3.84 GPA.