2020-21 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Garrett Sommer
- Position:
- Diving
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- York, Pa.
- High School:
- Central York
Career: 2020 Academic All-Patriot League ... scored 68 points at the Patriot League Championships ... graduated with Bucknell's sixth-best 3-meter dive (271.95) and seventh-best 1-meter dive (269.10) scores ... 13 wins in individual events.
2020-21 (Senior): Competed on both boards against Lehigh, taking first on the 3-meter (241.35) and second on the 1-meter (236.63) ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Junior): Voted to the Academic All-Patriot League Team ... scored 25 points points at the Patriot League Championships, good for second among Bison, by placing fifth in the 1-meter dive and eighth in the 3-meter dive ... improved program top-10 scores on both boards, posting a 271.95 on the 3-meter and a 269.10 on the 1-meter ... missed first half of the season to injury ... returned to win the 3-meter dive and place second in the 1-meter dive against Johns Hopkins ... placed second twice on the 1-meter board ... finished third on the 3-meter board three times and once on the 1-meter board ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Continued success on both boards ... scored 25 points at the Patriot League Championships by placing sixth on the 3-meter board and seventh on the 1-meter board ... score of 268.35 in the 1-meter dive was best of the season and good for seventh in school history at the time ... at the ECAC Championships, captured a silver medal on the 1-meter board and took fourth on the 3-meter board ... improved two spots from the preliminaries on both boards ... won the 3-meter dive at the Bison Invite with a team season-best mark of 268.75, good for seventh in school history at the time ... scored eight victories, including six on the 3-meter board and two on the 1-meter board ... overall, posted 15 top-three finishes ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (Freshman): Emerged as a strong contributor on both boards as a freshman ... scored 18 points at the Patriot League Championships behind an eighth-place finish in the 1-meter dive and 10th-place showing in the 3-meter dive ... at the ECAC Championships, placed seventh in both the 1-meter dive and 3-meter dive ... scored three wins and four runner-up finishes during dual competition ... posted Bucknell's seventh-best 1-meter dive score (259.73) in dual against Columbia ... registered Bucknell's eighth-best 3-meter dive mark (249.08) in dual at Bryant ... had four other 1-meter dives and eight other 3-meter dives that would have cracked Bucknell's top 10 ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain as a diver at Central York High School … state semifinalist in Pennsylvania … two-time county champion … two-time district placewinner … two-year member of the YAIAA All-Star Team … school record holder … won the 2017 YAIAA County title … Scholastic Academic All-American … competed for the ACWS Soaring Eagle Dive Club and the Flip & Rip Dive Club … also a member of the school marching band.
Personal: Son of Gregory and Karin Sommer … one younger sister, Mikayla … major was chemical engineering.
