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Delaney Schnell is the 2023 NCAA Division I national champion in women’s platform diving. The 12-time College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America first-team All-American has won six Pac-12 Conference championships across three events. She is a three-time Pac-12 Diver of the Year and holds the conference record in women’s platform diving.
Queen D has done it!! Delaney Schnell is an 𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍 in the platform dive‼️ #BearDown pic.twitter.com/Q5uXFc9Zru
— Arizona Swim & Dive (@ArizonaSwimDive) March 19, 2023
The two-year team captain captured five school records during her career. Schnell earned a silver medal in 10-meter synchronized platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics, the first time the United States earned a medal in the event. She earned four additional medals in international competition and is a six-time USA Diving national champion.
The two-time first-team College Sports Communicators Academic All-American earned three CSCAA Scholar All-America selections and was named the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year.
She earned a 2023 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the 2022-23 Tom Hansen Conference Medal, awarded to Pac-12 student-athletes exemplifying leadership and excellence in academics and athletics.
Schnell collaborated in research on predictors and consequences of parent-offspring relationship quality following a late-life divorce, presented in 2020 during the Arizona Psychological Association convention. She volunteered with children with chronic illnesses through Arizona’s Team IMPACT and delivered a keynote speech on having a positive mindset, overcoming obstacles and achieving goals at the Girl Scouts of Arizona’s annual meeting in 2023.
