Tien Tran

Position:
Diving
Class:
Senior
High School:
Center Grove
Hometown:
Greenwood, Ind.

Honors and Awards:
Team Captain (09-10) ... Big 12 Diver of the Week (11/29/06, 11/12/08, 11/25/09) ... voted ISU’s Most Valuable Diver (06-07, 07-08, 08-09, 09-10) ... academic All-Big 12 first team (07-08, 08-09, 09-10) ... All-Big 12 first team in platform (07-08), second-team in 3-meter (07-08, 09-10) and second-team on platform (09-10) ... second-team All-Big 12 on all three boards (08-09).

2009-10 (Senior):
Competed on 1-meter (25th, 267.85), 3-meter (24th,2 99.00) and platform (19th, 239.95) at NCAA Championships ... effort on platform was best score and highest finish by a Cyclone on platform at the national championships ... competed on 1-meter (fifth, 543.10), 3-meter (10th, 599.25) and platform (seventh, 472.45) at NCAA Zone ?D’ Diving Championships ... qualified for NCAA Championships based off of placing on 1-meter ... scores on all boards were highest ever by a Cyclone at the Zone Diving Championships ... competed on 1-meter (seventh, 272.00), 3-meter (fifth, 298.65) and platform (fifth, 271.75) at Big 12 Championships ... broke school record on platform during finals of the event ... picked up 15 individual event wins ... swept both diving events against Illinois State/Evansville, South Dakota, South Dakota State, UNI/UW-GB and Iowa ... earned Big 12 Diver of the Week for her three-board sweep at Husker Invitational ... also picked up wins on 3-meter against Missouri and Kansas ... finished eighth on 1-meter, ninth on 3-meter and seventh on platform at Georgia Diving Invitational.

2008-09 (Junior):
Earned All-Big 12 honors on 1-meter (fourth, 287.85), 3-meter (fourth, 304.85) and platform (fifth, 249.35) at the Big 12 Championships ... competed on 1-meter (19th, 226.85), 3-meter (19th, 243.25) and platform (sixth, 451.50) at NCAA Zone D Diving Championships ... earned 14 wins ... broke school record on 3-meter against Nebraska-Omaha (338.55) ... swept diving competitions against Illinois, South Dakota, Western Illinois/South Dakota State and Northern Iowa ... won 3-meter at Nebraska Invitational and finished second on 1-meter and platform ... captured 3-meter title against Kansas and Nebraska ... took first in 1-meter against Nebraska-Omaha and St. Olaf.

2007-08 (Sophomore):
Participated in the 1-meter (10th, 228.30), 3-meter (fourth, 306.85) and platform dive (second, 235.10) at the Big 12 Championships ... qualified for and competed in the 1-meter (11th, 496.45), 3-meter (ninth, 544.45) and platform (sixth, 445.40) at the NCAA Zone D Championships ... compiled the second-best platform score and third-best score in school history in the 3-meter at the Big 12 Championships ... also had fourth-highest score in the 1-meter at Kansas ... recorded 10 first-place finishes for the year.

2006-07 (Freshman):
Competed in the 1-meter (ninth, 482.05), 3-meter (11th, 506.15) and platform (ninth, 356.15) diving events at the Zone Diving Championships ... competed in 1-meter (14th, 233.50), 3-meter (eighth, 267.45) and platform (ninth, 195.15) at Big 12 Championships ... set personal-bests in the 1-meter (256.80), 3-meter (288.37) and platform (191.76) diving events ... recorded 10th-best score in school history in 3-meter diving (288.37) ... recorded the seventh-best score in school history on platform diving event (191.76) ... recorded nine first-place finishes ... won first six individual competitions of her career ... had two wins against SDSU, UNO and Western Illinois/Illinois State ... recipient of Big 12 Diver of the Week award for her performance at the Minnesota Invite ... qualified for Zone Diving in 3-meter with her performance against SDSU (288.37).

High School/Club:
Three-time state participant ... broke school record for both six and eleven dives ... coached by Tom Stahlhut and Fred Hill ... was a four-year member of the Indiana Diving club ... placed sixth at the Junior Olympics Regional on 3-meter board and third on the 1-meter ... finished ninth at Senior Zones on 1-meter diving ... coached by Jason Baumann and Yahya Rahdman.

Personal:
Marketing major and advertising minor ... born April 24, 1988 ... daughter of Trung Tran and Kim Cochenour.

Personal Bests:
Event - Score - All-time school ranking
1-meter - 301.34 - second
3-meter - 338.55 - first
Platfomr - 271.75 - first