Sydney Ronald

ISU R-Jr Sydney Ronald competing in the W 1M Diving at the 2018 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Thursday, February 22, 2018.

Photo by: Liz Parke

ISU R-Jr Sydney Ronald competing in the W Platform Diving at the 2018 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Saturday, February 24, 2018.

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Diving
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Chippewa Valley
Hometown:
Clinton Township, Mich.

Event	Score	Opponent
1-meter	273.22	Kansas (17-18)
3-meter	306.38	Kansas (18-19)
Platform	210.75	2018 Big 12 Championships

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 Second Team: Three-Meter (2018), Platform (2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll: Fall 2014
Academic All-Big 12 First Team: 2017-18; 2018-19

2018-19 (Redshirt-Senior)
The captain finished her senior season as the top Cyclone on the three-meter … competed only on one-meter during the first three meets of the year, earning a pair of top-two finishes … had 10 top-three finishes on the year … set a new three-meter PR with a 306.38 against Kansas … scored in two events at the Big 12 Championships … ended 17th with a 218.70 on one-meter, 10th with a 288.90 on three-meter and 13th on platform with a 177.95 at the conference meet … qualified for the NCAA Zone meet for the fourth time in her career, placing 32nd on one-meter (232.90) and 34th on three-meter (260.70) … her 260.70 was the best score of her three Zone appearances on three-meter … ends her career as the seventh-best three-meter diver in school history and the sixth to qualify for three or more Zone meets … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2017-18 (Redshirt-Junior)
Led the way for the Cyclones on the three-meter board … placed in the top-two in nine events this season … qualified for Zones on the one-meter against TCU and South Dakota with a 265.00 and on the three-meter versus Kansas with a 295.80, taking the top spot in both events … set a new personal-best one-meter score of 273.22 against Kansas … competed in the one-meter (12^th, 244.20), three-meter (sixth, 305.70) and platform (sixth, 200.55) at the Big 12 Championships … earned Second-Team All-Big 12 honors in the three-meter and platform … finished in 38^th-place on both the one-meter (220.30) and three-meter (245.60) at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Championships … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2016-17 (Redshirt-Sophomore)
Saw action in the first four meets of the season, scoring five times in the year’s first three dual meets … finished 12^th on one-meter at the Mizzou Invite … ranked fourth on the team on one-meter and third on three-meter … missed the remainder of the season after the Mizzou Invite due to injury.

2015-16 (Sophomore)
Dove at Nebraska to open the year, scoring 230.85 points on the one-meter board and 231.45 on the three-meter board … sat the remainder of the season due to injury.

2014-15 (Freshman)
Finished 12^th on one-meter, 14^th on three-meter and 13^th on platform at the Big 12 Championships … qualified for the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Championships with a 303.83-point performance in the three-meter event … ranks seventh in three-meter (303.83) on Iowa State’s all-time top-performers list … tallied nine top-five finishes during her freshman campaign.

High School
Four-time letterwinner at Chippewa Valley High School under coach Steve Morrow ... earned All-American honors on the one-meter board as a senior ... received All-American consideration and won the Macomb Area Conference Division Championship as a sophomore, junior and senior ... named All-State and All-Conference diver as a junior and senior ... set school records in both the six (253.60) and 11 (428.95) dive events ... competed at the D1 state meet four times and finished fourth-place her junior and senior years ... was named to the Macomb County Dream Team, diver of the year and won the Macomb County Championships as a senior.

Personal
Daughter of Michele and Bob Ronald ... born on Feb. 11, 1996 ... marketing major.