Junior Lacey Houser was named the women’s Big Ten Diver of the Week, sophomore Michael Hixon is the men’s Big Ten Diver of the Week and freshman Blake Pieroni is the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the conference announced ?Tuesday.
In a tri-meet with Wisconsin and Notre Dame during the weekend, Houser won the 3-meter event with 338.50 points. She also scored a 313.10 on the 1-meter to place third. Both totals are NCAA Zone Diving qualifying marks.
This is Houser’s first Diver of the Week honor.
Redshirt freshman Jessica Parratto was the last IU diver to win the award Dec. 23, 2014.
For the men, Hixon swept the diving events against Wisconsin and Notre Dame by winning both the 1-meter and ?3-meter.
His 1-meter total of 444.20 points is a new school record, breaking the old mark set by Darian Schmidt at the 2013 Big Ten Championships.
Hixon earned NCAA Zone qualifying scores in both events. This is his fourth Diver of the Week honor, the most recent on Dec. 23, 2014.
Pieroni is the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time this season. He collected five first-place finishes during the weekend in the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.
Pieroni’s time of 1:36.62 in the 200 freestyle earned him an NCAA “B” cut.
The Hoosiers return to action this weekend against Purdue in West Lafayette.
Grace Palmieri
