IRVING, Texas (December 20, 2017) – Redshirt sophomore
Brittany Haskell (London, Ontario, Canada) became the fourth different diver from FIU to be named Conference USA Diver of the Week this season, the league announced Wednesday. It is her first award and the fifth of six Diver of the Week awards captured by the FIU squad this season.
Haskell posted the top score of all Conference USA divers in the 1-meter program of the season, with a 301.35 to finish first in a dual meet with Georgia Southern as the Panthers won 148-94. The score was just three-tenths off her career-best score in the 1-meter program. The Panthers improved to 5-3 in dual meets this season.
Haskell joins a list long populated with fellow FIU divers. Senior
Rebecca Quesnel (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), freshman
Rachel Foord (Melbourne, Australia) and fellow sophomore
Brooke Bouchard all have won the weekly recognition. Quesnel was awarded the honor on October 11 and Foord won on back-to-back weeks, November 1 and 8 and Bouchard was the last Panther to win it, on November 22. Panthers swimming and junior
Naomi Ruele (Gaborone, Botswana) was awarded C-USA Swimmer of the Week on November 8.
FIU, which was ranked eighth in the latest CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major poll this week, will next host the FIU Sprint Invite on January 5 to start the spring semester, at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including Lime Court at FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
