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Returns for her senior season as the reigning Sun Belt Conference Female Diver of the Year and 3-meter champion...three-time qualifier for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships, including twice while at FIU...four-time All-Sun Belt Conference honoree in her two years at FIU...nicknamed "Peanut"...two-time team co-captain.

2006-07: Qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships for the third-straight season and won the 3-meter event at the Sun Belt Championships...At NCAA Zone B Championships (3/15/07): Fought through a foot injury to finish 35th in the 3-meter with a score of 222.85...At Sun Belt Championships (2/15-17/07): Named Female Diver of the Year after winning the 3-meter with a 270.20 and finishing second in the 1-meter with a 233.55...During the season:  Earned a pair of top three finishes in the 1-meter event versus FAU/IRCC (245.00) and at the Houston Invitational with an "A" qualifying mark of 257.00...posted her top score for the season (296.00) in the 3-meter event in the meet against FAU and IRCC (1/20/06).

2005-06: Competed in the 1- and 3-meter diving events...earned a pair of All-Sun Belt Conference honors with a runner-up finish in the 1-meter (243.40) and a third-place showing in the 3-meter (488.90) at the conference championships...qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships for the second-straight season...finished second in the 1-meter (263.70) and 3-meter (254.40) during the FIU Invitational (12/31)...selected Sun Belt Conference Diving Performer of the Week (11/9) after a pair of top-three finishes in a dual meet versus Indian River C.C.

Prior to FIU: At North Carolina State in 2005, landed a spot at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships on 3-meter board after recording 342.60 points at the Georgia Tech Invitational...finished 13th on 1-meter (224.90) and 17th on 3-meter (375.70) at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships...posted 14 top-five finishes against ACC opponents...a four-time state qualifier at Cooper City H.S. with a best finish of second place as a sophomore...won a district championship as a freshman and was runner-up as a sophomore and junior...member of the Ft. Lauderdale Diving Team since 1992 who has been diving since the age of seven.

Personal: Born May 24, 1986...daughter of Mark Lowell and Sharyn Strickland...2006-07 and 2007-08 team co-captain...named to the 2005-06 SBC Academic Honor Roll...communications major.