2012-13 Women's Swim & Dive Roster
Roster

Christy Cash
- Position:
- Diving
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lenexa, Kan.
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission West
Top Scores
one-meter – 521.05 (2013 NCAA Zone Championships, 3/11-3/13)
three-meter – 311.25 (vs. Iowa State, 2/8-9/13)
platform – 442.10(2013 NCAA Zone Championships, 3/11-3/13)
2012-13 (Senior)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team…Athletic Director[apos]s and Big 12 Commisioner[apos]s Honor Roll, 4.0 GPA (Fall 2012)… Placed first in the three-meter diving event, in a dual meet at Rice (10/6), with a score of 257.40… Finished second in the one-meter diving event, with a score of 255.00 in a dual meet against No. 15 Minnesota (10/20)… Placed first in the three-meter diving competition in a dual meet at Nebraska-Omaha (10/25), with a score of 266.30… Won both the one-meter (256.00) and the three-meter (265.75) diving competitions in a double-dual against TCU and North Dakota (11/2-3)… Finished third in the one-meter diving event, with a score of 234.95, in a double-dual with San Diego State and host No. 13 UCLA (1/12)… Placed third on the platform, with a score of 226.00, in a dual at Hawaii (1/18)… Placed third in both the one-meter (244.42) and the three-meter (270.38) diving competitions against No. 18 Arkansas (2/2)… Set a season-best score of 311.25 to take home first place in the three-meter diving event in a dual against Iowa State (2/8-9)… Placed in the top-10 in both the platform (242.85, fourth) and the one-meter (273.05, fifth) diving events at the Big 12 Championships (2/27-3/2)… Closed out the season at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships (3/11-13) where she set career-best marks in the one-meter event (521.05, 17th) and the platform competition (442.10, 12th) and finished 36th in the three-meter event (238.80).
2011-12 (Junior)
Proficient in all three dives… Started the season with two top-three finishes in a dual meet against Minnesota (10/21), totaling a score of 261.97 (third) in the one-meter dive and 262.20 (second) in the three-meter dive… Placed second in the one-meter dive in a double-dual against Northern Iowa and North Dakota (10/22) after recording a score of 245.65… Finished first in the three-meter dive in a dual against Illinois (10/29) with a score of 264.75… Swept the dual against Nebraska-Omaha (11/19), winning the one-meter dive with a career-high total of 289.04 points and the three-meter dive with a season-best total of 269.78… Placed first in the three-meter at the Mayaguez Invitational (1/7) with a total score of 254.02… Grabbed two top-three finishes in a dual against Iowa State (2/3-4), finishing second in the one-meter with a total of 269.85 and third in the three-meter with a 247.05 score… Placed seventh at the Big 12 Championships (2/22-25) in the platform dive, with a season and career-best score of 240.00… Finished 30th (228.50) in the one-meter, 28th in the three-meter (241.15) and 18th on the platform (214.55), at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships (3/8-10).
2010-11 (Sophomore)
Had a stellar season, representing the Jayhawks in the 2011 NCAA Zone `D[apos] Diving Championships, where she finished 22nd in the platform dive (182.20), 30th in the 1-meter (225.40) and 33rd on the 3-meter (224.40)… Had season and career best performance on the platform dive (225.60) during the 2011 Big 12 Championships, which placed her seventh in that event. Cash then racked up a score of 224.45 in the 1-meter which put her in 17th place overall… Dove a personal best (272.25) in the 1-meter dive against South Dakota/UNI … Had team best dives in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform during the 2010-11 season.
2009-10 (Freshman)
Placed 18th in the one-meter dive (224.50), 19th in the three-meter dive (220.35), and set a career-high on the platform (195.80) at the Big 12 Championships… Recorded a career-best on the three-meter board (246.90), finishing fourth against Iowa State… Placed fourth in the one-meter dive, recording a career-best 233.15 points at the UNI/USD double dual.
High School (Shawnee Mission West)
Was a three-year letterwinner for diving, gymnastics and dance team… Placed first at the All-City dive meet in 2006… A member of the 2006 Kansas All-Sun second team for gymnastics… Placed eighth at the Kansas State High School swim and dive meet in 2008.
Personal
Born in Shawnee, Kan…. Parents are Mike and Julie Cash… An Exercise science major…. plans on working as a physical therapist after graduating.
Getting to Know Christy
Reason you chose KU: I have been a Jayhawk fan for a as long as I can remember and wanted to become a part of all the great tradition here the minute I could.
Favorite KU tradition: Rock Chalk Jayhawk chant
Favorite sport to compete in other than swimming: Gymnastics
Favorite sport to watch other than swimming: KU Basketball
Favorite TV show: Criminal Minds
Favorite Food: Mexican
Favorite Lawrence restaurant: The Burger Stand
Farthest you have ever traveled: London, England
Teammate most likely to motivate me is: Rebecca Swank
Describe yourself in one word: [quote]Sparkle[quote]