Ashley Benner – Swimming & Diving

General:
Outstanding returning diver for the Tar Heel girls’s program…three-year letter winner…dove for coach Wenbo Chen at Moss Farms Diving membership…dove year-round for 9 years together with her membership staff previous to coming to Carolina…a four-time nationwide finalist in diving and a YMCA All-America choice…completed second on each the one-meter and three-meter boards at 1999 YMCA Nationals. 2001-02: Named to 2002 ACC Academic Honor Roll.positioned seventh in three-meter diving and fifteenth in one-meter diving on the ACC Championships.

2000-2001:
Once once more led the Tar Heel diving corps…additional solidified her status as a clutch performer for the Tar Heels…on the 2001 ACC Championships, she completed fifth on the 3-meter and tenth on the 1-meter boards…member of the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll.

1999-2000:
The Tar Heels’ prime diver all through the 1999-00 season…on the 2000 ACC Championships she completed 4th on the three-meter board (440.90) and sixth on the one-meter board (366.25 factors)…was additionally an NCAA Zone Diving qualifier the place she was a finalist in each occasions.

Prep:
Graduated in 1999 from Colquitt County High School in Moultrie, Ga….as a highschool athlete, she dove 4 years for CCHS…was named an NISCA All-America for diving…was a varsity cheerleader for 3 years, captaining the staff her closing yr…was additionally a contest cheerleader for 2 years, together with one yr as captain…was a member of the National Honor Society, a U.S. Diving Academic All-America, an Honor Scholar, Key Club member and four-time athletic scholar…graduated fourth in her highschool class.

Personal:
Given identify is Ashley Austin Benner…nicknamed by her teammates “Slimer”…was born on April 21, 1981 in Albany, Ga….is the daughter of Dr. Randy and Peggy Benner…has one sister…her mom, Peggy Benner, was a diver at Indiana University…her largest sports activities thrills have been profitable the 2000 ACC staff championship and swimming a 50-yard freestyle as a part of a 200-yard freestyle relay in a twin meet final yr…hobbies embody procuring, lifting weights, dancing and water snowboarding…athlete she most admires is Tar Heel teammate Rob McMillen…is presently working with the Ronald McDonald House for Children…can also be lively at Carolina within the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and Athletes in Action (AIA)…elementary training main…want to be a primary grade instructor specializing in math, science and laptop expertise.