Trio of Hornets Earn MIAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Awards

Kalamazoo College earned three MIAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Awards, the convention introduced Tuesday. Trustin Christopher earned the Senior Impact Award, Troy Richard was named Most Valuable Diver, and Zander Ligman additionally earned All-MIAA Diver honors.

A senior swimmer from Farmington Hills, Mich. (Walled Lake Western), Christopher earned the 2026 Senior Impact Award, recognizing excellence in teachers, management, service, and athletics. His intensive checklist of honors consists of being crew captain, incomes a spot on the Dean’s List each trimester since Fall 2022, being a member of each the Chi Alpha Sigma Athletic Honors Society and the Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society.

Christopher additionally serves as a mentor in the neighborhood as an natural chemistry educating assistant, chemistry studying lab guide, and Big Sibling Mentor. He coaches Swim for Success, mentoring native youth in swimming expertise and water security.

A freshman diver from Grosse Pointe, Mich. (Grosse Pointe South), Richard earned MIAA Most Valuable Diver because the convention males’s 1-meter Dive champion with a rating of 486.70 together with a second-place end within the 3-meter Dive at 497.45. He continues a powerful line of divers for Kalamazoo, with Sam Ankley incomes Most Valuable Diver in 2021 and 2023.

A sophomore from Kalamazoo, Mich. (Loy Norrix), Ligman joined Richard as an All-MIAA Diver because the champion of the 3-meter Dive with a rating of 535.45. He additionally completed third within the 1-meter Dive at 443.50. This previous weekend, Ligman additionally earned a visit to the NCAA-DIII National Swimming and Diving Championships with a powerful efficiency on the regional competitors hosted by Kalamazoo College, inserting fifth within the 3-meter Dive (473.60) and ninth within the 1-meter Dive (411.20).

The Hornets completed third on the MIAA Championships Presented by Collegiate Credit Union this season, and Ligman will symbolize the Hornets on the National Championships. The males’s 3-meter diving occasion might be held on Wednesday, March 18, with the 1-meter diving occasion on Friday, March 20 on the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind.