Wesche Named MPSF’s High Diver; Kelsey Earns Coaching Honor

WOODLAND, Calif. (April 2, 2026) – The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) has introduced its annual awards.

Grace Wesche was named the 2026 MPSF Diver of the Year. The senior was the one MPSF feminine diver to compete at this yr’s NCAA Championship, ending twenty first on the three-meter board – the best NCAA end in program historical past for an NAU diver. Wesche positioned fourth on the three-meter and ninth on the one-meter on the NCAA Zone E Championships to qualify for nationals in each occasions. At the NCAA Championships, just one Zone E diver positioned increased than her on the three-meter.

She earned All-MPSF honors on all three boards this season, highlighted by a first-team choice with a third-place end on the one-meter (283.65). She additionally positioned sixth on the three-meter (261.30) and fourth on platform (238.30). During the common season, Wesche recorded a top-five end on the one-meter and a top-10 end on platform in a extremely aggressive discipline on the UCLA Diving Invitational. She is the primary Northern Arizona student-athlete to obtain an MPSF Swimming & Diving annual award since shifting to the convention this yr.

Head diving coach Nikki Kelsey was named the 2026 MPSF Diving Coach of the Year. Kelsey guided Wesche to an NCAA Championship look and performed a key function in NAU’s MPSF group title. NAU divers earned six of the 9 first-team all-conference honors, highlighted by a podium sweep of the one-meter.

Margaret Wesche earned first-team All-MPSF honors on all three boards, recording two second-place finishes and one third-place consequence. Mackenna Stocker captured the MPSF one-meter title and added a third-place end on the three-meter.

Previously a nine-time WAC Coach of the Year and four-time NIC Coach of the Year, Kelsey is the primary Northern Arizona coach to earn MPSF Diving Coach of the Year honors.

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