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Taylor Nickel
| Height: | 6-0 |
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | San Clemente, Calif. |
| High School: | San Clemente |
| Position: | Diving |
| House Affiliation: | Mather |
Sophomore 2009-10
Placed 16th in the three meter diving competition at Ivy
Championships … Finished 11th in the three meter competition
at HYP meet … Placed ninth in the one meter competition at
HYP meet.
Freshman 2008-09
Finished fourth in one and three-meter dives against Cornell and
Dartmouth, scoring 245.63 and 251.50 ... Was fourth and third in
one and three-meter dives Columbia with scores of 235.72 and
248.56, respectively ... Placed eighth in three-meter (280.55) and
10th in one-meter at Big Al Invitational, scoring 242.25.
Background
Varsity diver all four years at San Clemente High School ... Was
an All-American diver three of those years ... Winter Nationals
Qualifier on one and three meters in 2005, 2007 and 2008 ... Summer
Nationals qualifier on tower in 2004, 2007 and 2008 ... CIF
Division I finalist all four years ... Scholastic All-American
diver senior year ... Scholastic athletic award all four years ...
Earned the Benner Cummings Aquatic Athlete of the Year in 2008 ...
Was named Most Improved Diver in 2004 ... Four-year member of the
National Honor Society ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... SCHS
honors in Biology, Spanish and Academic Decathlon ... IB Diploma
Candidate 2008 ... President of the Medical Careers Club.









