Cash Named ACC Diver of the Year, Kasprzak ACC Diving Coach of the Year
4/15/2024 11:05:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
PITTSBURGH – Junior diver Cameron Cash and head diving coach Katie Kasprzak claimed Atlantic Coast Conference honors, as announced by the league office Monday. Cash was named the ACC Men's Diver of the Year and Kasprzak garnered ACC Men's Diving Coach of the Year accolades.
Cash is the second Pitt diver to earn the Diver of the Year honor, joining Dominic Giordano who earned the award in 2015. Kasprzak is the first female coach to earn an ACC men's or women's Swimming and Diving Coach of the Year accolade.
Cash is coming off his most successful season, earning NCAA All-American honors on the 3-meter and Honorable Mention All-American honors on the platform. The Spring, Texas native finished fourth overall on the 3-meter and ninth overall in the Platform Consolation Finals. Cash secured gold on both the platform and 3-meter and earned the Most Valuable Diver award at the ACC Championships. Outside of the pool, Cash was also named the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year with a 3.794 cumulative GPA with a major in biological sciences.
In addition to coaching Cash to two ACC titles, Kasprzak also coached Dylan Reed to earn a silver medal on both the 1-meter and the 3-meter and Jackson Salisbury to a fifth-place finish on the platform. Kasprzak had a combined 12 divers qualify for the NCAA Diving Zone A Championships, including having four male divers qualify on all three boards. The men's diving team also saw four divers qualify for the 2024 NCAA Championships.
2023-24 ACC Individual Awards Winners
Women's Swimmer of the Year: Gretchen Walsh, UVA
Women's Diver of the Year: Aranza Vazquez Montaño, UNC
Women's Freshman of the Year: Cavan Gormsen, UVA
Women's Swim Coach of the Year: Todd DeSorbo, UVA
Women's Diving Coach of the Year: Yaidel Gamboa, UNC
Men's Swimmer of the Year: Chris Guiliano, ND
Men's Diver of the Year: Cameron Cash, Pitt
Men's Freshman of the Year: Daniel Diehl, NC State
Men's Swim Coach of the Year: Braden Holloway, NC State
Men's Diving Coach of the Year: Katie Kasprzak, Pitt
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