James Connor

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia
Prev School:
Ormiston College

REDSHIRT SENIOR YEAR (2018-19)
Earned All-America honors in the 1-meter dive at the NCAA Championships … Big Ten Diver of the Championships … First-Team All-Big Ten … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... placed fifth in the 1-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a score of 373.50, earning All-America honors … finished 19^th in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a score of 342.65 … Big Ten Champion in the 1-meter dive, winning gold with a score of 467.60 … Big Ten Champion in the 3-meter dive, winning gold with a total of 494.10 … Big Ten Diver of the Week (Feb. 6) ... took first in both the 1-meter (414.00) and 3-meter dives (446.78) in win over No. 8 Louisville with NCAA Zones qualifying scores ... won the 1-meter dive with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 409.80 against No. 4 Michigan ... Big Ten Diver of the Week (Nov. 21) ... took first in the 1-meter dive (421.20) and the 3-meter dive (451.80) with NCAA Zones qualifying scores at the IU Invitational ... won the 3-meter dive with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 429.35 at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge ... Big Ten Diver of the Week (Oct. 24) ... took first in both the 1-meter dive (423.75) and 3-meter dive (445.15) with NCAA Zones qualifying scores against No. 1 Texas and No. 8 Florida ... won the modified, 3-dive 1-meter (193.80) and 3-meter (208.40) against No. 22 Missouri, No. 23 Notre Dame and Kentucky.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2017-18)
Earned two All-America honors at the NCAA Championships … Second-Team All-Big Ten … CSCAA Scholar All-America ... Academic All-Big Ten ... placed third in the 1-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a score of 440.55, earning All-America honors … took sixth in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a total of 433.25 to earn All-America accolades … won silver in the 1-meter dive at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 477.30 … placed fourth in the 3-meter dive at Big Ten’s with a total of 479.65 … took 20^th in the platform dive at Big Ten’s with a score of 341.70 … Named Big Ten Diver of the Week on Jan. 17 ... took first in the 1-meter dive against No. 8 Michigan with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 414.65 ... won the 3-meter dive at the Purdue Invitational with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 463.80.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
Earned two All-America honors at the 2017 NCAA Championships … CSCAA Scholar All-America ... Academic All-Big Ten … placed sixth in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a score of 435.30 earning All-America honors ... finished third in the 1-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a score of 437.3 receiving All-America honors ... placed ninth in the platform dive with a score of 412.20 at Big Ten Championships ... notched a fifth place finish in the 3-meter dive at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 455.95 ... captured second place in the 1-meter dive with a score of 487.50 at the Big Ten Championships … won both the 1-meter dive (425.48) and 3-meter dive (433.88) against Cincinnati with NCAA qualifying scores ... placed first in the 3-meter dive against Tennessee and Kentucky with a NCAA qualifying mark of 394.20 ... won the 3-meter dive with a NCAA qualifying score of 408.05 against Texas and Florida.

2016 RIO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
2016 Rio Olympian for Team Australia in the platform dive … placed 15^th in the men’s 10 Platform dive with a score of 419.70. … also competed for Team Australia in the platform dive at the 2012 London Olympics.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2015-16)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Elected to take an Olympic Redshirt year.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2014-15)
Named the Big Ten Diver of the Championships as well as a First Team All-Big Ten selection … took first place in the conference’s 3-meter final with a school record score of 494.60 … set a school record with another conference championship on the platform with a score of 532.45 … finished fourth in the 1-meter springboard at the Big Ten’s with a 394.55 … posted a career best score of 437.85 and a fourth place finish on the 1-meter springboard … earned All-American honors… set a new school record and then-NCAA record with a 496.80 in the 3-meter prelims … placed fourth on the 3-meter with a score of 471.70 … tallied a platform score of 514.80, the second-highest score in school history, in the finals of the platform dive to take second place … became the first diver in IU history to score more than 500 points with a six-dive list … the only diver to make it to the championship final on all three boards … first diver since 1990 to finish in the top four on all three boards … represented Australia in the 2015 FINA World Championships: finished 13^th on the 10-meter platform, 12^th in both the 10-meter platform synchro and the 3-meter synchro, and 11^th on the 3-meter springboard.

PREP/PERSONAL
2013 Australian Open National Champion on the 3-meter springboard and platform ... eight-time Open State Champion (Victoria/Queensland) ... competed at 2012 Olympics for Australia ... has also competed at the 2011 FINA World Championships, 2012 and 2010 FINA World Junior Championships, 2010 Commonwealth Games and several FINA Grand Prix events ... parents are Joan and Vance Connor ... has four sisters (Jade, Lanelle, Shannon and Jessica) ... born May 5, 1995.