Michael Hixon

Height:
5-8
Position:
Diving
Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Amherst, Mass.
High School:
Amherst Regional

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2017-18)
Earned two All-America honors at the NCAA Championships … Big Ten Diver of the Championships … First-Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten ... won the NCAA Championship in the 1-meter dive, posting a score of 464.40 to earn All-America honors … placed third in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a total of 481.90 to earn All-America accolades … won the Big Ten championship in the 1-meter dive with a school, Big Ten and pool record score of 493.60 … won silver in the 3-meter dive at Big Ten’s with a score of 509.95 … took 10^th in the platform dive at Big Ten’s with a total of 428.80 … named Big Ten Diver of the Week on Jan. 24 ... won the 1-meter dive against Purdue with an IU dual meet record score of 453.90 ... took first in the 3-meter dive against No. 8 Michigan with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 455.50 ... swept the diving events against No. 13 Notre Dame and Cincinnati, winning the 1-meter with a score of 398.70 and the 3-meter with a total of 483.10 ... both were NCAA Zones qualifying scores ... won the 3-meter dive against No. 15 Tennessee and Kentucky with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 404.00.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2016-17)
Earned two All-America honors at the 2017 NCAA Championships … Big Ten Diver of the Championships … First-Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … placed fifth in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a score of 455.35 earning All-America honors ... finished second in the 1-meter dive at the NCAA Championships with a score of 437.7 receiving All-America honors ... finished sixth in the platform dive with a score of 427.75 at the Big Ten Championships ... captured a first place finish in the 3-meter dive at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 520.40 ... topped the podium in the 1-meter dive at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 488.65 … named Big Ten Diver of the Week on Feb. 1 ... placed first in the 1-meter dive (447.98) and 3-meter dive (464.56) against Louisville with NCAA qualifying times ... named Big Ten Diver of the Week on Jan. 18 ... took first in both the 1-meter dive (430.43) and 3-meter dive (443.33) against Michigan with NCAA qualifying times ... won the 1-meter dive at the 2016 USA Diving Winter National Championships with a score of 825.40 ... named Big Ten Diver of the Week on Nov. 9 ... won both the 1-meter (401.70) and 3-meter (464.03) dives with NCAA qualifying scores against Michigan State ... placed first in the 1-meter dive against Tennessee and Kentucky with a NCAA qualifying score of 404.45 ... won the 1-meter dive with a NCAA qualifying score of 394.30 against Florida and Texas.

2016 RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS
Won a silver medal, teaming with Sam Dorman, in the men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard dive with a score of 450.21 … placed 10^th in the 3m Springboard with a score of 431.65.

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC DIVING TRIALS
2016 Rio Olympian for Team USA in the 3-meter dive and the 3-meter synchro … placed second in the 3-meter dive at the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials with a score of 1385.45 … teamed with Miami (FL)’s Sam Dorman to win the 3-meter synchro with a total of 1308.36.

JUNIOR YEAR (2015-16)
Elected to take an Olympic Redshirt year.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2014-15)
Named to the All-Big Ten First Team … CSCAA Scholar All-America ... set the new Big Ten record with a winning 1-meter springboard score of 474.45 at the Big Ten’s … placed fourth in the conference with a 461.70 on the 3-meter springboard … set a new career high on the platform with an 11^th place finish and score of 355.60 in the Big Ten Finals … fifth place finish on the 1-meter springboard with a 430.90 … set a career high with a 494.90 on the 3-meter prelims … runner-up on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 492.40 … scored 331.45 points to land in 25^th place … finished the meet as a two-time All-American by placing second on the 3-meter and fifth on the 1-meter … performed in the 2015 FINA World Championships: finished 13^th on the 3-meter and took third place on the 1-meter … winner of the USA Diving World Trials with a career best score of 502.80 on the 3-meter springboard.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2013-14-AT TEXAS)
NCAA Diver of the Year ... won the 1-meter title on the opening day of competition at the NCAA Championshipswith a score of 443.50, topping 2012 Olympian Kristian Ipsen of Stanford and setting a new Big XII record in the process ... came back on day two to win the 3-meter crown, tallying 457.20 points, including scores of 79.20 and 90.10 points on his final two dives ... finished the meet with a seventh-place finish on the platform after tallying 366.35 points ... in all Hixon contributed 52 of Texas' 417.5 team points as the Longhorns finished second at the meet ... at the 2014 Big XII Championships, Hixon won the 1-meter with a Big XII meet record score of 436.45 ... placed third on the 3-meter springboard after tallying 444.10 points ... in June 2014 Hixon teamed up with Troy Dumais for a fifth-place finish in the 3-meter synchro at the 2014 FINA Diving World Series stop in Monterrey, Mexico ... in May, Hixon finished sixth on the 3-meter springboard at the FINA Diving Guanajuato Grand Prix in Mexico ... finished second alongside former Hoosier Darian Schmidt in the 3-meter synchro event at the USA Diving World Cup Synchronized Trials in April.

PREP/PERSONAL
Prior to his freshman year at Texas, Hixon teamed up with Dumais for a fifth-place finish in the three-meter synchro event at the FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain ... also placed third in the three-meter event and second alongside Schmidt in the three-meter synchro competition at the 2013 AT&T National Diving Championships ... in 2012 Hixon was the USA Diving Junior National Champion on the 1-meter and won both the 1-meter and 3-meter titles in 2011 ... he was also the 2011 AT&T USA Diving National Champion on the 1-meter ... in 2008 and 2009, Hixon swept the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions at the Speedo USA Diving National Championships ... in international competition, Hixon was third on the 1-meter at the 2012 FINA World Junior Diving Championships, while finishing first on the 3-meter and third on the 1-meter at the 2011 Junior Pan American Championships ... third on the 3-meter at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games ... parents are David and Mandy Hixon ... David is the head men's basketball coach at Amherst College ... Mandy is the diving coach at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst ... born July 16, 1994.