2017-18 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Tyler Henschel
- Position:
- Diving
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sherwood Park, Alberta
- High School:
- Vimy Ridge Academy
- School record holder in the three-meter dive and the platform dive
- 2017 SEC 3m dive Champion
- SEC meet record holder – 3m dive (478.40)
- 5-time All-American
2017-18 (Senior):
- Named Team MVP at annual postseason banquet
- First-Team All-American (platform diving)
- Honorable Mention All-American (3-meter diving)
- First-Team All-SEC (3-meter diving)
- SEC Champion (3-meter diving)
- Placed 6th on the platform at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 403.65
- Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors with a 14th-place showing on the 3-meter at NCAAs (376.60)
- Qualified for NCAAs in all three events with strong showing at NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
- Won the platform event at Zones (890.10), placed 3rd on the 3-meter (826.95), and finished 9th on the 1-meter (682.05).
- Won the SEC Championship on the 3-meter with a score of 469.05
- Placed 4th at SECs in platform diving (403.65) … set the school record in the event’s preliminary round (496.55)
- Finished 5th at the SEC Championships in the 1-meter event (387.50)
- Named to Canada 2018 Commonwealth Games team after winning the platform competition at the 2018 Canadian Winter Senior Nationals
- Won silver for Canada in the mixed team competition at the 2017 World University Games in Taipei
2016-17 (Junior):
- First-team All-American in the platform dive with a fifth-place effort at the NCAA Championships. Also honorable mention All-American with 10th-place finishes in the one-meter and three-meter dives
- SEC Champion in the three-meter dive with a meet record score of 478.40. Placed third in the one-meter dive and third in the platform
- Set school records of 478.40 in the three-meter dive (at SECs) and 468.30 in the platform (at Zone D Championships)
- Represented Canada at the World University Games and placed ninth in the platform dive and reached the semifinal of the three-meter dive
- Named the Team MVP for a second time at the annual team banquet. Henschel also earned the honor in 2015
2015-2016 (Sophomore):
- Earned first-team All-America honors in three-meter dive (8th) and honorable mention All-America in platform dive (16th)
- Voted Performance of the Year at the annual team banquet
- Has season bests of 364.70 in the one-meter dive, 388.80 in the three-meter dive and 398.80 in the platform
- Zone qualifier in all three disciplines
- Earned a first place score of 386.55 at the Incarnate Word dual meet
- Placed second in 5 collective meets
- One-meter (337.75, Incarnate Word), one-meter (364.70, AAI), one-meter (363.45, Georgia), three-meter (343.80, FAU), and three-meter (388.80, Georgia).
2014-2015 (Freshman):
- Voted the Team MVP at the annual team banquet
- Came in first in one-meter and 3-meter diving a combined 15 times, sweeping the competition in the events against Incarnate word, Indian River State College, Alabama, and LSU
- Crowned champion in both one-meter and platform diving at the Air Force Academy Diving Challenge
- Team leader in all three diving categories: one-meter (391.05, Texas), three-meter (433.43, Texas) , and platform (425.65, SEC Championships)
- Finished in the top ten in three-meter (753.65, ninth) and platform (721.15, sixth) at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
2013-2014:
Redshirted.
High School/Club:
- 2012 graduate of Vimy Ridge Academy in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Competed for Big Dog Diving for one year under coach Trevor Palmatier
Personal:
- Tyler Henschel is the son of Trevor and Christine Henschel
- Born on June 22, 1994 in Edmonton, Canada
- Has three siblings: Mikaela, Evan, and Jasaint
- Intends to major in Sports Management
- Has been diving competitively since the age of 14
- Says he chose A&M “because in my opinion it is one of the top diving programs and academic programs in the U.S. There is no other school that has a spirit like the Aggies do.”
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