University of Massachusets Athletics
2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Emma Roush
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- High School:
- Blue Valley West HS
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
2016-17 (Junior): Named the Most Outstanding Diver at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships for the second consecutive year … CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention … Finished 15th in the 1-Meter Dive at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships (3/16) with a score of 277.00 … Won both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter dives at the A-10 Championships (2/15) with scores of 273.00 and 293.25 … Finished with the top score in both dives in consecutive weeks against Fordham (1/28) and Dartmouth (4/21) … Took the top spot in the 1-Meter Dive with a score of 288.20 and in the 3-Meter Dive with 265.10 against Boston (10/22) … Won the 3-Meter Dive in the first two competitions of the season against Army (10/14) and at the Colgate Fall Classic (10/8).
2015-16 (Sophomore): Named the Most Outstanding Diver at the Atlantic 10 Championships ... At the NCAA Zone A Qualifier (3/7), placed 13th on both the three-meter and one-meter boards ... Earned All-Atlantic 10 First Team honors at the A-10 Championships (2/18-20) by winning the one-meter dive (290.80) while placing third on the three-meter board (266.85) ... Won both the one-meter and three-meter events against Fordham (1/30), at the Dartmouth Invitational (1/23), against Boston University (10/24), at Army (10/16) and at the Colgate Invitational (10/9-10) ... Also won the one-meter event against Brown (11/14) while placing second on the three-meter board ... Her best dive totals came at the Dartmouth Invitational where she scored 293.85 points in the one-meter dive and 275.35 points on the three-meter board.
2014-15 (Freshman): Had a very strong first year of collegiate competition, winning gold in the 1-Meter and silver in the 3-Meter at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/18-21) ... Ended the year at the NCAA Zone Diving meet in Buffalo, N.Y., where she qualified for the finals of both springboards, scoring 492.35 in the 1-Meter (15th) and 548.45 in the 3-Meter (9th) ... Registered her top 1-Meter score of 270.55 at the Terrier Invitational (11/14) and top 3-Meter mark of 287.80 in the prelims of the A-10 meet ... Captured 1-Meter titles in a dual against Binghamton, and at the Terrier, URI and A-10 invitational meets ... Claimed 3-Meter crowns at Brown, the Terrier and URI Invites ... Was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week (1/13) after sweeping the boards at the URI Invitational against URI and GW ... Earned the same weekly honor (11/4) after posting her top scores to date in taking first in the 1-Meter and second in the 3-Meter of a dual at Binghamton.
Before UMass: Seven-time letter winner at Blue Valley West High School ... Diving coach was Tammy McDonald ... NISCA/Speedo All-American and Academic All-American ... Went undefeated in her junior and senior years, and broke both the 6- and 11-dive record a combined 12 times ... Won the Kansas Class 6A title as a junior and senior, after finishing second as a sophomore and sixth as a freshman ... Also won the Eastern Kansas League title three times ... Member of the Principal's Honor roll five times and was named an EKL Scholar-Athlete four times ... Top scores include: 300.6 on 6 dives and 503.15 on 11 dives ... Attended the same school as Michael Glenn, a 2015 graduate after a 4-year standout career who is an assistant on the men's team.
Personal: Full name is Emma Marie Roush ... Born on April 7, 1996 in Overland Park, Kan. ... Daughter of Janet and Eldon Roush ... Father played football at Ottawa (Kan.) University from 1984-86 ... Enjoys playing the violin, cooking and traveling ... Kinesiology major who would like to attend Physical Therapy school after college ... Began her career as a gymnast and switched to diving when she entered high school.
