Andrew Bell

Photo by: Nathan Herde

The University of Massachusetts Amherst men's swimming and diving team compete at the 2024 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships hosted in Indianapolis, IN, March 27-30, 2024 (Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography)

Photo by: Walt Middleton

Photo by: John Reid / Atlantic 10

Position:
Diving
Weight:
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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
South Windsor, Conn.
High School:
South Windsor

2024-2025 (Junior): Named to the CSC Academic All-American Men's Swimming & Diving Second Team, as the honor marks the fourth in program history ... Became the only Minuteman to achieve the All-American status twice and in back-to-back seasons ... Tabbed Atlantic 10 Diver of the Year for the second consecutive season ... Qualified for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships after becoming the champion in both the one-meter and three-meter dive at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships ... Tallied a 12-dive total of 747.25 in the one-meter dive and a score of 773.90, setting new school record in both events ... Became the only Minuteman diver in school history to represent Massachusetts at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in back-to-back years ... Picked up two gold medals at the Atlantic 10 Championships in both the one-meter and three-meter dive, breaking an A-10 Championship meet record in the three-meter dive with a six-dive total of 428.15 ... Claimed first place in 20 across both the one-meter and three-meter diving events, while breaking two previous pool records at the Justin Jennings Invitational from 1987 and 1994 ... Earned A-10 Performer of the Week five times on the year.

2023-2024 (Sophomore): Named to the CSC Academic All-American Men's Swimming & Diving Second Team, becoming the third Minutemen in program history to earn the honor, and is the first men's diver to acheive the feat ... Selected as the Atlantic 10 Men's Diver of the Year ... Qualified for the NCAA Swim & Dive Championships, becoming only the second men's diver in program history to qualify ... Was fifth with a 12-dive total of 730.80 in the one-meter dive at the NCAA Zone A Championships ... Placed eighth in the three-meter at the NCAA Zone A Championships with a score of 664.80 (12-dives) ... Finished 20th in the three-meter (350.70) at the NCAA Swim & Dive Championships, marking the highest finish for a UMass men's diver in program history, while also becoming the highest finish for either the men's or women's team since Emma Roush ('17) ... Scored a 280.80 to earn 42nd in the one-meter at the NCAA Championships ... Secured the gold medal in both the one-meter (381.75) and the three-meter (406.95) at the A-10 Championships ... Broke the one-meter and three-meter all-time records several times ... Holds the all-time record in the one-meter at 409.05 and the three-meter record with a total of 461.40 ... Took first place in 18 diving events, nine in the one-meter and nine in the three-meter ... His score of 409.05 in the one-meter set a Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool record.