Katie Polk

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-5
High School:
Centerville HS
Hometown:
Dayton, Ohio

2017-18 (Junior): Qualified for the finals of the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships in both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter Dives … Finished third in both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships (2/15-2/17), helping the Minutewomen to a program-first podium sweep in the 3-Meter Dive … Runner-up in the 1-Meter Dive and third-place finisher in the 3-Meter against Fordham (1/27) … Finished third in both dives at the Dartmouth College Invite (1/19) … Finished seventh in the finals of the 1-Meter Dive at the Frank Elm Diving Invitational (11/17) … Runner-up in both dives against Boston University (11/4), scoring 318.15 in the 3-Meter.

2016-17 (Sophomore): Finished third in the 3-Meter Dive with a score of 274.65 at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships while adding a fifth-place finish … Added two runner-up finishes in both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter dives against Rhode Island (1/17) … Scored 296.80 in the 3-Meter Dive at the Bucknell Invitational (12/4), finishing as the runner-up in the event after placing third in the 1-Meter Dive … Scored 264.40 in a runner-up finish in the 3-Meter Dive against Boston (10/22).

2015-16 (Freshman): At the NCAA Zone A Qualifier (3/7), placed 20th on the one-meter board and 21st on the three-meter board ... At the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/18-20), earned All-Atlantic 10 Second Team honors by taking second in the three-meter dive (286.25) while also placing third in the one-meter dive (247.65) ... Won the three-meter board (260.55) and placed second on the one-meter board (248.78) at Brown (11/14) ... Opened the season with a second place finish in the one-meter dive and a third-place finish on the three-meter dive ... Took second on the three-meter board and third on the one-meter board at Army (10/16) ... At the Tennessee Invitational (11/20-21), placed 10th in the three-meter dive and 14th in the one-meter dive ... At the Dartmouth Invitational (1/23) placed second on the one-meter board (278.75) and was third in the three-meter event (260.55) ... Placed second in both events against Fordham (1/30).

High School: Four year letter winner at Centerville HS for coach Patti Hickey ... 3-time state qualifier who won the 1- Meter Ohio Division I State Championship as a senior in 2015 ... Earned All-America status in 2013 and 2015 ... Also won the GWOC conference title as a junior and senior ... 2015 1-Meter AAU National Champion ... School and Ohio Southwest District Division I record holder with an 11-dive score of 525.40 in 2015 ... This came a year after setting the SW Ohio record a year earlier with a 501.10 ... 2014 & 2015 Scholar-Athlete Award, 2015 U.S. Marines Distinguished Athlete Award, 2015 National Honor Society and 2013 German National Honor Society ... Has qualified for numerous USA Diving and AAU National competitions from 2009-15.

Personal: Full name is Katie Elizabeth Polk ... Born on April 8, 1997 in Dayton, Ohio ... Daughter of Mary and Jon McIntosh ... Has two younger siblings, Andrew (16) and Ashley (14) ...Undecided on a major ... Admires American diver and 2012 Olympic gold medalist David Boudia.