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2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving

Blake Zhou

  • Height 5-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Palo Alto, Calif.
  • High School Henry M. Gunn
  • Event Diving
  • Major Brain and Cognitive Science

Biography

Collegiate Best Scores
6 Dives on 1-Meter Board - 326.40
6 Dives on 3-Meter Board - 354.97
11 Dives on 1-Meter Board - 517.60
11 Dives on 3-Meter Board - 559.45

2019-20:
- CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Second Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- All-American (1-Meter, 3-Meter)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NCAA Division III Northeast-North Diving Regional Qualifier
- NEWMAC Women's Diver of the Year
- NEWMAC Champion (1-Meter)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (3-Meter)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- CSCAA Scholar All-America
- NEWMAC Diver of the Week (Nov. 25, Jan. 13, Jan. 27)
- NCAA Regionals: 1-Meter (2nd), 3-Meter (2nd)
- NEWMAC: 1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (2nd)
- Invite: 1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (2nd)

2018-19:
- Honorable Mention All-American (1-Meter Dive)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NCAA Division III Northeast-North Diving Regional 3-Meter Champion 
- NCAA Division III Northeast-North Diving Regional Qualifier
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive) 
- CSCAA Scholar All-American 
- NEWMAC Diver of the Week (Dec. 3)
- Nationals: 1-Meter (9th)
- NCAA Regionals: 3-Meter (1st), 1-Meter (3rd)
- NEWMAC: 1-Meter (2nd), 3-Meter (2nd)
- Invite: 1-Meter (515.05), 3-Meter (559.45)

2017-18:
- All-American (1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NCAA Diving Regional 1-Meter Champion
- NCAA Diving Regional Qualifier
- NEWMAC Women’s Diver of the Year
- NEWMAC Champion (1-Meter Dive)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (3-Meter Dive)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Women’s Diver of the Week (11/20, 12/4
- Nationals: 3-Meter (2nd), 1-Meter (3rd)
- NCAA Regionals: 1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (5th)
- NEWMAC: 1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (1st)
- Invite: 1-Meter (310.05), 3-Meter (318.15)
- Broke the program record on the 1-meter board with an 11 dive score of 517.60 at the MIT Winter Invitational 

2016-17:
- All-American (1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive)
- NCAA Division III New England Diving Regional Qualifier
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (3-Meter Dive)
- NEWMAC Women’s Diver of the Week (11/7, 12/5, 1/30)
- Aided the Engineers to their best finish in program history at the NCAA Division III Championship as MIT placed fifth with a team score of 165 points
- Nationals: 1-Meter (3rd), 3-Meter (5th)
- NCAA Regionals: 1-Meter (3rd), 3-Meter (3rd)
- NEWMAC: 3-Meter (2nd), 1-Meter (3rd)
- Invite: 1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (1st) 

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Learning new dives

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- Riding in the van back from meets with other divers

Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in brain and cognitive science
- Minoring in biology and Women's and Gender Studies
- Intern at Allen Insitute for Brain Science
- Research Assistant in Mechanobiology at Kamm Lab
- Completed research on behavioral neuroscience at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
- Completed research on functional characterization of interactions between striatal brain regions
- Firebreathing and firespinning trainer for the MIT Spinning Arts Club

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Henry M. Gunn High School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner as a member of the swimming and diving team
- Most Valuable Diver in 2015 and 2016
- Captain
- Set the varsity record on the 1-meter board (11 Dives) in both 2013 and 2015
- National Honor Society
- Vice President of the Chemistry Club and the Current Events Club

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Diving
    5'2"