Lindsay Waddell

Position:
Diving
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fairfax Station, Va.

Career Best Scores:
1M Dual Meet 249.75; 1M Championship 247.90; 3M Dual Meet 279.68; 3M Championship 476.65.

General:
Has been an outstanding part of a talented women’s diving corps for the Tar Heels for the past three years...has shown that she is one of one of the top divers in the ACC...competed in gymnastics for 10 years as a youth while also competing for the Northern Virginia Dive Club...was a member of the 1995 Junior Olympic National Team.

2002-03:
At the 2003 ACC Championships, she placed sixth on the three-meter board with a score of 439.80 points and eighth on the three-meter board with a score of 247.90 points...named to 2002-03 ACC Academic Honor Roll...also named to the Dean’s List at Carolina in each semester of the 2002-03 school year.

2001-02:
Placed fourth in three-meter diving at ACC Championships...was 14th on the one-meter board.

2000-2001:
Placed 13th in one-meter diving at the 2001 ACC Championships...was the ACC Championships runnerup in three-meter diving, earning All-ACC honors in the process.

Prep:
Graduated on June 20, 2000 from Lake Braddock High School in Burke, Va....finaled at the 1998 Junior Nationals on the three-meter board, taking 10th place...was the top finisher in the 1998 Junior Olympic zone meet on the three meter board...was eighth at indoor nationals on the three meter board in 1999...finished second at the 1999 Virginia state championships.

Personal:
Given name is Lindsay Jean Waddell...is the daughter of James and Magda Waddell...has one brother and two sisters...was born October 28, 1982 in Washington, D.C....nicknamed “Coco” by her new teammates...hobbies include traveling to places she’s never been to before, listening to music (especially in a car) and listening to people freestyle...athlete she most admires is Allen Iverson...biggest sports thrill was watching the 76ers make the 2001 NBA finals...management and society major...Spanish minor.