Michole Timm

Position:
Diving
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sauk Rapids, Minn.
High School:
Sauk Rapids-Rice

Career Best Scores: 347.48 in one-meter diving; 343.80 in three-meter diving; 244.32 in platform diving.

General: Transfer from the University of New Mexico...will be eligible to dive for the Tar Heels in the 2014-15 season... qualified for summer 2012 USA Nationals where she finished fifth in three-meter synchro diving...at the summer 2013 nationals, she was eighth in three-meter diving and ninth in three-meter synchronized diving...coached at both of those meets by new UNC diving coach Abel Sanchez.

2012-13 (at UNM): Improved greatly in her second year diving for UNM...qualified for NCAA Zones on all three boards, one of only eight Mountain West divers to accomplish the feat...named MW diver of the week twice (Jan. 16 & Feb. 6)...finished second on the 1-meter and fourth n the 3-meter and platform at the 2013 MW Swimming and Diving Championships...placed third on 3-meter board at Zones to qualify for NCAA Championships were she took 24th in the event...was named to the 2013 MW All-Conference list.

2011-12 (at UNM): Had a solid first season diving for Coach Abel Sanchez...qualified for NCAA Zones on all three boards, one of only five Mountain West divers to accomplish the feat...was named MW Diver of the Week for the week of Feb. 15...finished fifth on the 1-meter, sixth on the 3-meter and 12th on the platform at the 2012 MW Championships...Timm placed 21st in the 1-meter during NCAA Zones...she was also 33rd on the 3-meter...was named a 2011-2012 Academic All-MW selection.

Prep: A 2011 graduate of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids, Minn. ...dove for coach Cassie Mrozek...2010 & 2011 All-Conference selection...All-American Diver...Athlete of the Year as a senior...broke/set two pool records and one school record as a junior, was sectional champion, Central Lake Champion and State Champion on the 1-meter springboard...as a senior: broke/set eight pool records, two school records and a meet record, repeated as sectional, conference and state champion...also lettered in gymnastics and track and field.

Personal: Full name is Michole Marie Timm...born April 21, 1993 in Sauk Rapids, Minn. ...daughter of Debbie and Mike Timm... has three siblings: Jessica, Jennifer and Jeff...hobbies include working out, being outdoors and volunteering with Special Olympics...favorite food is homemade protein bars...favorite athlete is Shawn Johnson...member of the National Honor Society...four-time Academic Letterman and Honor Roll member...was an Academic All-American in 2011...plans to majors in exercise and sports science.