2020-21 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Tim Casey
Courtney Culbreath
Russell James
Jim Burgess
Alex de la Osa
Jim Burgess

Emma Whitner

  • Position Diving
  • Class Senior
  • High School Lake Highland Prep
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 All-SEC Second Team 
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 (Senior)
NCAA Zone B Championships
  • Competed in the platform competition
  • Finished tenth on the platform with 494.50 points
SEC Championships
  • Competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard competition and the platform
  • Finished ninth on the platform with 251.10 points
  • Finished 12th on the 3-meter springboard and 17th on the 1-meter springboard
2019-20 (Junior)
NCAA Diving Zones
  • Finished 24th on the platform with a tally of 213.85 and 29th on the 3-meter with a score of 248.30 
SEC Championships
  • Reeled in first career conference medal with a second-place platform finish of 285.45, a new personal-best
  • Finished in 13th on the 3-meter with a new season-best score of 286.95 and 24th on the 1-meter with a tally of 238.75
Regular Season
  • Posted a season-best 1-meter score of 250.50 against Georgia 
2018-19 (Sophomore)
NCAA Diving Zones
  • Notched a ninth-place finish with a combined prelim and final score of 507.65
  • Placed 21st on the 3-meter with a score of 266.05
  • Finished in 26th with a mark of 226.35 on the 1-meter
SEC Championships
  • Finished eighth on the platform with a score of 216.55
  • Tallied a 14th-place score of 285.95 on the 3-meter
  • Placed 30th on the 1-meter with a mark of 213.70
Regular Season
  • Produced a career-high score of 277.05 on the 1-meter against Tennessee
  • Collected a personal-best mark of 309.38 against Auburn on the 3-meter
  • Notched a season-best total of 231.80 on the platform at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
2017-18 (Freshman)
NCAA Zones
  • Qualified for the NCAA Diving Zones, competing in all three boards
  • Best finish came in the platform event, placing 14th with a score of 212.05
  • Finished 18th off the 3-meter board with a score of 264.65
  • Recorded a score of 222.75 in the 1-meter event, good for 29th overall
SEC Championships
  • Competed in all three boards during her first SEC Championship meet
  • Finished 11th in the platform event with a career-best score of 246.20
  • Placed 18th off the 3-meter board, recording a mark of 274.60
  • Scored 221.05 points off the 1-meter board, good for 32nd overall
Regular Season
  • Totaled one win during the season 
  • Recorded a career-best score of 267.90 off the 1-meter board in Florida’s dual against Auburn
  • Posted a career-best score of 286.65 in the 3-meter event in Florida’s dual against Florida Gulf Coast
 
Career-Best Dives at Florida:
1-meter 277.05 Tennessee Feb. 2, 2019
3-meter 309.38 Auburn Jan.26, 2019
Platform 285.45 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
 
 
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • Five-time FHSAA 1A state finalist on 1-meter
  • Four-time USA Diving Junior National Championship semi-finalist
  • Served as co-captain of the YCF Diving Team during her junior and senior years of high school

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Diving
    5'1"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Diving
    5'1"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Diving
  • 2020-21Senior

    Diving