Ben Southern

2016-17 NCAA Championships participant

2016-17 All-ACC Team

2015-16 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2016-17 (Senior): Qualified and competed for the 2017 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, placing 18th in the 200 fly (1:42.21) and 34th in the 100 fly (46.78) … Earned All-ACC honors with a third-place finish in the 200 fly (1:43.01) at the 2017 ACC Championships … Also placed ninth overall in the 100 fly (46.25) at the conference championship meet … Set new Tech school records in the 100 fly (46.25) and 200 fly (1:42.21), both of which were new career-best times … Also part of the record setting 200 medley relay (1:25.76) and 400 medley relay (3:07.86) teams … A member of the 400 medley relay team that placed third at the ACC Championships … Also a member of the 200 free relay team that turned in the fastest time on the year for the Yellow Jackets at 1:19.79 at the ACC Championships … Recorded the fourth-best time of the year for Tech in the 50 free (20.44), the fifth-fastest mark in the 500 free (4:30.96) and the 10th-best in the 200 free (1:41.29) … Took first-place wins in both the 100 fly (49.16) and 200 fly (1:50.16) events it the season-opening meet versus BC and Pitt … Finished first overall in the 200 fly versus Notre Dame (1:47.04), against both Cincinnati and FAU (1:50.31), versus Alabama (1:46.44) and in the tri-meet with both SCAD and Florida State (1:46.98) … Also finished first in the 100 fly (48.16) versus FSU and SCAD on Senior Day … Finished the season with the third-best time in the ACC in the 200 fly (1:42.21) and the sixth-best time in the 100 fly (46.25) … Named Team Co-Captain.

2015-16 (Junior): Had a strong season for the Yellow Jackets … Scored points in both individual and relay events at the ACC Championships … Placed 19th in the 100 fly with a time of 47.97 at the ACC Championships … Recorded a career-best 10th-place finish at the ACC Championships in the 200 fly with a time of 1:45.04 … A member of the 200 medley relay unit at the ACC Championships along with Brian Woodbury (So.), Ricky Lehner (Sr.) and Youssef Hammoud (Sr.) that turned in a time of 1:27.51, good for sixth-place on Tech’s all-time top-10 list … Shaved some time off his season-best performances at the ACC Championship at the GT Qualifier in the 100 fly and 200 fly … Swam a new season-best in the 200 fly during prelims at the GT Qualifier with a time of 1:44.70, before finishing second in the finals … CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention.

2014-15 (Sophomore): Posted career-best times in both of his primary events, the 100 and 200 fly … Scored points in both the 100 and 200 fly events at the ACC Championships … Registered a 17th-place finish in the 200 fly at the ACC Championships with a time of 1:46.42 … Turned in a career-best 200 fly time of 1:44.26 in a first-place finish at the Yellow Jacket Championship Qualifier, which was also the third-best time in school history … His 200 fly time was the fastest by a Yellow Jacket in 2014-15 … Finished 19th overall in the 100 fly at the ACC Championships with a time of 47.70 in the finals … Recorded a career-best 100 fly time of 47.42 at the Georgia Tech Invitational, finishing fifth overall … His 100 fly time was the sixth-best on Tech’s all-time list … Swam the fly leg on Tech’s 200 medley relay at the Yellow Jacket Championship Qualifier that was clocked at 1:26.62, the second-best time in school history.

2013-14 (Freshman): Enjoyed strong debut season for the Yellow Jackets … Etched his name among Tech’s all-time fastest swimmers in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 500 free events … Scored points in two individual events at the ACC Championships, including an impressive 15th-place finish in 200 fly (1:46.37) and a 20th-place showing in the 500 free (4:26.09) … Both times rank among Georgia Tech’s all-time top-10 … Turned in a time of 47.97 in the 100 fly at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which ranks seventh-best on the school’s all-time top-10 list.

Before Tech: A four year letterwinner and senior team captain under coach Kevin Burke … Named team MVP in both his junior and senior seasons … Named a 2012-13 NISCA High School All American for the 500m freestyle … Holds the school record in the 100m butterfly, as well as in the 200m and 500m freestyle events … A member of the National Math Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Benjamin Nguyen Southern … Born Sept. 8, 1995 in Falls Church, Va. … Son of Rick and Thi Nguyen … Has two younger brothers in Michael and Ryan … Majoring in electrical engineering.