Evan Stowers: Hall of Fame Class of 2022

EVAN STOWERS, SWIMMING AND DIVING (2004-08)

The first diver in program history to qualify for the NCAA Championships, Evan Stowers was an NCAA All-American in the platform dive in 2006, finishing seventh, and the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Champion in the 3-meter springboard dive. Stowers also earned 2006 All-ACC honors in 2006 in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving event. He set the Georgia Tech school diving record in the 1-meter (2005), 3-meter (2007) and platform (2007) dives. The Independence, Ky., native qualified for the NCAA Championships twice (2006 and 2007) in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform dives. Stowers set Tech records in all three dives; his 2007 score of 359.80 in the platform dive still ranks fourth today, his 2007 score of 395.25 in the 3-meter springboard dive is still third-best in Tech history, and his 2005 mark of 358.30 in the 1-meter dive still stands. He also was an NCAA All-America honorable mention in the platform dive in 2007 with a 15th-place finish, and he competed in the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships all four years while at Tech. He was awarded the 2007 the Fred Lanoue Athletic Achievement Award, the team’s most prestigious award.