Omar Eteiba

2016-17 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2016-17 All-ACC Academic Team

2016-17 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2016-17 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships participant

2015-16 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2015-16 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2015-16 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships participant

2014-15 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2014-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2014-15 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships participant

2013-14 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2013-14 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2013-14 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships participant

2016-17 (Senior): Qualified and competed in his fourth straight NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, turning in scores of 275.00 in the 1-meter dive and 312.25 in the 3-meter dive events … Recorded the second highest scores on the year for the Jackets in the 1-meter dive (297.70) and the 3-meter dive (327.75) … Finished 14th overall in the 3-meter dive with a score of 315.15 at the ACC Championships … Earned runner-up honors in the 3-meter dive in the dual meet versus Alabama with a score of 327.75, a season-high … Also placed third in the 1-meter dive (267.83) against Alabama, versus Boston College and Pitt (277.60) and against Notre Dame (294.53) … Posted a third-place finish in the 3-meter dive (310.50) in the dual versus the Fighting Irish as well … Was named to the 2016-17 All-ACC Academic Team … Recognized as a 2016-17 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention … Also competed at the Egyptian National Diving Championships/Egyptian Diving Cup-Cairo, Egypt.

2015-16 (Junior): Recorded a career-best score of 318.23 on the 1-meter in the dual meet against Emory … Finished 16th on both the 1-meter and 3-meter at the ACC Championships … Turned in an 18th-place finish overall on the 1-meter at the NCAA Zone Championships with a total score of 617.45 … Scored on both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives at the Georgia Tech Invitational … CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention.

2014-15 (Sophomore): Recorded a career-best ACC Championship finish of 10th-place on the platform by scoring a season-best 295.50 points … Qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships, finishing 17th overall on the platform with a total score of 523.55 … Was also 24th at the NCAA Zone Championships on both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards … Placed 10th overall in all three diving events at the Georgia Tech Invitational, scoring a season-best 331.05 on the 3-meter … Posted a career-best 1-meter score of 281.10 in an ACC dual meet versus Duke, which was good for a second-place finish.

2013-14 (Freshman): Finished eighth overall on the 1-meter at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a score of 246.75 … Was impressive with a fourth-place overall finish on the 3-meter at the GT Invitational with a score of 306.40 … Posted a score of 298.65 on the platform at the ACC Championships to claim a 16th-place finish … Was 28th at the ACC meet on both the 1-meter (280.65) and 3-meter (275.90) springboards … Qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships, placing 15th on the platform (252.60), 28th on the 1-meter (249.45) and 22nd on the 3-meter (292.50).

Before Tech: A standout international diver … Named best junior diver in Egypt in 2010 … Captain of the Egyptian Junior National Diving Team in 2011 and 2013 … Won the gold medal in both the 1-meter, and platform events at the 2010 Comen International Diving Cup in Belgrade, Serbia … At the 2008 Comen International Diving Cup in Italy, he won the gold medal on the 1-meter and was second in both the 3-meter and platform events … Won silver on the 1-meter springboard at both the 2009 and 2010 Lund International Diving Meets in Sweden … Took home gold in the 3-meter dive event at the 2007 Akhn International Diving Championship in Germany … Also competed at the Egyptian National Diving Championships/Egyptian Diving Cup-Cairo, Egypt.

Personal: Full name is Omar Ashraf Eteiba … Born April 16, 1995 in Cairo, Egypt … Son of Ashraf and Ghada Eteiba … Has a brother, Aly, that played tennis at Penn State in 2011 … Father swam at Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt) from 1976-81 … Majoring in business administration with a concentration in finance.