Austin Daniel

2021-22 NCAA Championship Participant
2020-21 NCAA Championship Participant
2020-21 CSCAA Scholar All American
2019-20 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention
2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021-22 (Senior): Freestyle and butterfly swimmer … NCAA participant … Part of the 200 free relay (1:17.36) and 200 medley relay (1:24.62) teams at the NCAA Championships … The 200 free relay time was the top time in program history … Turned in personal bests in the 50 free (19.75) and 200 free (1:37.21) at the ACC Championships … Swam the 50 free (19.97) and 100 free (44.14) at the Bulldog Invitational … Touched the wall at 20.85 and 32.90 in the 50 free and 75 free against Northwestern and Miami … Posted times in the 50 free (19.92), 100 free (44.53), 200 free (1:43.76) and 100 fly (48.26) at the Georgia Tech Invitational

2020-21 (Senior): Freestyle and backstroke swimmer who also competed in the butterfly … Cracked the top 10 all-time in the 100 free (43.89) … Set the all-time records with the 200 free relay (1:17.70) and 200 medley relay (1:23.89) teams … Turned in an NCAA B Qualifying time and personal best in the 50 free (19.90) at the ACC Championship … Recorded personal bests in the 50 fly (21.76) and 100 fly (48.12) at the ACC Championships … Set a personal best in the 100 free (43.89) at the Georgia Invitational … Posted a time of 44.92 in the 100 free against Emmanuel … Finished the 50 free (20.98) and 100 free (47.07) against Gardner Webb …Secured times in the 50 free (22.11) and 100 free (46.45) against Florida State

2019-20 (Junior): Freestyle swimmer who also competed in the 100 back and 100 fly this season … Competed with the 200 free relay group at the ACC Championships, which ranks second in program history with a time of 1:18.15, and the group that finished in 1:18.69 at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which ranks fifth all-time … Earned an NCAA B qualifying time of 19.93 in the 50 free at the Georgia Tech Invitational, where he also turned in his best 200 free (1:41.43) of the season and a new personal-best 48.57 in the 100 fly … Swam his fastest 100 free of the season (44.29) at the ACC Championships …  Runner-up in the 100 free against Georgia Southern, SCAD (45.99) … Took third in the 100 back against Georgia Southern, SCAD (52.20) and South Carolina (51.23), and in the 100 free against Florida State (45.26).

2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back and 200 back events for the Jackets this season … Was also a member of the Tech relay teams … Swam his fastest 50 free time and set a new PR of 20.53 at the ACC Championships … Finished with personal-best times in the 100 free (44.04) and 200 free (1:37.88), and swam his fastest 100 back time of the season (49.77) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Placed third in the 100 free (45.93) vs. South Carolina … Finished fourth in the 100 back vs. Denver (51.30) and Auburn (52.21) … Swim his only 200 back against SCAD, placing fourth with a time of 1:54.61 … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2017-18 (Freshman): Swam for Tech in the 100 back, 200 back, 50 free and 100 free events on the season … Was also a member of the Tech relay teams … Recorded the fourth-fastest time on the season for Tech in the 100 back (49.66) … Also posted the fifth-best time on the team for the year in the 100 free (44.95) … Had the sixth-fastest time on the season in both the 50 free (20.65) and the 200 back (1:52.23) … Totaled eight top-five individual finishes on the year … Picked up a pair of runner-up finishes in the 100 free (46.51) and 100 back (51.38) in the dual meet at SCAD … Finished fourth overall in both the 100 free (46.87) and 100 back (52.36) in the home dual meet versus Delta State … Placed fourth in the 100 back (51.20) at South Carolina and in the 100 free (46.45) versus Emory … Also finished fifth in the 100 free (46.72) at South Carolina … Touched the wall in fifth-place overall in the 100 back (52.80) in the season-opening dual meet versus Pittsburgh … Also placed sixth in the 200 back (1:56.46) against Pitt and in the 50 free (21.37) versus Emory … Finished seventh overall in the 200 back (1:57.45) at Notre Dame and in both the 100 back (53.32) and 200 back (1:59.05) at Northwestern … Recorded an eighth-place showing in the 100 back (52.93) at Notre Dame and in both the 100 back (55.42) and 200 back (2:01.80) events at Georgia … Placed 15th overall in the 100 back (49.66) and 20th in the 100 free (45.37) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Also competed in the 100 back (49.82 and 54.09), 50 free (20.65 and 20.87) and 100 free (45.06 and 45.61) at the Bulldog Last Chance Invitational.

Before Tech: A four-year letterwinner for the swim team at Cambridge High School under head coach Lauren Hall … Was a two-time team MVP winning the award in both 2017 and 2015 … Holds the Cambridge High School record in the 50, 100 and 200 free events, as well as in the 100 back and 100 breast … Also a member of both the 200 and 400 free relay teams that hold the high school records in those respective relay events … Finished eighth in the 100 yard free with at time of 46.86 . at the GHSA 6-7 A State Swimming Championships … Earned a fifth-place finish in the 200 yard free (1:41.04) and a seventh-place showing in the 100 yard back (51.85) at the GA Senior state meet for Swim Atlanta … Competed at the 2017 American Short Course Championships in Austin, Texas in March where he swam in the 100 free (45.88), 100 back (49.89), 50 free (21.26) and the 200 free (1:41.06) … Was a member of the National Honor Society, the CHS Honor Roll and Mu Alpha Theta … Tabbed a scholar-athlete … Also named a 2016-17 USA Swimming scholastic all-American.

Personal: Has an older brother … Chose Tech because of its highly ranked computer science and engineering department, it has a great swim & dive program with awesome facilities, and the opportunities regarding internships and research are outstanding … Plans to major in computer science.