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Samantha Raneri |
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Will be counted on to provide leadership of largely-youthful diving corps ... in championship-meet action, ranks seventh in program history in six-dive one-meter competition and ninth all-time off the three-meter board (career-high 337.05) ... former gymnast has been diving for only four years and has made tremendous improvements ... possesses great work ethic ... brings maturity to the diving well ... will miss spring semester while studying in Europe ... boasts 3.85 cumulative grade-point average, which includes four appearances on Dean's List ... earned first monogram in 2003-04.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Ranked second on team behind All-American Meghan Perry-Eaton in both springboard events ... qualified for BIG EAST Championships for first time and scored three points, taking 14th in one-meter action with score of 179.35 ... took 15th in the Notre Dame Invitational ... six-dive season bests included 240.08 in one-meter action and 218.70 in three-meter competition, with both coming at North Carolina State ... honored with team's Most Improved award for improvement throughout the season ... earned first monogram.
AS A FRESHMAN: Posted her season-best score of 223.65 in the one-meter event at the Illinois Invitational ... also scored a career best in the three-meter event with a 337.05 in the meet ... placed sixth and seventh in the three- and one-meter, respectively, against Michigan ... was 10th in the one- and three-meter events against Bowling Green ... was eighth in the three-meter competition and 10th in the one-meter versus Michigan ... placed fourth against Pittsburgh on the three-meter board ... was fifth on the three-meter against Michigan State ... competed as an exhibition diver against Purdue and Indiana.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Has only been diving for four years ... was a gymnast for 10 years ... was a two-year letterwinner in swimming and then switched to diving her junior season at John Jay High School ... earned two letters in diving ... was a team captain as a senior ... placed eighth on the one-meter board at the 2002 YMCA National Championships ... was a member of National Honor Society and Campus Congress ... oldest daughter of David and Katy Raneri ... father was a cross country runner at the University of Vermont ... mother is director of nutrition for Kraft Foods ... born Dec. 24, 1983, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. ... named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star in 2004 ... carries a 3.85 cumulative grade-point average ... named to Dean's List in both semesters of 2002-03, as well as spring `04 ... enrolled in the College of Arts & Letters as an English major.
