University of Houston Athletics
Cougar Student Athlete of the Week
10/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | General
Oct. 17, 2005
Anna Kiess
Sport: Diving
Class: Junior
Hometown: Hanover, Germany
Last School: Coubertin Gymnasium
Experience: 2L
HONORS AT HOUSTON
- 2005 NCAA Platform Diving National Runner-Up
- 2005 NCAA Platform Diving All-American
- 2004 NCAA Platform Diving All-American
- 2004 NCAA 3-Meter Diving All-American
- 2005 C-USA 1-Meter Diving Champion
- 2004 C-USA Platform Diving Champion
- 2004 C-USA 1-Meter Diving Champion
- 2004 C-USA Freshman Diver of the Year
- C-USA Diver of the Week (Jan. 24, 2005)
- C-USA Diver of the Week (Dec. 2, 2004)
- C-USA Diver of the Week (Nov. 2, 2004)
- C-USA Diver of the Week (Oct. 28, 2004)
- C-USA Diver of the Week (Feb. 3, 2004)
- 2004-05 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2003-04 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2005-06 SEASON
Placed second on the 1-meter board with 279.75 points during the season-opening, double-dual meet against C-USA rival Rice and host Texas.
2004-05 SEASON
Set new personal highs on the 1-meter springboard and platform... Finished as the National Runner-up with 478.95 points on the platform at the NCAA Championships... Earned a third-place finish on the 1-meter springboard with 517.25 points at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championship to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the second straight season... Finished less than a point behind teammate Azul Almazan for the 3-meter championship at the Zone D meet... Captured a second straight C-USA 1-meter diving championship with 299.15 points at the C-USA Championship, finishing more than 30 points ahead of her closest competitor at that meet... Was taken to the hospital after hitting her head on the board during a 3-meter diving against Texas A&M and Miami (Fla.)... Finished second in both diving events against Rice and at LSU... Won the 1-meter competition with 300.15 points and finished third on the 3-meter board against North Texas and SMU... Won the 1-meter springboard to help lead the Cougars to a win over Arkansas... Finished second on the 1-meter board to help lead the Cougars to a win over Arkansas... Won the 1-meter competition with 308.77 points and finished second the 3-meter board against Kansas and Harvard... Named C-USA Diver of the Week for the third time after that meet... Earned first-place finishes in both the 1-meter (279.15 points) and 3-meter (295.95 points) events at Louisiana-Monroe... Swept the diving events for the third consecutive meet against C-USA rival TCU, scoring 313.20 points on the 3-meter board and 315.38 points in the 1-meter event... Named the C-USA Diver of the Week for the second consecutive week following that showing... Was the only diver to top the 300-point mark in both events... Won the 3-meter diving competition with 312.83 points and took top honors on the 1-meter board with 280.20 points in the season-opening meet against Texas... Swept the 1-meter and 3-meter events against Rice... Named C-USA Diver of the Week following those performances... Finished with 268.94 points on the 3-meter board and with 300.23 points in the 1-meter event.
2003-04 SEASON
Solid contributor for the Cougar diving corps in her first collegiate season... Qualified for the NCAA Championships as a true freshman... Owned three of the Cougars top four scores on the 1-meter board... Won both the 1-meter and platform championships at the Conference USA meet... Honored as the 2004 C-USA Freshman Diver of the Year... Placed third on the 3-meter springboard during her first collegiate event in a tri-meet against Texas and Northern Arizona... Finished second on the 3-meter board with 273.00 points during a tri-meet against Louisville and Kentucky... Earned a second-place finish in the 1-meter event with 258.75 points during a tri-meet against Miami and Florida International... Captured her first career first-place finish with 258.75 points on the 1-meter board during dual meets at Biscayne Bay, Fla... Recorded 273.15 points to win the 1-meter competition at North Texas and finished third on the 3-meter board against the Mean Green... Captured first place on the platform with 416.475 points at Arkansas... Finished second on the 3-meter board with 286.95 points against the Lady Razorbacks... Honored as the C-USA Diver of the Week following those performances... Swept both diving competitions against SMU... Racked up a career-best 321.53 points on the 3-meter board and followed that with 267.30 points in the 1-meter event... Claimed a pair of first-place finishes against Texas A&M on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards... Was the only diver to top 300 points with 306.01 points on the 3-meter board and followed that with a meet-best 260.18 points in the 1-meter event against the Aggies... Captured the 2004 Conference USA 3-meter diving championship with 282.70 points in the finals... Scored a meet-high 290.35 points in that event in the preliminaries... Joined teammate Azul Almazan as the only divers to score more than 500 points in both the preliminaries and finals of the 3-meter event... Rallied to win the platform competiton at the Conference USA Championship... Honored as the Conference USA Freshman Diver of the Year at that meet... Earned Top Four finishes during all three events at the NCAA Zone D Championships... Finished second on the 3-meter board with 503.00 points and placed third on the platform with 391.45 points... Placed ninth in the platform during the NCAA Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Qualified for the Junior European Championships in 1997, 2000 and 2001... Captured the Junior European championship in 2000 and 2001... Finished second at the Championships in 1997.
PERSONAL
Full name is Anna Kiess... Born on April 28, 1983, in Grodno, Belarus... Daughter of Tatjana and Waldewar Kiess... Theatre major.
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