2017-18 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Ciara Monahan
- Position:
- Diving
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- El Camino Real HS
- Hometown:
- Woodland Hills, Calif.
2017-18
Selected to the 2018 Spring Director's Honor Roll ... Among Bruins, posted the second-best score in both 1m (309.38) and 3m (307.05) ... Named Pac-12 Diver of the Month for November after winning both the 1m and 3m Championships at the Trojan Diving Invitation from Nov. 10-12 and setting a career-best result in the 1m (309.38) at Arizona State on Nov. 4 ... Named an Academic All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention ... Competed in the 1m and 3m at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships.
2016-17
Chosen to Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention list … earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors … earned team’s Most Improved Diver award … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall, winter, spring … won 1-meter (306.45) against Kansas and Boise State (Jan. 6) … other notable scores: 314.30 in 3-meter at Bruin Diving Invitational (Jan. 13-15), 170.70 in platform at Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 22-25).
2015-16
Competed in both springboard events at NCAA Zones, finishing 22nd in the 1-Meter and 21st in the 3-Meter ... Placed 14th in the 1-Meter event and 22nd in the 3-Meter event at the Pac-12 Championships ... Recorded career bests in the 1-Meter (278.00) and 3-Meter (289.10) events at the Bruin Diving Invitational ... Earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honorable mention honors.
SUMMER 2015
Recorded a fifth-place finish in the 1-Meter at the USA Diving Zone F Championships meet at USC in June, which qualified her for the Senior National Championships in August.
2014-15
Finished 24th in the 3-Meter (228.95) and 20th in the 1-Meter (252.60) at the Pac-12 Championships ... In platform, she placed 16th with a season-best 206.25 ... Scored season-bests in the 1-Meter (274.28) against ASU and in the 3-Meter (285.70) at the Bruin Diving Invitational.
SUMMER 2014
Monahan participated in the USA Diving Junior National Championships in Knoxville in August, placing 21st in the 1-Meter (383.50) and 30th in the 3-Meter (390.60) … qualified for that meet after placing sixth in the 1-M (371.10) and eighth in the 3-M (412.85) at the Summer Junior Zone E Championships in Tucson in July … dove at the USA Diving National Preliminary Zone D Championships in July in Mission Viejo, going 14th in the 3-Meter (210.10) and 19th in the 1-Meter (193.20).
EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL
CLUB: BRUIN DIVE TEAM
Dove for four years at El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, Calif. … finished first in the Los Angeles CIF City Section in 2011, 2013 and 2014, totaling 479.40, 533.20 and 507.10 points, and earning All-American honors each year … her 2013 score is the all-time highest for CIF City Section … was second in 2012 with 433.60 points … claimed the West Valley Diving League title every year, increasing her point total each season (418.30 – 2011, 448.45 – 2012, 517.20 – 2013, 520.20 – 2014) … was the team captain her final two seasons … as a senior was Athlete of the Year, Academic All-American and graduated with Gold Seal with High Honors … also earned the President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence, the Lifetime Membership Award from the California Scholarship Federation and the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for her high school accomplishments … coached by Glenn Short … dives club with Bruin Dive Team under coaches Tom Stebbins and Tom Davidson … was a qualifier for the USA Diving Summer Zone E Championships each year from 2010-2014 … qualified for the USA Diving Spring Junior West Championship each year from 2011-2014 … was fifth in the 1-Meter at the 2013 USA Diving Junior National Diving Championship, breaking 400 points for the first time and setting a personal record … was a qualifier for the 2013 Youth Olympic Games, finishing 15th in the 3-Meter (352.60) … dove at the 2013 USA Diving Winter Nationals, placing 31st in the 1-Meter (187.55).
PERSONAL
Born March 2, 1996 in Philadelphia, Pa. … daughter of Lisa and Richard Monahan … has one sister, Montana, who is a senior on the UCLA diving team … majoring in communications studies.
Ciara Monahan’s Career Bests
1-Meter 278.00
3-Meter 289.10
Platform 206.25
