2022-23 Swim & Dive Roster
Roster
Hannah Butler
- Position:
- Diving
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Brighton HS
- Hometown:
- Rochester, N.Y.
Notes
Four-year member of the UCLA swim and dive program ... Qualified for Zones and NCAAs in each of her four seasons on campus ... Earned All-America and team Newcomer of the Year honors in 2019-20.
Career Highlights
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 NCAA Qualifier
Seven-time Individual NCAAย Qualifier
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023ย Zonesย Qualifier
2020 CSCAA All-American (1M diving)
2020 UCLA Swim & Dive Newcomer of the Year
Nine-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
2020-21 UCLA All-Academic Team
Three-timeย CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2020-22)
11 Individual Event Wins
Pac-12 Diver of the Week (Jan. 11, 2023)
2021-22 Team "Iron Effort" Award
2022-23
Double-qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third consecutive season (1-meter, 3-meter) ... For the season, had the top score on the team in 1M (295.40) and the No. 2 score in 3M (329.45) ... At NCAAs, finished 19th in 1M (264.00) and 35th in 3M (257.25) ... Made the finals in all three events at the Pac-12 Championships, including the A Final in both springboard events ... At Pac-12s, placed fifth in 3M, eighth in 1M, and 14th in platform ... Earned double qualification into NCAAs after placing third in 3M (624.60) and eighth in 1M (567.20) ... Was top-10 in both springboard events at the 2023 Bruin Diving Invitational, including a fourth-place finish in 3M ... Was top-five in both springboard events at the Trojan Diving Invitational ... Picked up individual wins in 3M against Utah and in 1M against Arizona State ... Earned a spot on the 2023 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.ย
2021-2022
Double-qualified for NCAAs for the second straight yearย ... For the season, had the top score on the team in both 1M (323.33) and 3M (341.78) ... At Zones, received an NCAAs auto-bid in 3M after finishing in fifth place (627.35) ... Her clinching performanceย at Zones came in dramatic fashion; needing a top-five finish to secure an NCAA bid but sitting in 11th place after prelims, Butler gradually shot up the leaderboards during the finals session and ultimately jumped into fifth place on the final dive of her list ... The auto-bid gave her retroactive NCAA qualification in 1M as well after she finished 11th in Zones ... At NCAAs, placed No. 33 in 3M (283.30) and No. 42 in 1M (242.00) ... Picked up a career-high seven event wins over the course of the year ... Swept the springboard events in back-to-back meets against SDSUย (Dec. 17-18) and UCSD (Jan. 8) ... Captured 1M titles against both Stanford and Cal ... Was 1M champion and 3M runner-up in the USC dual meet from Feb. 11-12 ... Received the "Iron Effort Award" at the team's end-of-year banquet ... Finished top-five in both springboard events at the 2022 Bruin Diving Invitational ... Runner-up in 1M at the Trojan Diving Invitational, placed fourth in 3M ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed) ...ย Named to theย CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team (3.5+ GPA, invited to NCAAs) for the third consecutive year.ย
2020-21
Double qualified for the 2021 NCAA Championships as a sophomore (1-meter, 3-meter) ... Placed fourth in 1M at Zones (265.00) to punch her ticket to NCAAs, then secured double qualification with an 11th place result in 3M (292.35) ... At NCAAs, placed 29th in 3M (272.55) and 32nd in 1M (257.90) ... Finished top-10 in both springboard events at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships, taking sixth in 1M (278.30) and 10th in 3M (season-high 303.15) ... Set a new collegiate-best in 1-meter (290.55) en route to a win at the Bruin Diving Invitational on Jan. 15, marking her first collegiate event win ... Also placed sixth in 3M at the Bruin Diving Invitational ... Picked up a win in 3M at Cal on Jan. 30 (294.68), her first collegiate 3M win ... Had UCLA's best scores for the year in both 1M and 3M ... Finished runner-up in 1M at three separate events ...ย Season-best scores: 1M (290.55), 3M (303.15), platform (207.40)ย ... Selected to the 2020-21 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution) ... Was the swimming & diving representative on the 2020-21 UCLA All-Academic Team (highest cumulative GPA on the team) ... Named to the UCLA DIrector's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed) ...ย Named to the 2020-21 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team (3.5+ GPA, invited to NCAAs).ย
2019-20
Earned CSCAA All-America honors as a true freshman, becoming the first Bruin frosh to do so since fellow diver Eloise Belanger in 2016 ... Qualified for NCAA Championships in 1-meter diving after finishing sixth at the Zone E Diving Championships ... Recipient of the team's Newcomer of the Year Award ... Notched a season-best score of 285.95 in 1M during prelims at Zones ... Narrowly missed out on double qualifying for NCAAs; needing a top-12 finish in 3M at Zones, she finished 14th at 561.05, less than nine points behind the 12th-place diverย ... Logged a season-best score of 306.60 in 3M at Pac-12 Championships ... Competed in all three diving events at Pac-12s, placing seventh in 3M, eighth in 1M, and 15th in platform (186.75) ... Recorded a season-best score of 193.73 on tower against USC on Feb. 15 ... Made her collegiate debut against Arizona on Nov. 1, placing fourth in 1M (229.58) and fifth in 3M (215.70) ... Was third in 1M (253.28) against Arizona State on Nov. 2 ... Finished top-three against Stanford on Jan. 31 in both 1M (273.60, second) and 3M (286.73, third) ... Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters.ย
High School/Club
Attended Brighton High School โฆ Monroe All-County Team each year from 2015-18 โฆ Was the New York state champion in diving in 2018 with an 11-dive score of 530.60 โฆ Section V Champion with a six-dive score of 334.50 โฆ Competed for Upstate NY Diving โฆ Won AAU team national championships with Upstate in 2017, 2018, and 2019 โฆ Was a USA Diving National finalist at AAU Nationals in 2018 and 2019, placing second in 3-meter in 2018 ...ย Won both the 1m and 3m at the 2018 Niagara District Diving Championships as well as the Niagara District Holiday Diving Invitational.
Personal
Hannah Jaffe Butler was born in 2001 in Rochester, N.Y. to parents Edie and Ric โฆ Has an older brother, Daniel โฆย Chose to attend UCLA because of the coaching, variety of majors, and campus atmosphere โฆ Lists being a finalist for the USA Diving Nationals as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill โฆ Favorite athletes include Serena Williams, Bethany Hamilton, and Alex Morgan โฆ Hobbies and interests include playing volleyball, art and drawing, film, marine biology, and environmental science โฆ Taught herself how to play guitar. ย
Collegiate Bests
1M - 323.33
3M - 341.78
Platform - 207.40
(last updated: Mar. 22, 2023)
