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Carly Sevald

Carly Sevald

  • Class
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Diving
Carly Sevald was a four-year diving letterwinner (2009-13), who was a national champion and an eight-time All-American.

After earning First Team (third place on three meter) and Honorable Mention (11th place on one meter) All-America accolades as a freshman, Sevald received First Team All-America honors on both boards as a sophomore finishing sixth (in the three meter) and seventh (in the one meter), respectively.

As a junior, Sevald was voted Female Diver of the Meet at the NCAA Championships after becoming the second women's diving national champion in program history.  She won the three-meter competition with a score of 503.40.  Sevald placed third on the one-meter board with a school record score of 496.95.

In 2012-13, she finished fourth on the one-meter board and fifth on the three-meter board at the NCAA Championships.

Sevald earned All-America honors all eight opportunities, with seven of the All-America certificates being First Team.  In fact, she never finished lower than sixth on the three-meter board at the NCAA Championships.

She won three GLIAC titles (one-meter in both 2012 and 2013, and three-meter in 2011).  Sevald had three top-three finishes at the league meet on each board.

A two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team recipient, Sevald earned a spot on the WSU Academic Honor Roll all eight semesters, including five terms with at least a 3.5 semester GPA with three of those terms being perfect 4.0 GPAs.

Sevald was a three-time GLIAC All-Academic Team honoree including being selected to the All-Academic Excellence Team her last two years.

A native of Royal Oak, Sevald was voted the WSU Female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2012-13 after earning Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large honors.  She earned her bachelor's degree in early childhood education.

 
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