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2023-24 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.

  • Position:
    Diving
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    182
  • Letters:
    4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Dearborn, Mich.
  • High School:
    Edsel Ford

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Competed in 19 regular season meets across four seasons with the Green and Gold.

2023-24:  2023-24 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Received CSCAA Individual Scholar All-American Second Team honors ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... garnered Academic All-District honors by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA).  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Participated in the diving pre-qualifications on both the one-meter (22nd - 230.85) and three-meter (21st - 206.50) board, but did not advance.  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Came in sixth on the one-meter board (409.55) and 10th at three meters (397.30).  SEASON:  Competed in seven of the team's 11 meets ... did not compete at Oakland, at Clarion, at Findlay, or vs. Davenport & Ashland. 

2022-23: 2022-23 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... received Academic All-District honors by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA).  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Placed seventh in the one-meter diving competition with a score of 379.20.  SEASON:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... appeared in four of the team’s 11 events.

2021-22:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Tallied a sixth-place finish in the three-meter diving event with a score of 355.85), while placing 10th in the one-meter event, posting a score of 369.15.  SEASON:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in seven regular-season meets ... took first place in the one-meter dive with a score of 227.85, while taking second in the three-meter dive (214.40) in the tri-meet versus Davenport and Ashland (10/22) … posted a second-place one-meter diving score of 222.45 and took third in the three-meter dive (213.19) at Northern Michigan (11/6) … placed third in the three-meter dive (384.75) at the Don Kimble Invitational (11/21) … finished third in both the one-meter (232.35) and three-meter (221.40) diving events versus Oakland (1/22) … took second in the three-meter dive with a score of 233.40, while also claiming third in the one-meter event with a score of 226.13 at Oakland (1/23) … claimed second in both the 1-meter (289.27) and 3-meter (287.77) at Calvin (1/28) … collected second place in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 275.05 against Saginaw Valley State (1/29).

2020-21:  Earned CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America recognition.  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Competed in the pre-qualifications, but did not advance to the championships.  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Finished 13th in the one-meter diving competition with a score of 338.75.  SEASON:  Competed in one regular-season meet ... recorded a season-best score of 286.88 (one-meter) for six dives vs. Northern Michigan (2/28).

High School:  A 2020 graduate of Dearborn Edsel Ford High School ... was a four-year letterwinner for the Thunderbirds ... qualified for the 2020 MHSAA Division 2 state meet which was canceled due to COVID-19 ... earned All-Downriver League honors as a senior after a runner-up finish at the league meet ... advanced to the 2019 MHSAA Division 2 state semifinals with a score of 217.75 ... received All-WWAC (Western Wayne Athletic Conference) accolades as a freshman after winning the conference title (281.70) ... set the school record for 11 dives with a score of 432.00 at the 2020 Downriver League Meet ... also competed in the 200 free relay and breaststroke ... recipient of a 2020 Otto Rowen Vocational Scholarship.

Personal:  Full name -- Jeffrey L. Cottingham, Jr. ... born on May 25, 2002, in Garden City, Mich. ... son of Jeffrey and Veronica Cottingham ... has an older brother, Vargas ... is majoring in Exercise and Sport Science ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Winter 2021, Fall 2022 (4.00), Winter 2023 (4.00), Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2020, Fall 2021 and Winter 2022.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Diving
    5'11" 160 lbs

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Diving
    5'10" 163 lbs

  • 2022-23Junior

    Diving
    5'11" 170 lbs

  • 2023-24Senior

    Diving
    5'10" 182 lbs