Career Notes: Eight-time All-American, including seven First Team honors ... won 2013 NCAA title on the one-meter board, setting a WSU varsity record for 11 dives ... placed in the top three at the NCAA Championships five times ... won three GLIAC titles, twice on the one-meter diving board ... held three of four women's diving records at time of graduation.
Earned two First Team All-America accolades, finishing runner-up on both the three-meter board and one-meter board ... posted scores of 466.85 (one-meter) and 486.45 (three-meter) ...
featured by NCAA.com.
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Named GLIAC Women's Diver of the Year after winning conference titles on both boards ... captured three-meter title with score of 478.95 and earned one-meter title with score of 454.05.
SEASON: Competed in 10 meets ... posted top six-dive scores of 280.60 on the one-meter board vs. Ashland (Nov. 16) and 291.50 on the three-meter board vs. Grand Valley (Jan. 11).
2012-13: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Named Female Diver of the Meet ... became the third women's diving national champion in program history, winning the one-meter competition (468.60) ... finished second on the three-meter springboard (515.25), setting a new varsity record.
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Voted GLIAC Women's Diver of the Year ... won conference title in one-meter diving (465.40) ... finished third in three-meter diving (447.35).
SEASON: Named GLIAC Women's Swimming & Diving "Athlete of the Week" (Oct. 22) following the Clarion Invitational ... broke WSU varsity six-dive records on one-meter (319.27) and three-meter (342.45) vs. Findlay (Jan. 11) ... selected GLIAC Women's Swimming & Diving "Athlete of the Week" (Jan. 15) after her performances against Findlay and Grand Valley.
2011-12: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished third in three-meter diving (477.70) and seventh in one-meter (462.35) to earn First Team All-America honors on both boards.
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished second in three-meter diving (418.20) and fourth in one-meter (401.20).
SEASON: Featured on cover and inside January edition of
NCAA Champion Magazine … competed in 11 meets … top six-dive scores on one-meter (273.67) Jan. 7 vs. Grand Valley State and on three-meter (265.65) Nov. 18 vs. Ashland.
2010-11: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned First Team All-America honors with a fifth-place finish in one-meter diving (431.10) and Honorable Mention with a ninth-place showing in three-meter (385.10).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Placed fourth (408.60) and fifth (411.10), respectively, in one-meter and three-meter diving.
SEASON: Top six-dive scores for one-meter (263.62) and three-meter (267.07) Nov. 12 against Calvin … 411.45 in preliminary three-meter diving at GLIACs.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Holland … was a four-year varsity diver for coach Chelsey DeVries … was the 2009 Division 2 state champion and Diver of the Year … earned All-America honors as well as all-state and all-conference … set one-meter school records for both six and 11 dives in 2008, finishing fifth at the state meet … broke the records again as a senior … contributed to Holland’s 42-2-1 overall record in her four years … also ran track for three years and was the conference champion in the long jump and 100-meter dash as a junior … trained with the Grand Rapids Diving Club for the last three years.
Personal: Full name--Paige Kortman … born in Muskegon … daughter of Calvin and Julie Kortman … has three brothers - Jason, Jon and Greg … was a competitive gymnast from ages 7-13 … spent 16 days in South Africa on a mission trip with her mother while a senior in high school … is majoring in kinesiology ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2011 and Fall 2012.
