Biography
Career Notes: Received a number of accolades, including Second Team Academic All-American (2022-23) by CSC (formerly CoSIDA) ... voted to the CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-America Second Team (2021-22) ... earned CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American honors in 2020-21, after Scholar All-America recognition in 2019-20 … twice a recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2020-21 and 21-22) and a GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team member three times (2020-21, 21-22 and 22-23) ... was a 15-time All-American, earning 10 First Team certificates ... was part of eight relay teams that received First Team All-American status, while also receiving honors in the 50 Free in 2022 (seventh) and 100 Free in 2021 (eighth) ... was a 13-time All-GLIAC honoree ... won four GLIAC titles at the 2021 championships in the 50 Free, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, and 400 Medley Relay ... also helped his team to a victory in the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay at the 2022 championships ... won numerous events in his 31 regular-season meets ... broke his own Matthaei Pool record with a 19.62 in the 50 free on January 21, 2023 vs. Oakland ... also helped the 200 Medley relay team break the pool record in a 2021 meet.
2022-23: Earned First Team CSCAA Scholar All-America accolades ... 2022-23 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named Second Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA). NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a two-time First Team All-American as part of the 400 medley relay team (eighth - 3:12.59) and 200 free relay team (eighth - 1:19.49) ... garnered Honorable Mention All-American accolades three times with an 11th place finish as part of the 400 free relay team (2:56.60), a 16th place finish as part of the 800 free relay team (6:37.52), and a 16th place finish in the 50 free (20.18) ... had a 29th place finish in the 100 free (44.58). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a two-time All-GLIAC honoree including second in the 50 free (19.97) and third in the 400 free relay (2:58.06) ... also placed fourth in the 400 medley relay (3:15.91), fourth in the 100 free (44.81), 13th in the 100 fly (50.24), and 13th in the 100 back (50.71). SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... swam in all 11 of the team’s meets ... earned GLIAC Swimmer of the Week honors (Sept. 14) after winning three heats of the 50-yard free, improving his time in each race (20.62, 20.58 and 20.54) against Division I Oakland on Sept. 9.
2021-22: Voted to the CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-America Second Team after receiving All-District First Team recognition ... recipient of a GLIAC Commissioner's Award for outstanding academic and athletic achievement ... earned First Team CSCAA Scholar All-America accolades. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a six-time All-American (1 First Team Individual, 1 First Team Relay, 1 Honorable Mention as an Individual and 3 Honorable Mention Relays) ... took sixth with the 200 free relay team (1:18.74) ... placed seventh in the 50 free (19.69) and ninth in the 100 free (43.49) ... earned 11th in the 400 free relay (2:58.55) and 12th in both the 200 medley relay (1:27.89) and 400 medley relay (3:13.98). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a five-time All-GLIAC honoree ... took third in the 50 free (19.94), fourth in the 100 fly (48.60) and 10th in the 100 back (50.68) ... helped the 200 medley relay (1:28.08) and 200 free relay (1:18.82) teams finish first, while nabbing second in the 400 free relay (2:57.24) and third in the 400 medley relay (3:16.21). SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... 2021-22 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... swam in eight regular-season meets ... placed first in the 50 free (21.05) and 100 free (46.29), while helping the 400 medley relay team to second place (3:30.73) against Ashland and Davenport (10/22) ... anchored the winning 125 medley relay team (54.36) and led off the first place 125 free relay squad (47.65), while collecting second place in the 75 free (34.46) and a third-place finish in the 25 free (9.96) at Northern Michigan (11/5) ... led off the winning 200 free relay squad (1:22.89) and anchored the second place 200 medley relay team (1:33.25), while also adding third-place finishes in the 50 free (21.22) and 100 free (47.66) at Northern Michigan (11/6) ... aided the Warriors in winning four relays, while also claiming first place in the 50 free (20.20) and 100 fly (49.30) at the Don Kimble Invitational (11/21) ... won the 50 free (20.75) and 100 free (46.08), while also helping two relays finish second versus Oakland (1/22) ... led off the winning 400 free relay team, while also claiming first in the 50 free (20.54), second in the 200 medley relay (1:31.04) and third in the 100 fly (50.81) at Oakland (1/23) ... took first in the 50 free (20.26) and 200 medley relay (1:33.96), while taking second in the 100 free (45.00) at Calvin (1/28) ... claimed first in all three of his events (200 free relay, 50 fly and 50 back) at Saginaw Valley State (1/29).
2020-21: Earned CSCAA First Team Scholar All-America recognition. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a six-time All-American (4 First Team Relays, 1 First Team Individual, and 1 Honorable Mention as an Individual) ... swam leadoff on the fifth-place 200 Free Relay, and second on the fifth-place 400 Free Relay ... swam anchor on two seventh-place relays (200 Medley and 400 Medley) ... placed eighth in the 100 Free (season-best time of 43.71 in prelims) and 11th in the 50 Free (WSU season-best time of 19.78). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a six-time All-GLIAC honoree ... won four GLIAC titles in the 50 free (19.81 - only sub 20 in the finals), 400 free relay, 200 medley relay (anchor) and 400 medley relay (anchor) ... received Second Team All-GLIAC accolades in the 100 free (44.10) and 800 free relay (swam leadoff) ... tied-for-sixth in the 100 back (season-best time of 49.84) ... posted fastest 200 free time of 1:43.85 leading off the 800 free relay at GLIACs. SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... swam in all five regular-season meets ... recorded fastest 100 fly (50.00) time vs. Northern Michigan (2/28) ... broke a 2010 Matthaei Pool record (set by WSU Hall of Famer Andrey Seryy) by swimming a 19.85 to win the 50 free vs. NMU (3/1) ... swam the anchor leg on the 200 medley relay (1:28.12), which broke the Matthaei Pool record in a time trial vs. NMU (2/28) ... was part of all five relays that posted season-best times: 200 free relay (1:18.92), 200 medley relay (1:27.31), 400 free relay (2:55.46) [the 2:55.46 was also a school record] and 400 medley relay (3:12.94) all at the NCAA Championships, and the 800 free relay (6:47.34) at the GLIAC Championships ... 2020-21 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2019-20: Earned CSCAA Scholar All-America recognition. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned First Team All-American status after helping the 200 free relay to a third-place finish in the Thursday prelims, but the remainder of the competition was cancelled due to COVID-19. GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a four-time All-GLIAC swimmer (one First Team Individual, two First Team Relays, one Second Team Individual) ... notched a victory in the 50 free with an NCAA B-cut time of 20.38 ... anchored the first-place 200 free relay, which met NCAA standards (1:20.50) ... led off the top 400 free relay (2:59.95) ... was the runner-up in the 100 free with an NCAA B-cut time of 44.62 ... swam the second-fastest time in the 100 back Consolation finals (51.41) ... placed 17th in the 100 fly (50.92). SEASON: Assisted WSU to a victory as the anchor of the 200 free relay (1:23.92) at the Golden Grizzly Relays (10/12), while also placing second in the 200 medley relay (1:34.48), the 400 4x100 IM relay (3:39.76), and the 400 free (3:10.18), third in the 300 3x100 back relay (2:37.83) and fourth in the 400 medley relay (3:35.80) ... served as the runner-up in both the 50 free (21.53) and the 200 back (1:58.45) vs. Tiffin (10/18) ... swam as the anchor in the winning 200 free relay (1:23.58) against Oakland (10/25), and also placed second in the 200 back (1:54.56), fourth in the 100 back (53.53), and fifth in the 400 medley relay (3:34.70) ... led off both the winning 200 free relay (1:24.75) and the second-place 200 medley relay (1:37.06) at Ashland (11/8), while also placing fourth in the 100 free (49.47) ... notched a victory in the 50 free (21.19) at Saginaw Valley State (1/10), and finished second in the 100 free (47.68) and the 200 medley relay (1:35.49) ... earned a first-place finish in the 100 fly (51.32) at Findlay (1/17), while also placing fourth in both the 100 back (53.76) and the 200 medley relay (1:37.66) ... finished fourth in both the 100 back (53.84) and the 100 fly (52.67) vs. Grand Valley State (1/25), and fifth in the 200 back (1:58.23).
High School: A 2019 graduate of Prva gimnazija High School in Varazdin ... recorded personal-best times of 22.75 (50 free), 50.60 (100 free), 57.06 (100 back) and 2:04.80 (200 back) ... was the regional champion in all four events ... also competed in volleyball, soccer, handball, and basketball.
Personal: Full name -- Luka Cvetko ... born on June 27, 2000, in Varazdin, Croatia ... son of Vjekoslav and Snjezana ... has a younger sister, Lana ... is majoring in Computer Science ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2019 (4.00), Winter 2020 (4.00), Fall 2020 (4.00), Winter 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022 (4.00), Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 (4.00).
