Brandi Goettsch
Diver
2001-02
Not even a change in leagues could keep senior diver Brandi Goettsch from being named the top performer. Goettsch who earned Female Diver-of-the-Year honors twice in the Mid-Continent Conference was named the 2002 Horizon League Diver of the Year in March and has been chosen as the 2002 Vindicator Female Athlete of the Year.
Goettsch, a native of Hubbard, Ohio, becomes the first member of the Swimming and Diving program to earn The Vindicator's annual honor.
In her four years at YSU, she was a four times NCAA Zone Qualifier, four-time team MVP, earned four letters, was a three-time conference diver of the year and was a two-time team captain. She set and reset YSU Diving records 16 times and ahs had numerous first and second place finishes.
In 2001-02, Goettsch won the Horizon League three-meter dive title and placed second in the one-meter event. At her fourth NCAA Zone Diving Meet, she placed 18th in the three meter competition and 20th in the one meter. At the league meet in March, she won the three meter event with a score of 458.05 and was second in the one meter competition with a score of 271.10. In the competition at the Zone meet, Goettsch scored a 396.85 in the three meter and a 228.45 in the one meter competition.
During her senior campaign, she was named the league's diver of the week and was team captain for the second straight year.
As a junior, she placed first in the three meter competition with a Mid Con record score of 492.20 and was fourth in the one meter at 370.10. In the Zone meet, her score of 218.35 in the one meter dive placed her 17th while she placed 19th in the three meter competition with a 220.60.
As a sophomore, Goettsch won the one meter Mid Con title and placed second in the three meters. Goettsch's scores were 274.9 and 436.1 respectively. She placed 28th at the NCAA zone C three-meter diving competition with a score of 203.75 and was 30th in the one meter with a score of 158.2. Goettsch became the first Penguin to qualify for the Zone meet in the one and three meter dives during the 1999-2000 season. Twice during the season she was named the Mid Con's Athlete of the Week.
As a freshman in 1998-99, Goettsch burst on the Youngstown State scene winning the Mid-Con Championships in the one meter and three meter competitions and earned conference Diver of the Year honors. She finished with a 406.00 in the one meter and a 464.2 in the three meters. Goettsch also picked up Blue Grass Mountain Conference Diver of the Year accolades winning the one and three meters at that meet.
That season, she became the first YSU Women's Diver to compete in the Zone meet, the qualifying stage for the NCAA Championships. She placed 19th at the Zone meet in the one meter with a 182.85. In her collegiate debut in a meet against Buffalo she set school marks with scores of 246.62 on the one meter dive and a 252.07 on the three meter dive. While excelling on the platform, Goettsch has also had success in the classroom.
A graduate of Liberty High School, Goettsch has a 3.6 cumulative grade-point average in Education. She is a four-time academic all conference selection. Brandi's parents are James and Patricia Goettsch.
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