Kalyn Leveto
Diving
2004-05
Kalyn Leveto has been a model of consistency throughout her career as a member of the YSU swimming and diving program. Leveto becomes the second diver in the past four years to be named The Vindicator Female Athlete of the Year joining Brandi Goettsch (2001-02) as winners of the award.
A diver, Leveto is a four-time Horizon League individual event chamion and has been named the Horizon League Diver of the Year. She also appeared in the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in three of her four years.
She ended her tenure with the Penguins as the school record holder both one meter dive categories (six and 11 dives) and just trailed Goettsch in the two three meter dive scores.
In her final campaign in 2004-05, Leveto won the one meter event at the conference meet after placing fourth in the three-meter competition. During her senior year she won an impressive 25 one of three meter diving events at various meets.
At the Horizon League Championships in February, Leveto showed what she was made of. After a disappointing three meter performance where she finished fourth—her lowest finish since her first year—she rebounded two days later to win the one meter event by more than 25 points and set a Horizon League record in the process with a score of 284.00.
As a junior in 2003-04 she was named the Horizon League Diver of the Year winning the three meter competition and placing second in the one meter. She won the three-meter event with a score of 449.20 and came up short in the one meter with a score of 238.70, just three points out of first. For the year, she went undefeated on the three-meter board winning nine times while she also wont he one meter on seven occasions.
As a sophomore in 2002-03, she picked up her first Horizon League Diver of the Year Award after winning both the one meter and three meter events. In the one meter she had a score of 243.00 while in the three meters she had a score of 416.40.
During her freshman campaign she placed fourth in the three meter and was eighth in the one meter event at the Horizon League meet. She finished just behind teammate and 2001-02 Female Athlete of the Year Goettsch.
A native of Warren, only once in her eight career Horizon League Diving events did she place lower than fourth and that was as a freshman.
Excelling off the diving board as well, Leveto owns a 3.30 grade point average in Business Finance. Kalyn's parents are Michael and Geralyn Leveto.
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