Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science with a minor in nutrition...WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2018.
Collegiate Best dives: 1-meter: 329.80 (2019); 3-meter: 318.20 (2019); Platform: 220.25 (2019)
2020-21 (Senior): Dove in two events this season due to injuries… In the Lumberjack Diving Invite on Dec. 6 placed fourth in 1-meter with 261.80… Earned silver medal in the 2021 WAC Championships in the 1-meter, scoring 264.25.
Best season dives (2020-21):
2019-20 (Junior): Named to 2020 CSCAA All-America team and CSCAA Scholar All-America Team... Earned first NCAA bid at Zones on March 9 after scoring 537.80 on the 1-meter springboard... Took home the gold at WAC Conference Championships on 1-meter with 297.70 points, winning the fifth consecutive 1-meter first-place finish for NAU... Finished second on the 3-meter (311.55) and platform (208.30)... Named as WAC Diver of the Week three separate times (11/12/19, 11/26/19, 1/21/20).
2018-2019 (Sophomore): Competed on all three boards at the WAC Championships... Finished second on the 1-meter with a score of 297.15... Finished fifth on the 3-meter with a score of 275.1... Placed 10th in the B finals on the platform with a score of 210.85... Dove at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships on the 1-meter and 3-meter... Scored 256.8 on the 3-meter and 263.65 on the 1-meter.
2017-18 (Freshman): Earned two All-WAC first team honors at WAC Championships...Competed on all three boards at the WAC Championships...Finished second on 1-meter with a score of 285.60...Finished second on 3-meter with a season-best score of 301.75...Advanced to the B final and finished 13th on platform after a season-best prelim score of 188.00...Qualified for NCAA Zone E Meet...Finished 20th on 1-meter at Zones...Recorded season-best score of 309.75 on 1-meter versus San Diego...Finished fifth on 3-meter during NAU Quad Diving Meet...Placed first on 1-meter versus San Diego and first on 3-meter versus Arizona...Second-best score on team on 1-meter, third-best score on 3-meter and sixth-best score on 1-meter for the season.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and two-year team captain at Shadow Mountain HS...Four-time state qualifier...Won the 1-meter Division II State Championship with a school record score of 459.20 as a senior…Posted the highest score of all three divisions…Placed second as a sophomore and junior and sixth as a freshman…Received Most Valuable Athlete award as a senior…Named Most Valuable Diver as a sophomore and junior…Placed third at USA Diving Junior Regionals in 2016…Named to PVUSD All-District team in 2014…3.68 high school GPA…Member of high school’s National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Society of Women Scholars and Tri-Music Honors Society.
Personal: Jennifer Emily Cheetham was born July 29 in Scottsdale, Ariz....Daughter of Bridget and Phillip Cheetham...Two older sisters, Amanda and Katherine…Father, Phillip, was a two-time gymnastics Olympian for Australia…Enjoys singing and was part of high school choir...Lists most memorable athletic moment as placing third at regionals despite injuring her heel with three dives left...Chose NAU because she really liked Coach Huffman and the academic program she was looking for.
