Academic Notes: Majoring in biology...WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2018.
 

Event	Record best time	2020-21 season best time
50 free	24.70 (2/27/20)	24.72 (2/18/21)
100 free	53.15 (2/20/21)	53.15 (2/20/21)
200 free	1:54.93 (2/19/21)	1:54.93 (2/19/21)
100 fly	59.17 (2/26/20)	1:01.34 (1/15/21)

Senior (2020-21): Recorded New best times in the 100 free (53.15) and 200 free (1:54.93) at the WAC Championships... Placed 13th in the 200 free and 21st in 100 free.

Junior (2019-20): Swam in the 200 free (1:56.68), 100 free (53.59), and 50 free (24.70) at the WAC Championships… Earned four record best times in 50 free, 100 free, 200 free (1:56.46), and 100 fly (59.17)... Appeared in seven dual meets.

2018-19 (Sophomore): Swam in two competitions... Competed in double dual meet against Northern Colorado and Kansas on Jan. 11 and Boise State University Jan. 25-26... Swam 2:22.67 in the 200 fly, 57.06 in 100 freestyle, and 1:02.36 in 100 fly in double dual meet... Went 27.36 in 50 butterfly, 56.42 in 100 freestyle, 1:01.60 in 100 butterfly, 1:03.95 in 100 backstroke, and 1:42.65 in 200 freestyle relay.

2017-18 (Freshman): Competed in seven dual meets...Recorded season-best time of 25.18 in the 50 freestyle versus Boise State...Also recorded season-best times of 54.92 in the 100 freestyle and 1:00.55 in the 100 butterfly versus New Mexico State...Placed sixth in the 50 Free versus San Diego.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Liberty HS...Placed ninth at the Division II State Championships in both the 50 freestyle (24.92) and 100 freestyle (53.59) as a senior…Also swam on 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay teams at State Championships…Helped team place ninth in the state…Named team MVP all four years…District champion in both the 50 and 100 freestyle…Holds school records in the 50 and 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke…Teammate of current NAU teammate Sam Seiber…4.0 high school GPA…Four-year Academic Letter recipient…Member of high school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Club Unify (Special Olympics).

Personal: Natalie R. Dinch was born Sept. 29 in Glendale, Ariz....Daughter of Alison and Frank Dinch…One older brother, Derek…Lists most memorable athletic moment as fulfilling her goal of signing with a Division I college…Chose NAU because of the beautiful campus, it’s close to home, the incredible coaches and a close-knit team.