Ben Schiesl

  • Ben
  • Schiesl

  • Event
    Diving
  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Fairfax, Va.
Event2015-20162016-20172017-2018Career
1 Meter 11 Dives352.20 (4th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
319.30 (7th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
332.40 (6th Place)
ACC Championships (Men's)
Feb 24, 2018
352.20 (4th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
1 Meter 6 Dives352.20 (4th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 20, 2016
385.27 (1st Place)
Charlottesville, VA
Jan 14, 2017
370.85 (1st Place)
Cincinnati, OH
Jan 19, 2018
385.27 (1st Place)
Charlottesville, VA
Jan 14, 2017
3 Meter 11 Dives339.20 (9th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
286.35 (20th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
325.95 (12th Place)
ACC Championships (Men's)
Feb 24, 2018
339.20 (9th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
3 Meter 6 Dives386.25
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 30, 2015
405.00 (1st Place)
Charlottesville, VA
Jan 14, 2017
365.95 (4th Place)
West Lafayette, Ind.
Nov 18, 2017
405.00 (1st Place)
Charlottesville, VA
Jan 14, 2017
Platform 11 Dives295.05 (15th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
288.45 (11th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
315.30 (6th Place)
ACC Championships (Men's)
Feb 24, 2018
315.30 (6th Place)
ACC Championships (Men's)
Feb 24, 2018
Platform 6 Dives302.85 (7th Place)
Knoxville, TN
Nov 22, 2015
320.60 (20th Place)
Men's NCAA Championships
Mar 25, 2017
334.65 (19th Place)
NCAA Championships
Mar 24, 2018
334.65 (19th Place)
NCAA Championships
Mar 24, 2018

Updated: May 2, 2018

2017-18
NCAAs

9th - 1-Meter (All-America Honorable Mention)
19th - Platform
26th - 3-Meter

ACCs
7th - Platform
7th - 1-Meter
12th - 3-Meter

All-ACC Academic Team

2016-17
NCAAs

20th - Platform (320.60)

ACCs
7th - 1-Meter (319.30)
11th - Platform (288.45)
20th - 3-Meter (286.35)

CSCAA Scholar All-American
All-ACC Academic Team
ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2015-16
ACCs

8th - 1-Meter (277.00)
9th - 3-Meter (330.20)
15th - Platform (295.05)

ACC Academic Honor Roll

2017-18 (Junior)
- Qualified for all three diving events at the NCAAs for the second consecutive year
- Had a 6 point improvement at the NCAAs in the 2 meter for his career best score
- Placed first against UNC in the 1 meter
- Also placed first in the one and three meter against Virginia
- At the Purdue Invitational, took 9th in the platform

2016-17 (Sophomore)
- Qualified for all three diving events at the NCAA Championship
- Finished 20th in the platform at nationals with a score of 320.60 at NCAAs
- Finished in the top 20 of all three events at the ACC Championship
- Reached the finals and placed seventh in the one meter with a score of 319.30
- Swept the diving events at Virginia where he won both the three meter and one meter
- Won the one meter platform 347.05 at the H2Okie Fall Invitational
- Scored a 333.67 to win the one meter event against Penn State

2015-16 (Freshman)
- Finished eighth overall at the ACC Championships and earned 22 points for the Hokies with a 277.0 in the onemeter dive
- Picked up 20 points with a 339.20 in the three meter dive at ACC Championships
- Placed second with a 312.45 in the one meter dive in his first collegiate meet against Penn State
- Took first in the one meter dive against LSU and Kentucky with a score of 324.00
- Posted a 325.10 and a second place finish in the one meter dive against Virginia and Towson

Prep/Personal
- Four-year letter winner at W.T. Woodson High School for coach Bob Carvajal Jr
- Three-time MVP and two-time all-American
- State champion
- Dove for Dominion Dive Club for coach Stephanie Sutton
- Son of Kevin and Leslie Schiesl