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2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Sio I Lei

  • Position Diver
  • Height 5-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Macau, China
  • High School National HS
  • Previous School Truckee Meadows Community College

Biography

2017-18 (Jr.): Became an All-Conference diver for the third time in career after placing in the top six of all three diving events at the Mountain West Championship … Earned a medal in the 1-meter at the conference meet, finishing the event in third place … Competed in the 2018 NCAA Championships where she represented the Pack in the 1-meter springboard and platform dive … Posted season-best scores in the 1-meter (300.28) and 3-meter (318.96) springboard at the conference championship, finishing third and sixth, respectively … Posted seven top three finishes, including all but one on the 3-meter springboard … Letterwinner.

2016-17 (So.): Competed in all of the Nevada’s regular season competitions, and the conference meet … Represented the Pack in the NCAA Championships, competing in the platform dive … Earned MW All-Conference honors after her performances in all three diving events at the conference meet … Received a MW Diver of the Week accolade following a first place finish in the 1-meter (281.70) and a third place finish (270.30) at the Chick-fil-A Invitational … Posted season-bests in the 1-meter (328.60) and 3-meter (352.20) springboard at the MW Championships, finishing third and fourth, respectively … Competed in the A finals in all three events she was part of at the conference meet, contributing a total of 75 points to Nevada’s overall score … Posted 10 top three finishes on the year, including two victories … Recorded the Pack’s fourth-best 1-meter springboard score … A Wolf Pack Scholar-Athlete … Letterwinner.

2015-16 (Fr.): Joined the Wolf Pack over winter break before earning All-Mountain West honors and advancing to the 2016 NCAA Championships in Atlanta … Placed runner-up in the platform dive at the Mountain West Championships to earn all-conference honors … Also advanced to the A finals and placed sixth in the 1-meter dive (288.70) and won the B finals to place ninth overall in the 3-meter dive (314.40) at the conference meet … Competed in all three dives at the NCAA Zone E Regionals, placing 10th on the 1-meter springboard (278.50), 25th on the 3-meter board (261.90) and 35th on the platform (191.80) … Competed in the NCAA Championships in the 1-meter dive, placing 46th with a prelim score of 224.75 … Tallied a season-best score of 322.65 on the 3-meter board to place runner-up in Nevada’s dual victory against San Jose State … Helped lead the Wolf Pack to an undefeated 10-0 record, the first Mountain West championship in program history and a top 25 CSCAA national ranking … Letterwinner.

PRIOR TO NEVADA
Attended Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno and earned an associate’s degree … Graduated from National High School in Duluth, Ga. … Has been diving since she turned eight years old.

PERSONAL
Full name is Sio I Lei … Born in Macau, China … Daughter of Iat Meng Lei and Lai Ho Chan … Has two sisters; Jessica and Summer … Major at Nevada is undecided … Also received recruiting interest from UCLA, Northwestern, San Diego State, Houston and Hawai’i … Chose to attend Nevada because of head diving coach Jian Li You.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Diver
    5'"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Diver
    5'"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Diver
    5'0"