Hayden Elliott Season 2024-25

COLLEGIATE BESTS:

Career Accolades: 

• Academic All-Big Ten (2024)

2022-23 (Freshman Year)

• Boston College/Navy (10/8): Won the 1-Meter (279.20) and the 3-Meter Dives (350.30).
• Pittsburgh/Notre Dame (10/22): Took fourth place on the 1-Meter (325.00) and a third place finish on the 3-Meter Dive (362.90).
• West Virginia (11/5): Won both the 1-Meter (329.03) and the 3-Meter (380.85), taking a pair of NCAA Diving Zone Cuts for each.
• N.C. State Invitational (11/17-19): Dove to the finals and won the 1-Meter dive at 339.03. Later scoring fifth on the 3-Meter (321.70), and placing fifth on the tower at 260.95.
• Army (1/13): Set a new personal record with a win on the 1-Meter Dive (358.05), and later a 369.23 win on the 3-Meter Dive.
• Virginia Tech (1/21): Finished second on the 1-Meter (356.40) and third on the 3-Meter at 330.53.
• Villanova (1/27): Won the 3-Meter at 325.05, and later the 1-Meter at 331.05.
• Diving Zones A (2/4-6): Scored 354.00 on the 1-Meter and 331.58 on the platform, taking home the diving squad's best platform score of the season and a zone score, falling just short of his own personal record on the 1-Meter.
• Big Ten Championship (2/22-25): Scored 4 points for Penn State on the 1-Meter dive, finishing 21st in the prelims. Finished 17th on the tower at 260.35.
• NCAA Diving Zones A (3/6-8): Scored 301.30 on the 1-meter, qualifying 11th for the championship and later finishing 12th with 615.90 in the finals. On day two, Elliott qualified for finals after finishing eighth in the prelims (337.50) and later taking 10th (668.55) in the Zone A finals. On the tower, he qualified for the final rounds after a 273.10 and 15th place finish, then closing the events with an 11th (571.65) place finish overall.

2023-24 (Sophomore Year):

• St. Bonaventure (9/30): Touched first in the 1 meter with a score of 347.70, and added a second place finish in the 3 meter with a 327.98. 
• Navy (10/7): Finished first in both the 1 meter with a score of 338.40, and the 3 meter with a score of 350.63.
• Pitt/Notre Dame (10/21): Touched third in the 1 meter dive with a score of 350.03. 
• Big AL Invitational (12/3): Tallied first place finishes in the 1 meter (328.25) and 3 meter (303.05). Finished second in the platform diving with a 297.70. 
• Army (1/12): Added another first place finish in the 3 meter with a 357.60, and in the 1 meter with a 358.05, his career best. 
• Villanova (2/2): Finished first in the 3 meter with a 375.83, added another first place finish in the 1 meter with a 392.48, a career best. 
• B1G Championship (2/29-3/2): Competed in the 1 meter, 3 meter and platform dive. 

High School

Elliott swam for Winston Churchill High School under the direction of coach Jenny Davis where he earned First Team All-State honors and was a four-time All-American as well as being a school record holder. He also swam club for the San Antonio Divers as a four-time state finalist and junior national medalist with coach Allison Huntress. Elliott was an All-District Scholar and graduated with top honors from Winston Churchill High School. 

Personal

Elliott is the son of Joanna and Kyle Elliott and has two older brothers Carter and Preston. His older brother Preston played baseball at Our Lady of the Lake University, and his father Kyle played basketball at Texas State. Elliott is majoring in business. 

On Choosing Penn State: 

"I chose Penn State due to its elite athletics, academics, as well as the team culture."