Yu Zhou

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Wuhan, China
Prev School:
Beijing College of Sports

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Nickname: Shelly

Career Notes:

2x NCAA Champion
- 3-meter // 2015, 2017
7x Big Ten Champion
- 1-meter // 2015, 2016, 2017
- 3-meter // 2015, 2016, 2017
- Platform // 2016
3x All-Big Ten First Team
7x All-American
Holds Minnesota program record on platform (371.80)

Career Honors and Awards:

2015 CSCAA Women's Division I Diver of the Year
3x Women's Big Ten Diver of the Year (2015-17)
3x Women's Big Ten Diver of the Championships (2015-17)
2x Academic All-Big Ten Honoree
2x CSCAA Scholar All-American
14x Big Ten Diver of the Week

2016-17 Senior Season: Earned CSCAA All-American honors - All Big Ten Team - Big Ten Diver of the Championship/Year - Academic All-Big Ten - Team MVP - Dorothy Lestina Sheppard Award recipient - outstanding student-athlete award - earned gold with a first-place finish in 3-meter diving at the 2017 NCAA Championships (392.75) - Finished in first place during 1-meter diving with a 316.65 against Wisconsin - grabbed first place in both 3-meter (398.10) and 1-meter (349.70) diving at the Jean Freeman Invitational - earned first place in 2-meter diving with a score of 313.05 at the Minnesota Challenge - finished in third place during 2-meter diving with a score of 362.25 at the 2017 Big Ten Championships - finished first place with a score of 362.65 during 1-meter diving at the 2017 Big Ten Championships - earned first place in 3-meter diving with a score of 413.65 at the 2017 Big Ten Championships - earned fourth place in 1-meter diving with a score of 317.95 at the 2017 NCAA Championships.

2015-16 Junior Season: Academic All-Big Ten - Named Minnesota Diver of the Year by team - Selected as Big Ten Diver of the Year - Earned two All-America awards at the 2016 NCAA Championships, including a silver finish in platform diving and a 5th place mark in 3-meter diving - Named Big Ten Diver of the Championships and to the All-Big Ten First Team after sweeping diving at the 2016 Big Ten Championships - Selected as the Big Ten Diver of the week eight times during the season - Tallied 15 event wins during the regular season - Swept competition at the Georgia Tech Invite over a field of more than 40 divers.

2014-15 Sophomore Season: At the 2015 NCAA Championships, Zhou was named both the NCAA and Big Ten Diver of the Year after becoming the National Champion in 3m, taking bronze in 1m and finishing 5th on platform (3/19-3/21) - Qualified at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships on 1m, 3m and platform after placing 9th on 3m, 1st on 1m and 1st on platform (3/9-3/11) - During the 2015 Big Ten Championships, Zhou took home the gold in both 1m and 3m diving, and silver on platform (2/19-2/21) - Finished 1st during both the 1m and 3m diving competitions at the 2015 Minnesota Challenge (2/7) - Placed 2nd on platform and 3rd in 3m against Northwestern and Purdue (1/30-1/31) - Finished 1st on 3m and 2nd on 1m at N.C. State (1/23-1/24) - Took 1st in 1m and 3rd in 3m at Florida (11/8) Won the 1m diving competition against Iowa (10/31) - Placed 3rd in 1m and 1st in 3m diving against Wisconsin (10/17) - Made her collegiate debut at Arizona State where she finished 3rd on 1m and 1st on 3m (10/4).

High School: 2012 graduate of Beijing College of Sports

Personal: Born October 13, 1993 - Daughter of Baobing Zhou and Juli Yang - Has one older sibling.