A.J. Eckebrecht

Class: Senior Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA High School: California Virtual Academies

Height: 5-9 Event: Diving

PERSONAL BESTS

1M dive                                                   277.50

3M dive                                                   309.85

Platform dive                                           315.30

2015-16 (JUNIOR): Competed in three diving events, ranking top three on the team in all three events…earned a personal best in 3M dive (309.85) and in the platform dive (315.30).

2014-15 (SOPHOMORE): Competed in three diving events, ranking top three on the team in all three events…earned a personal best in 1M dive (277.50) and in the platform dive (294.35).

2013-14 (FRESHMAN): Competed in three diving events, ranking top five on the team in all three events … No. 3 on the team in the 1M dive (269.75), No. 4 on the team in both the 3M dive (293.20) and the platform dive (276.10).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Competed for the Mission Viejo Nadadores Swim and Dive Team, coached by Mike Hilde, Janet Ely and Derek Starks...2011-13 National Team Member...junior nationals competitor.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 2...squadron MWR NCO…son of Gary and Allison Eckebrecht...has a younger sister...hobbies are skiing, hiking, surfing and eating...favorite food is poppy seed muffins...favorite movie is Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol...enjoys reading sports books...person in history he’d most like to meet is Jackie Robinson...something most people don’t know about him is that he was on ABC’s reality diving show Splash...credits his best friend Mark Anderson as having the biggest influence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Michael Phelps...pre-meet rituals are to listen to music, get pumped up and visualize his dives...if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be What would Ryan Lochte do...favorite song is On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons...favorite quote: `Pain is temporary but quitting is forever.’