Catching up with: Kate Oiness

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001 | 10:06 a.m.

KATE OINESS

High School: Green Valley ('98)

Where she is now: Nevada-Reno

Class: Junior

Sport: Diving

Currently: Oiness captured a pair of individual 2000 Big West championships in the 1-meter and 3-meter events as a sophomore, earning her a place at the NCAA Meet and the Wolf Pack's Most Improved Diver award. This season, she continues to be a force for UNR, posting the team's top score to date in the 1-meter (308.75) and the third-best score in the 3-meter (268.82). The Wolf Pack will travel to San Antonio, Texas, for the WAC Championships Feb. 22-24.

Looking back: Oiness received four varsity letters with the Gators, winning the school's Diver of the Year award in 1997. She placed second at the 4A State Meet in each of her final three prep seasons, finishing behind former Green Valley teammate Aubrie Cropper as a junior and current UNR teammate Julie Whitehead, a former Basic diver, as a senior.

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