Ben Magliato

Height:
6-2
Weight:
null
Position:
Diving
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bethesda, Md.
High School:
Sidwell Friends School

2018-19: Placed third in the 3-meter, 2-meter and 1-meter at TYR Invitational ... Finished third in the 3-meter at Big Al Invitational ... Placed third in the 1-meter at NU Quad Meet ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017-18: Scored a career-high 349.40 in the 3-meter at the Big Ten Championships (2.21-2.24) ... Scored a career-high 310.50 in the 1-meter and came in third against Iowa (1.20) ... Took fifth in the 3-meter event against Minnesota and Purdue (1.27) ... Also came in fourth in the platform and sixth in the 1-meter against Minnesota and Purdue ... Won the 1-meter and finished second in the 3-meter at the TYR Invitational (11.19) ... Won both the 1-meter and 3-meter events against Wisconsin (11.11) and SMU (1.13).

2016-17: Second at NU in 1-meter and 3-meter diving and third in platform diving ... Finished 18th in platform diving, 23rd in 1-meter diving and 24th in 3-meter diving at the Big Ten Championships ... Won the 3-meter diving event at TYR with a personal best 321.00 while finishing top-three in the other two diving events ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2015-16: Notched his best 1-meter score in the dual against Wisconsin with a total of 292.65 ... Scored a personal season-best 297.08 in the 3-meter dive in NU's meet against Iowa.

High School: Competed with the Montgomery Diver Club for four years ... 2013 USA Diving Age Group National Platform bronze medalist ... 2014 USA Diving Age Group National fourth-place finisher in the 3-meter springboard event ... 2013 and 2014 Junior Olympic national qualifier ... Three-time high school all-American who went undefeated in all Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swim & Dive League and Mid-Atlantic Conference dual and championship meets from his sophomore through his senior years ... Back-to-back-to-back Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swim & Dive League diving champion and three-time WMPSSDL Diver of the Year, winning the title in 2015 by over 60 points ... Three-time all-league selection ... 2014 Washington Metro Interscholastic Diving champion ... One of three Division I athletes to come out of one of the most elite schools in the DC area this year.

Personal: Born Bennett Nicholas Magliato ... Son of Nick and Jenifer Magliato ... Twin sister, Samantha, recruited to play basketball at Case Western Reserve ... Good friends and teammate with NU Class of 2018 women's diver Mashal Hashem ... Chose Northwestern over Iowa, Wisconsin, Yale and Duke ... Majoring in Spanish and Human Communication Sciences.