Else Praasterink

Else Praasterink on platform at NCAA Championships

COLLEGE STATION, TX - October 19, 2024 - During the Texas A&M Swim & Dive meet between the Texas A&M Aggies, TCU Horned Frogs, and BYU Cougars at the Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, TX. Photo By Wesley Bowers/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Wesley Bowers/Texas A&M Athletics

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Eindhoven, Netherlands

Top Scores
1-Meter: 306.80 - ACC Championships (24)
3-Meter: 348.08 - LSU (24-25)
Platform: 340.80 - ACC Championships (22)

All-America: Platform (2025)

2024-25 (Graduate):

Earned All-America honors with an eighth-place score of 278.00 in the platform final.
Punched her ticket to NCAAs with a fifth-place finish on platform (613.60) and sixth-place finish on 3-meter (635.60) at Zones.
Placed fourth on platform at SEC Championships, while also adding points placing seventh on the 3-meter (319.35) and 20th on the 1-meter (251.90).
Notched a first-place and personal-best score of 348.08 on the 3-meter against LSU.
Claimed the top spot on the platform at the Texas Diving Invite with a score of 319.90.
Posted the top score on the 3-meter (313.30) and platform (245.05) against TCU and BYU.
Earned the Team MVP and Iron Woman Awards at the annual team banquet.

Before Texas A&M:

Represented Netherlands in the Paris Olympics on the 10-meter platform.
Arrives in Aggieland after spending four seasons at Louisville.
Qualified for NCAA Championships in all four of her collegiate seasons.
Was named an All-American in 2024 after scoring 290.30 to place fourth.
Earned All-America honors on the 3-meter in 2023, placing eighth and scoring 328.10.
Added silver medals on the platform (313.20) and 1-meter springboard (306.80) and placed seventh on the 3-meter (310.05) at ACC Championships in 2024.
Earned silver medals for her performance on the platform in 2022 (321.45) and 2023 (333.20) at ACC Championships.