The University of Akron Athletics
2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving
Ashley Niznik
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- West Allegheny
- Hometown:
- McDonald, Pa.
2015 MAC Champion (200 Medley Relay)
2015 MAC Champion (200 Freestyle Relay)
2015 First Team All-MAC
2015 Academic All-MAC
2015 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention
2014 MAC Champion (200 Free Relay)
2014 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention
NIZNIK'S TOP TIMES
Short Course Yards: Event |
Time |
Year |
Long Course Meters: Event |
Time |
Year |
50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 IM | 23.49 51.57 54.28 1:58.37 54.50 1:58.37 2:04.58 | 2013-14 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 2013-14 2014-15 2014-15 | 50 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Butterfly 200 IM | 26.78 1:05.01 2:21.55 1:03.33 2:25.45 | 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 |
UA All-Time Rankings
50 Freestyle: Eighth (23.49)
100 Butterfly: Third (54.50)
100 Backstroke: Third 54.28
200 Backstroke: Fourth (1:58.37)
200 IM: Tenth (2:04.58)
200 Medley Relay: First (1:38.59)
200 Freestyle Relay: First (1:31.22)
400 Freestyle Relay: Second (3:25.25)
As a Junior: MAC Championships: member of the 200 Medley Relay, which captured first place at the MAC Championships and broke a MAC record with a time of 1:38.59 … won bronze at the MAC Championships in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 54.28, setting a new personal-best … key member of the winning 200 Freestyle relay team that broke the program record and earned first place at the MAC Championships … swam the fourth fastest time in program history (1:58.37) in the 200 Backstroke at the MAC’s. Honors: MAC Champion … first team All-MAC … Academic All-MAC … Scholar All-American.
as a Sophomore (2013-14): Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention … had the third-fastest time in the 50 freestyle (23.49) on the team, also a personal best … set personal top times in the 100 freestyle (52.31) and 100 backstroke (56.13) … member of MAC Championship 200 freestyle relay team … registered a sixth place finish in the 200 backstroke at the MAC Championships (Feb. 27-Mar. 1) … finished 11th in 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke at MAC Championships … finished in first with 200 freestyle relay team against Miami (Ohio) (Oct. 26) and 200 medley relay team against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 2).
as a Freshman (2012-13): Notched two third-place finishes in the 100-yard freestyle against St. Francis (Nov. 10) and Oakland (Mich.) (Jan. 11) … placed third in the 100-yard backstroke against St. Francis … set career top times at the MAC Championships in the 50-yard freestyle (24.03), 100-yard freestyle (52.78), and 100-yard backstroke (58.18).
at West Allegheny High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming … A 13-time WPIAL medalist and 10-time PIAA state medalist … a six-time WPIAL champion … qualified for the PIAA Class AA state meet all four years … team MVP as a junior and senior … team were four-time section champions and were twice WPIAL champions … team also finished second in the PIAA in 2011 and fourth in 2012 … set four individual school records (50 free, 100 free, 100 back and 200 IM) and was a member of three school record setting relays (200 free, 400 free and 200 medley) … received the U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award as a senior.
