ARLINGTON, Texas – Grand Canyon’s Raphaela Nakashima and Northern Arizona’s Maegan Jensen have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Women’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week, for the competition week ending on Sunday, Jan. 14.
 
Nakashima, a senior, placed first in the 100 (1:03.79) and 200 breaststroke (2:21.35) against New Mexico State. She placed third in the 200 breaststroke (2:23.53) against Arizona. Nakashima was also part of the 200 Medley Relay (1:44.25) that placed first against NM State.
 
Jensen, a senior, made the finals on Friday and Saturday competing against No. 10 Stanford, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 22 Minnesota and No. 25 UCLA at the UCLA Diving Invite. On Friday, she came in 14th place in the finals with a combined score of 511.25 in the 1-meter event. On Saturday, she also made the finals in the 3-meter and came in 11th place with a combined score of 551.45.
 
2023-24 TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards
 
WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Raphaela Nakashima, Grand Canyon (Jan. 17)
Casey Craffey, Northern Arizona (Nov. 22)
Maddy Rey, Northern Arizona (Nov. 8)
Paula Martinez Moreno, Grand Canyon (Oct. 11)
 
WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Maegan Jensen, Northern Arizona (Jan. 17)
Mackenna Stocker, Northern Arizona (Nov. 22)
Victoria Knapp, Northern Arizona (Nov. 8)
Emily Mack, Idaho (Oct. 11)