ARLINGTON, Texas – The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) announced on Friday its Women’s and Men’s Swimming and Diving Pre-Championship Coaches’ Poll, presented by
soldout.com, as voted on by the league’s nine women’s and six men’s head coaches. Northern Arizona was chosen to finish first for the women, while UNLV was predicted to take the top spot for the men.
The Lumberjacks and Rebels were voted ahead of Grand Canyon who finished runner-up in both the men’s and women’s polls. New Mexico State rounded out the women’s top three, while California Baptist capped off the men’s side of the pre-championship coaches’ polls for the final WAC Swimming and Diving Championship.
NAU is on the hunt for its 12
th consecutive WAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship title. The Lumberjacks won last year’s title with 841.5 points, more than 200 points over runner-up Grand Canyon who finished with 588 points. Key returners for NAU include the diving duo of
Victoria Knapp and
Mackenna Stocker who have both won a pair of WAC Women’s Diver of the Week awards this year and are the reigning WAC champions of the 1-meter dive (Knapp) and the platform dive (Stocker).
UNLV has claimed the last four WAC Men’s Swimming and Diving championships and look to make it a fifth straight in 2025. The Rebels dominated last year’s championship meet by totaling 972 points, over 300 more points than second-place finisher GCU with 643. Senior
Daniel Nicusan has taken three WAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week awards this season and broke the WAC’s all-time 200 breaststroke record with a time of 1:53.65 back on Dec. 7. Nicusan also holds the fastest 2024-25 WAC times in the 100 breaststroke, 100 IM and 200 IM.
2025 WAC SWIMMING & DIVING PRE-CHAMPIONSHIP POLLS
2025 WAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Pre-Championship Coaches’ Poll
Rank Team
1. Northern Arizona
2. Grand Canyon
3. New Mexico State
2025 WAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Pre-Championship Coaches’ Poll
Rank Team
1. UNLV
2. Grand Canyon
3. California Baptist
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