Minnesota, Penn State and Purdue Gather Weekly Awards

Women’s Swimmer of the Week

Megan Van Berkom, Minnesota

Sr. – Chatham, Ill. – Glenwood – Major: Speech-Language Hearing Sciences

• Placed first in the 200 fly with an NCAA B time of 1:58.66

• Placed first in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.19)

• Placed first in the 400 IM with an NCAA B time of 4:15.63

• Earns her first career Swimmer of the Week award

• Last Minnesota Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Lindsey Kozelsky (Feb. 5, 2020)

Women’s Diver of the Week

Daryn Wright, Purdue

So. – Plainfield, Ind. – Plainfield – Major: Retail Management

• Placed first in the 1-meter dive with an NCAA zone qualifying score of 297.00

• Placed first in the 3-meter dive with and NCAA zone qualifying score of 347.70

• Helped Purdue win at Notre Dame for the first time since 2014

• Earns her third career Diver of the Week award

• Last Purdue Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Week: Daryn Wright (Jan. 25, 2022)

Women’s Freshman of the Week

Abigail Ekstrom, Penn State

Fr. – Fullerton, Calif. – Fullerton Union – Major: Health Professions

• Placed first in 1-meter dive with an NCAA zone qualifying score of 273.35

• Placed first in the 3-meter dive with an NCAA zone qualifying score of 317.33

• Earns her first career Freshman of the Week award

• Last Penn State Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Morgan Jenny (Oct. 4, 2023)

2023-24 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors

Oct. 4

S: Cat Stanford, PSU

D: Abbey Ekstrom, PSU

F: Morgan Jenny, PSU

Oct. 11

S: Abby Carlson, WIS

D: Skyler Liu, IND

F: Elysha Pribadi, RU 

Oct. 19

S: Megan Van Berkom, MINN

D: Daryn Wright, PUR

F: Abigail Ekstrom, PSU