NCAA Championship Site Knoxville, Tenn. – Florida State diver Samantha Vear earned an All-America honorable mention in the women’s 1-meter diving event at the 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center. Vear finished in 10th place, becoming the seventh diver in school history to score at NCAAs on 1-meter and first since Ayla Bonniwell in 2017. It was the highest finish in the event since Katrina Young placed eighth in 2015. “I am so incredibly proud of Sammy,” FSU head coach John Proctor said. “She’s a junior and this is her first postseason and to do what she’s done is just unbelievable. This is her first real pop at this and she really stepped up big today.” At the halfway mark in prelims, Vear sat in 15th place, just under seven points out of eighth place. After getting through her toughest dive in the fourth round, Vear finished strong, scoring marks of 6.5-7.0 on her last two dives to close prelims with a total of 283.35 for 11th place. In finals, Vear improved her scores on all six dives and moved up to finish 10th behind a career-best score of 312.00. Vear will return to action on Friday for 3-meter, which is scheduled for 12:15 p.m.