2021-22 USC Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Agunbiade, Nike

Nike Agunbiade
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Crystal Springs Uplands
- Hometown:
- Pacifica, Calif.
Bio
2023-24:
PERSONAL: Agunbiade’s full first name is Morenike … She is majoring in human biology.
- CSCAA All-American (1-meter), CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (platform)
- Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Year
- At the NCAA Championships, Agunbiade finished 3rd on 1-Meter (319.50) 13th in platform diving (248.40)
- Pac-12 Champion (platform diving - 353.60)
- At the Pac-12 Championships, Agunbiade also finished 2nd in 1-Meter (310.70) and 9th on 3-Meter (331.05)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- CSCAA All-American (platform)
- CSCAA All-American honorable mention (3-meter)
- At Pac-12’s, Agunbiade won the platform event with a score of 333.10. She also placed 2nd in 3-meter springboard (327.40) and 4th in 1-meter springboard (306.80). With her second Pac-12 crown, Agunbiade became the first African American woman in conference history to win two conference diving titles.
- At the NCAA Championships, Agunbiade was 5th in platform (323.85), 13th on 3-meter springboard (332.25) and 27th on 1-meter (250.10).
- Punched her ticket to NCAA’s with a second place finish on 1-meer (612.25), third place finish on platform (572.65) and 8th place finish on 3-meter (606.50) at the Zone E Diving Championships.
- Competed in the women’s 10-meter event at the 2023 World Aquatic Championships (her first), finishing 22ndwith 264.15 points.
- Finished 2nd on 10-meter at the USA Diving Nationals to qualify for Worlds. Also won a silver medal in women’s 10-meter synchro with partner Katrina Young.
- Won a bronze medal on platform at the FINA World Cup in Berlin (2022)
- Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Week (Feb. 14)
- Sixth on platform at the 2022 NCAA Championships, tallying 278.35 points. During prelims she tallied 304.25 points. She was also 38th on 1-meter (265.05) and 43rd on 3-meter (257.15)
- At Pac-12’s, Agunbiade finished second on platform (308.60/312.55), 4th on 1-meter (275.90/287.60) and 10th on 3-meter (271.15/300.55)
- At the 2022 Zone E Diving Championships, Agunbiade finished second on platform (630.95), third on 1-meter (572.75) and fourth on 3-meter (688.30)
- Won the platform event at the Bruin Diving Invitational (610.50) and finished third on 1-meter (551.15)
- Won the Women’s Synchronized Platform event with partner Maddie Huitt at the U.S. Diving Open Championships (8/4) and captured the women’s platform individual title (10m)
- Earned two medals while representing Team U.S.A. at the FINA Diving World Cup in Berlin
- Silver on 10M Syncho with partner Katrina Young (261.54)
- Bronze on 10M (298.70)
- At NCAA’s, Agunbiade won the consolation final of the platform competition with 294.70, improving from 14th in prelims. Her score in the consolation final would’ve been sixth in the championship final. She was also 14th on 1-meter (282.40) and 24th on 3-meter (285.65)
- At the 2021 Pac-12 Championships, Agunbiade took the 3-meter competition with a score of 374.65, earning her first conference title, and becoming the first black female student athlete from USC to win a Pac-12 Diving title. She was also second on both 1-meter (313.90) and platform (286.50), improving from her freshman year’s performance
- At the 2021 Zone E Diving Championships, she officially punched her ticket to NCAA’s on all three boards, finishing third on platform with 543.50 and sixth on both 1-meter (550.30) and 3-meter (600.35)
- Earlier in the season, Agunbiade was named the Pac-12 Diver of the week after winning three times during USC’s home meet against UCLA and Hawaii (Feb. 12-13). She took both the springboard competitions, winning on 3-meter with 302.45 and 1-meter with 295.55
- Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
- Second team CSCAA All-American Honors (Platform diving, 1-meter)
- At the U.S. Diving Team Trials, Agunbiade was 13th on platform (500.50) and 20th on 3-meter (221.05)
- Became a 3-time CSCAA All-American (1-meter, 3-meter, platform) as a Freshman
- Pac-12 Freshman Female Diver of the Year Honors (USC’s fifth freshman diver of the year and first since 2013)
- Agunbiade recorded 77 total points at the Pac-12 Championships, the most of any freshman diver and third-most of all divers. She was second on the Pac-12 3-meter with 343.70, and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials on platform. The freshman was also fourth (302.80) in the women's 1-meter springboard and seventh on platform with 236.80
- Agunbiade had earned NCAA qualifying scores on all three boards at the 2020 Zone E Championships which included a second on 3-meter (339.20), fourth on platform (550.85) and ninth on 1-meter (525.25), repeating as a three-time finalist after doing the same at Pac-12s
- Earlier in the season, she recorded a pair of wins at the Trojan Diving Invitational including top finishes on 3-meter (660.50, 352.40 in the final) and platform (537.35)
- Utah Diving Invitational 1-meter (408.95) and 3-meter Champion (349.50)
- Opened her freshman campaign with a win on women’s 3-meter at the Trojan Diving Invitational
PERSONAL: Agunbiade’s full first name is Morenike … She is majoring in human biology.
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