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2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Nicholas Nakaya

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Honolulu, Hawaii
  • High School University Laboratory School
  • Position Breaststroke
  • Major International Studies

Biography

As A Graduate Student (2023-24) | Personal Bests

  • Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree
  • Placed third in the 100-breast vs Canisius, posting a time of 58.56 (1/27)
  • Victorious in the 200-IM at Canisius with a time of 1:56.54 (12/5)
  • Finished 12th in the 100-breast at the Patriot Invitational, finishing in 57.17 (11/16)
  • Won the 200-breast with a time of 2:11.05 at Cornell (11/4)
  • Posted a second-place finish at Niagara in the 100-breast (10/13)
  • Registered a pair of third-place finishes at Penn State in the 200-breast and 200-IM (9/30)

As A Senior (2022-23) | Personal Bests

  • Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree
  • A member of the 200-medley team that finished fourth at the 2023 A-10 Championships with a time of 1:28.52 to place fourth (2/15)
  • Finished 14th and 16th in consolation final of the 100-breaststroke and 200-IM at championships (2/17)
  • Earned two event victories at the Colgate Invitational (10/7-10/8)
  • Notched a third-place finish at the Cleveland State Tri-Meet in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 58.45 (10/15)
  • Placed fourth with a time of 58.14 in the 100-breaststroke at the Atlantic 10 Invitational (10/29-10/30)
  • Claimed a victory in the 200-IM with a time of 1:56.38 against Cornell (11/5)
  • At the Magnus Cup was a member of the 800-freestyle relay team that touched the wall in a time of 6:41.43 to shatter the meet record (11/17-11/19)
  • In the 200-IM, touched the wall in a time of 1:57.36 for individual victory against Canisius (12/3)
  • Swam times of 1:55.45 and 59.46 in the 200-IM and 100-breaststroke to place second in both events against Binghamton (1/21)
  • Registered a victory in the 100-breaststroke against Gannon with a time of 56.16 (1/28)

As A Junior (2021-22) | Personal Bests

  • Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • A member of the 400-medley relay team that earned a bronze medal at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/19)
  • Placed 13th in the consolation final of the 100-breaststroke with a time of 56.97 at the A-10 Championships (2/18)
  • Finished fifth in the 100-breaststroke at the A-10 Classic with a time of 59.50 at the A-10 Classic (10/30-10/31)
  • Swam a time of 2:11.51 to place second in the 200-breaststroke at Cornell (11/6)
  • Placed second with a time of 59.40 in the 100-breaststroke vs. Binghamton (1/22)
  • Won the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:00.08 at Niagara (1/29)

As A Sophomore (2020-21)

  • Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree
  • Earned a silver medal in the 400-medley relay (3:15.32) while finishing 11th in the 100-breaststroke (56.84) and 14th in the 200-breaststroke (2:04.48) at Atlantic 10 Championships (4/17)
  • Finished second in the 200-medley relay (1:35.52), third in the 100-breaststroke (59.09) and fourth in the 200-breaststroke at Binghamton (4/3)

As A Freshman (2019-20)

  • Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree
  • Finished fourth in the 200-IM (2:02.70) and was a member of the fourth-place 200-medley relay in a win at Niagara (1/31)
  • Took fourth place in the 200-breaststroke (2:15.64), fifth in the 200-butterfly (2:04.78), and was part of the 200-medley relay team’s fifth-place finish in a victory over Binghamton (1/20)
  • A member of the fifth-place 400-medley relay squad (3:43.87) in a win against Canisius (11/15)
  • Placed fifth in the 200-IM (2:05.46) at Cornell (11/9)
  • Earned third place in the 200-breastroke with a time of 2:17.43 in a victory at Colgate (10/12)
  • Grabbed second place in the 100-breastroke (1:03.19) and fourth in the 200-IM (2:03.97) in season opener at Penn State (10/4)

High School
2018 Winter Junior Nationals qualifier ... received an Excellence in a Second Language Award for proficiency in Japanese.

Personal
Son of Keiko Aoyama and Glenn Nakaya ... has two siblings - Noelani and Naomi.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Breaststroke
    5'7" 130 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Breaststroke
    5'7" 130 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Breaststroke
    5'7" 130 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    Breaststroke
    5'7" 130 lbs
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Breaststroke
    5'7" 0 lbs