ARLINGTON, Texas – Grand Canyon’s Raphaela Nakashima and Northern Arizona’s Victoria Knapp have been named the Jersey Mike’s A Sub Above Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Women’s Swimmer and Dive the Week, for the competition week ending on Sunday, Feb. 2.
 
Nakashima, a graduate student, won the 100 breaststroke in the Lopes’ meet at UNLV with a time of 1:01.86, the fastest time in that event in the WAC this season. Nakashima also contributed to a second-place finish for GCU in the 400 medley relay, swimming the second leg of the relay as the Lopes finished in 3:42.93.
 
Knapp, a fifth-year student, took four individual titles last week in the second Lumberjack diving invite and in the meet against New Mexico. In the Lumberjack diving invite, she scored 319.45 in the 3-meter dive and 305.00 in the 1-meter dive, taking first place in both events. Knapp then scored 283.25 in the 1-meter and 318.00 in the 3-meter for another two golds in the New Mexico meet.
 
2024-25 Jersey Mike’s A Sub Above WAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards
 
WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Raphaela Nakashima, Gr., Grand Canyon (Feb. 5)
Gracie Munk, Jr., Northern Arizona (Jan. 29)
Aleksandra Wegrzynowska, Sr., Grand Canyon (Jan. 22)
Naomi Slee, Jr., New Mexico State (Jan. 15)
Elsa Musselman, Jr., Northern Arizona (Jan. 8)
Dijana Mazumdar, Fr., New Mexico State (Dec. 20)
Cydnie Perkins, Jr., Northern Arizona (Dec. 11)
Maria Brunlehner, Sr., Grand Canyon (Nov. 27)
Dijana Mazumdar, Fr., New Mexico State (Nov. 13)
Ginger Kiefer, So., Idaho (Nov. 6)
Paula Martinez Moreno, Jr., Grand Canyon (Oct. 30)
Ginger Kiefer, So., Idaho (Oct. 16)
Paula Martinez Moreno, Jr., Grand Canyon (Oct. 9)
 
WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Victoria Knapp, Fifth, Northern Arizona (Feb. 5)
Madison Berg, Sr., Northern Colorado (Jan. 29)
Lacey Neighbor, So., Grand Canyon (Jan. 22)
Victoria Knapp, Fifth, Northern Arizona (Jan. 15)
Mackenna Stocker, Jr., Northern Arizona (Jan. 8)
Audrey Thordarson-Wehner, So., California Baptist (Nov. 27)
Maggie Wesche, Jr., Northern Arizona (Nov. 13)
Mackenna Stocker, Jr., Northern Arizona (Nov. 6)
Audrey Thordarson-Wehner, So., California Baptist (Oct. 30)
Manou Meulebeek, Fr., UTRGV (Oct. 16)
Audrey Thordarson-Wehner, So., California Baptist (Oct. 9)