Women's Swimming and Diving

Indiana and Purdue Earn Women’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Hoosiers’ Grana and Downey and Boilermakers’ Worobel collect weekly honors

Swimmer of the Week
Miranda Grana, Indiana 
Sr. – Guadalajara, Mexico 

  • Led Indiana to wins over No. 13 USC and Kentucky in tri meet action  
  • Recorded four wins, including a sweep of individual events 
  • Won 200 back (1:52.75), 100 fly (51.96), 100 back (52.20) and contributed a 22.81 fly split to help Indiana win 200 medley relay in 1:35.43  
  • Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Liberty Clark (Feb. 4, 2026) 

Diver of the Week 
Avery Worobel, Purdue 
Jr. - Boston, Mass.  

  • Won all three events in which she competed as Purdue went to Iowa City for a triple dual and hosted the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate 
  • At Iowa, Worobel swept the springboard events with a 315.35 on 1-meter and a 379.00 on 3-meter. Both scores were NCAA Zone Qualifying scores and her 3-meter performance was good for sixth-best in Purdue history
  • At Purdue’s home opener, Worobel won on 1-meter with a score of 302.55  
  • Last Purdue Diver of the Week: Daryn Wright (Jan. 14, 2026) 

Freshman of the Week  
Paige Downey, Indiana 
Gilbert, Ariz.
 

  • Helped Indiana defeat No. 13 USC and Kentucky in tri meet action 
  • Won 1,000-yard freestyle (9:33.91), while becoming the No. 2 performer in program history in the event 
  • Placed second in 500-yard freestyle (4:43.61) by one tenth in a Hoosier 1-2 finish 
  • Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Liberty Clark (Feb. 4, 2026) 

2026-27 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors 
Oct. 7 
S: Bella Sims, Sr., MICH 
D: Addy Farman, So., NEB 
F: Caroline Mallard, PUR 
Oct. 14 
S: Minna Abraham, Sr., USC 
D: Elna Widerstrom, Sr., MINN 
F: Ludovica Di Maria, USC 
Oct. 21 
S: Maggie Wanezek, Jr., WIS 
D: Mia Prusiecki, Jr., OSU 
F: Florence Robitaille, RU 
Oct. 28 
S: Miranda Grana, Sr., IND 
D: Avery Worobel, Jr., PUR 
F: Paige Downey, IND