Top Achievements
- 2020-21 MAC gold medalist on the 1-meter boards
- 2018-19 MAC bronze medalist in the 1-meter boards
- 2019-20 MAC gold medalist on 3-meter boards
- 2019-20 MAC silver medalist on 1-meter boards
Honors & Awards
• All-MAC First Team (2020, 2021)
• MAC Diver of the week (Jan 21, April 24)
• MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll - (Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
2020-21 Season (Senior)
Appeared in six meets … Earned All-MAC first team recognition…Gold medalist on 1-meter and took fourth on 1-meter boards at MAC Championships (April 8-10)…NCAA Diving Zone D Championship qualifier…Won the 1-meter boards and took second on the 3-meter boards against Drury (Jan. 16) … Scored 300.00 on 1-meter and 312.00 on the 3-meter boards to win the Xavier Invite (March 19).
2019-20 Season (Junior)
Earned All-MAC first team recognition…Gold medalist on 3-meter and took silver on 1-meter boards at MAC Championships (March 4-7)…NCAA Diving Zone D Championship qualifier…Swept diving events at the Kansas Double Dual (October 11-12) and Evansville (January 11)…Produced pair of runner-up dives versus SIU (November 9)…Scored 320.60 on 3-meter board for third at SMU Invite (November 21-23)…Recorded two top-15 dives at Shamrock Invitational (January 24-25).
2018-19 Season (Sophomore)
NCAA Diving Zone D Championship qualifier...Bronze medalist in the 1-meter boards at the 2019 MAC Championships...Finished 4th on the 3-meter board at championship meet...Swept 1-meter and 3-meter boards in season-opening meet against USD...Placed first in 1-meter and 3-meter at Evansville...Two wins on 1-meter against Drury.
2017-18 Season (Freshman)
Finished eighth on the 3-meter and ninth on the 1-meter board at the MAC Championships … Finished second on the 1-meter and fourth on the 3-meter at in his first collegiate appearance at the Missouri Show-Me Showdown (Sept. 29) … Won the 3-meter and took second on the 1-meter board against Southern Illinois on Oct. 7 … Won the 1-meter and took fifth on the 3-meter board against South Dakota (Oct. 20-21) … Claimed both boards against Drury (Oct. 27) and was victorious on the 1-meter board against Evansville (Dec. 1) … Completed his second board sweep at Drury (Jan. 18) and finished sixth on both boards against Missouri (Jan. 20).
Background
A four-year letterwinner at Friendswood HS, Claunch finished fourth in the state of Texas on the 1-meter board … Garnered UIL All-American honors as a senior ... Finished first in district and second at regionals on the 1-meter board… Finished first on the 1- and 3-meter boards at the AAU South National Qualifier … As a junior, claimed first at district and regionals … Finished eighth in the state … Broke the school 6-dive and 11-dive records … District and regional champion as a sophomore … District champion and runner-up at regionals as a freshman … Was named the UIL District Athlete of the Meet and was a state qualifier all four years … Named to the UIL All-State First Team his junior and senior seasons … Named the FHS Most Outstanding Swimmer/Diver his final three years of high school … Named an AAU All American on the 1- and 3-meter boards in 2016.
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Personal
Son of Douglas and Dawn Claunch … Born July 2, 1998 … Has three brothers, Chris, Logan and Jacob, and two sisters, Brittany and Ashley...Majoring in digital film and television production.
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| Career Bests at Missouri State |
| Event |
Score |
Opponent/Meet |
Date |
| 1M Diving |
310.00 |
2021Â MAC Championships |
4/8/21 |
| 3M Diving |
300.75 |
2018 MAC Championships |
2/27/18 |
