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2007-08 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Donato Callara

  • Position Diving
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Scardale, N.Y.
  • Highschool Scarsdale

Biography

2006-07: Turned in the top performance on both the one (299.55) and three (329.55) meter boards for six dives...Placed third on both the one and three meter board at the 2007 Atlantic 10 Championships...Won the three meter competition and took third on the one meter board at the 2006 Sonny Werblin Invitational at Rutgers...Won both diving events in the Marist, Saint Peter's, Stony Brook and St. Francis dual meets...Named Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week following the St. Francis dual meet...Also won both events in the Duquesne/Rhode Island tri-meet...Took second on the one and three meter board at the Columbia dual meet...Took second on the three meter board and tied for second on the one meter board in the La Salle dual meet...Was second on both boards in the UMass dual meet...Named Academic All-Conference... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2005-06: Set a school record with a 349.20 score on the one meter board against St. Francis, surpassing the old record of 344.70...Named Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week following his record-setting performance against St. Francis...Posted the school's top one (349.20) and three (328.28) meter diving scores in 2005-06...Took third on both the one and three meter boards at the 2006 Atlantic 10 Championships... Won both the one and three meter boards at the Nutmeg Invitational...Also won both diving competitions in the Columbia dual meet and in the Duquesne/Rhode Island tri-meet.

2004-05: Enjoyed one of the most successful freshman campaigns for a diver in Fordham history...Broke the school record with a score of 343.95 on the three-meter board (six dives)... Recorded Fordham's top score on the one-meter (307.80) and three-meter board...Took third on both the one and three meter board at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week six times in 2004-05...Tied the Atlantic 10 record for most weekly awards in one season, set by Ernest Teo of St. Bonaventure in 1999...Won both diving events in seven of the ten dual meets last year...Took second on both boards at the Bucknell Invitational.

Before Fordham: Four-year member of the varsity swimming and diving team at Scarsdale High School...Was a three-time All-State selection, and a four-time All-League pick...Holds all school records for one-meter diving, while having the Section 1 Public High Schools record...Was the 2004 New York State one-meter diving champion.

Personal: Majoring in Political Science... Has a sister.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Junior

    Diving
    5'5"
  • 2007-08Senior

    Diving