Courtney Forcucci

2011-12 Gamecock Spotlight Video

2011-12 – One of the top divers in the country… Received first team All-SEC honors…Became the ninth South Carolina diver to earn two All-America honors…Finished fifth on the three-meter board at the NCAA Championships with a score of 368.50 and 15th on the one-meter board with a score of 288.65… Won gold on the three-meter springboard at the SEC Championships with a school and SEC record of 392.40…Also won bronze on the one-meter board at the SEC Championships with a score of 324.20…Placed 19th at the NCAA Championships in the platform competition with a score of 237.25…Set the 12-dive school record on the three-meter board at NCAA Zone Championships with a score of 670.75 to finish second…Won SEC Diver of the Week four times…Had 16 individual wins on the season, with eight coming on the one-meter board and eight on the three-meter board…Qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials on the three-meter springboard…Finished 16th overall in the semifinals with a 10-dive score of 513.00…Received CSCAA Scholar All-America honors…Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2010-11 – One of the top divers in the SEC…Finished fourth in 1-meter diving at SEC Championships, scoring career-best 315.95…Earned ninth-place finish on platform at SECs with 229.25, her first attempt at the platform event since coming to South Carolina…Just missed finals in the 3-meter event, finishing 18th…Took 8th place in 3-meter event at NCAA Zone B with 12-dive score of 608.35; barely missed berth in NCAA Championships…Had the Gamecocks’ top score on the 3-meter board with a 367.80 vs. Clemson…Posted career-best 311.05 on 1-meter board vs. Alabama/Georgia…Named SEC Diver of the Week following sweep of 1- and 3-meter boards vs. Western Kentucky in season-opener (10/16) and again after another sweep against Alabama/Georgia (1/29)…Defeated defending ACC Champion Abby Johnston on 1-meter board with then-career high 308.93 vs. Duke…Won seven times during the season…Qualified for 2012 Olympic Trials by advancing to 3-meter finals at USA Diving Winter National Championships…Also won 1-meter preliminary round and advanced to semifinals.

2009-10 – Awarded a medical redshirt after suffering a broken leg in November… Injury derailed a promising season… Won six of eight events entered during first four dual meets… Swept both boards in meets at North Carolina/Virginia Tech and Clemson… Named SEC Diver of the Week following UNC/VT meet…Took first place on 3M vs. Kentucky and Tennessee…Score of 330.23 on 3M at Tennessee set a pool record… Top score on 3M was 333.53 vs. Clemson… Top 1M score was 291.08 in season-opening meet vs. Kentucky… Transferred from the University of Houston before the season… Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2008-09 (at Houston) – Competed at NCAA Championships in 1-meter and 3-meter events… Finished in the top 10 in all three events at NCAA Zone D Diving… Runner-up in 1-meter and 3-meter events at C-USA Championships; finished third in platform… Finished 11th at AT&T National Diving Championships in 3-meter (245.60)…Earned sixth-place finish at USA Diving Spring Nationals in 3M synchronized. 2007-08 (at Houston) – Finished 15th in platform diving at NCAA Championships to earn first All-America honor…Was runner-up in 1-meter event at NCAA Zone D with 566.25 points…Won the Conference USA 3-meter championship with a score of 287.25…Was runner-up in the C-USA 1-meter event… Named Diver of the Meet at the 2008 C-USA Championships… Named Conference USA Diver of the Week twice, once after sweeping the 1M and 3M events in a tri-meet with Florida International and Indian River CC, then again later when sweeping LSU and Rice… Named to C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. PRE-COLLEGE -
 Graduated from Fort Mill High School… Competed for coach and former Gamecock Brandon Hulko on the South Carolina Divers club team… Four-time national qualifier and was a three-time national finalist… Six-time East National qualifier… Three-time Canada-US Challenge qualifier… Won the 3-meter championship at the 2002 Canada-US Challenge… Was a Junior Pan-Am Trials qualifier in both 2002 and 2003… Worked as a student athletics trainer and was recognized as a Junior Marshal and AP Scholar. PERSONAL – 
Full name is Courtney Amanda Forcucci… Born on Dec. 30, 1988, in Dover, N.H…. Daughter of Jay and Michelle Forcucci… Father, Jay, was an All-America lacrosse player at Rensselaer and uncle David played goalie on the lacrosse team at Brown… Mother, Michelle, works in the athletics department at Charlotte.