WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Tyler Wills’ victory on the tower with a team season-best list score at Purdue Swimming & Diving’s rivalry dual at Indiana earned the sophomore his second Big Ten Diver of the Week honor of the month.
Wills won with a list total of 429.38, just 1.12 points shy of his career best as a Boilermaker. He was also the Big Ten Diver of the Week two weeks ago after winning on 3-meter in a home dual vs. Southern Illinois with a lifetime best list of 426.90. He’s Purdue’s only diver to post 400-point lists in both events this season.
Wills and Kaden Springfield teamed to give the Boilermakers a 1-2 finish in platform diving Saturday in Bloomington. Holden Higbie (men’s 1-meter) and Daryn Wright (women’s platform) also won events as Purdue was victorious in three of the four diving events at the annual in-state dual.
Including six Diver of the Week honors, Purdue Swimming & Diving has amassed 14 Big Ten weekly honors this season. That breaks the tie with last season as the Boilermakers’ most since 2015-16 school year (20).
Purdue closes out its dual meet schedule this weekend with the annual two-day Big Ten Triple Duals vs. Minnesota and Northwestern. The Boilermakers are hosting the diving events – platform Friday at 3 p.m. and 1-meter Saturday at 10 a.m. ET. Northwestern hosts the swimming events, with nine events set for Friday at 6 p.m. and eight more Saturday at noon ET.
PURDUE’S BIG TEN WEEKLY HONORS IN 2025-26
Diver of the Week (6)
• Daryn Wright – 3 (Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Jan. 14)
• Tyler Wills – 2 (Jan. 14, Jan. 28)
• Max Miller – 1 (Nov. 5)
Swimmer of the Week (4)
• Blake Rowe – 2 (Oct. 1, Nov. 5)
• Lara Phipps – 1 (Nov. 5)
• Jānis Dzirkalis – 1 (Dec. 10)
Freshman of the Week (4)
• Jānis Dzirkalis – 3 (Oct. 22, Dec. 10, Jan. 14)
• Biko Hooper-Haviland – 1 (Nov. 5)
Wills Wins 2nd Weekly Award of Month
Sophomore was victorious on platform with a season best in the rivalry dual at IU