2022-2023 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Philip Tang
Cayce Smith
Cayce Smith

Jawone Blankenship

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 0
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Pensacola, FL
  • Highschool Pensacola High School
  • Prev School Pensacola High School

Biography


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  • NCAA ALL-AMERICAN (One-Meter Dive, Three-Meter Dive)
  • CSCAA ALL-AMERICAN (One-Meter Dive, Three-Meter Dive)
  • NCAA HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN (One-Meter Dive, Three-Meter Dive)
  • NSISC CHAMPION (One-Meter Dive, Three-Meter Dive)
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2021-22:
  • Placed eighth in the NCAA Championships on the one-meter dive for All-American status
  • Earned Honorable Mention All-American on the three-meter dive for coming in ninth at the NCAA Championships
  • Helped lead Statesmen to fifth straight NSISC Championship title
  • Won the one-meter dive at the NSISC Championship
  • Took the title in the three-meter dive at the NSISC Championship
2020-21:
  • Was an Honorable Mention All-American on the three-meter dive coming in 14th at the NCAA Championships
  • Helped lead the Statesmen to fourth straight NSISC Chapmionship title
  • Finished third in the three-meter dive at the NSISC Championship
  • Came in second in the one-meter dive at the NSISC Championship
2019-2020:
  • Finished sixth in the one-meter diving competition with a qualifying score of 398.35 to earn NCAA All-American honors
  • Came in second in the one-meter and the three-meter diving competitions at the NSISC Championships
  • Set a school and pool record on the three-meter dive with a score of 588.98 at the DSU Christmas Invitational, which was a record that had been held since 2013
  • Won the Delta Dive Invite
2018-19:
  • Redshirted the season
HIGH SCHOOL:
  • Swam for Whitney Voeltz at Pensacola High
  • Won the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Award in 2017
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  • Born in Pensacola, Fla.
  • Son of Erskin Blankenship
  • Has two brothers, Labarron and Akeem
  • Has three sisters, Alyssa, Anna, Mercedes
  • Majoring in exercise science

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-2019Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2019-2020Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2020-2021Redshirt Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2021-2022Redshirt Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2022-2023Redshirt Junior

    5'10"