{"id":143138,"date":"2026-02-04T09:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/143138\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:17:11","slug":"kayleigh-clark-makes-history-with-fourth-acc-diver-of-the-week-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/143138\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayleigh Clark Makes History with Fourth ACC Diver of the Week Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 Florida State swimming and diving redshirt senior <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/kayleigh-clark\/8260\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8260\" target=\"_blank\">Kayleigh Clark<\/a> was named the ACC Women&#8217;s Diver of the Week on Tuesday for the fourth time this season and in her career.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nClark earned her most recent ACC recognition following a strong performance at No. 10 Florida on January 30-31.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited for Kayleigh,&#8221; FSU head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/coaches\/neal-studd\/1072\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1072\" target=\"_blank\">Neal Studd<\/a> said. &#8220;She just continues to excel at such a high standard week after week. She and head diving coach <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/coaches\/wes-mattice\/1080\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1080\" target=\"_blank\">Wes Mattice<\/a> are really putting something special together.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWith the honor, Clark becomes the first women&#8217;s diver in Florida State program history to earn four ACC Women&#8217;s Diver of the Week awards in a single season. She accounts for four of Florida State&#8217;s seven ACC weekly honors during the 2025-26 campaign.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nClark earned her first award <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/mens-swimming-and-diving-clark-named-acc-diver-of-the-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on October 21<\/a> after the Dual Meet Tournament in Atlanta, and another <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/news\/2025\/11\/4\/mens-swimming-and-diving-two-noles-earn-acc-performer-of-the-week-honors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on November 4<\/a>, along with sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/mens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/michel-arkhangelsky\/8236\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8236\" target=\"_blank\">Michel Arkhangelsky<\/a>, following a strong showing against then-No. 17 South Carolina on November 4. Her third recognition came <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/news\/2025\/11\/25\/womens-swimming-and-diving-kayleigh-clark-earns-third-acc-womens-diver-of-the-week-honor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on November 25<\/a> after a standout performances at the Georgia Invitational. Additionally, Arkhangelsky and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/maryn-mcdade\/8269\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8269\" target=\"_blank\">Maryn McDade<\/a> were recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/news\/2025\/9\/30\/seminoles-sweep-acc-swimmer-of-the-week-honors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on September 30<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLast weekend in Gainesville, Clark placed second in both the one-meter and three-meter events, recording personal bests in each. She posted NCAA Zone-qualifying scores of 309.38 on one-meter and 352.78 on three-meter, showcasing her consistency and drive.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUp next, Clark and the Seminoles will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, to compete in the ACC Championships at the McAuley Aquatics Center from February 15-22.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on Twitter\/X (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FSU_Swimming\" rel=\"nofollow\">@FSU_Swimming<\/a>), Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fsuswimdive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FSUSwimDive<\/a>) and Facebook (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSUSwimmingDiving\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FSUSwimmingDiving<\/a>).<br \/>\n\u00a0<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 Florida State swimming and diving redshirt senior Kayleigh Clark was named the ACC Women&#8217;s Diver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-143138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-tallahassee","9":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","10":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}