2017-18 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
Tony Capobianco

Lizzie Tillo

Lizzie Tillo

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Height:
    5-4
  • High School:
    Stanton College Prep

Summary

Biography

AWARDS
• All-Patriot League First Team (2015)
• All-Patriot League Second Team (2016, 2017)
• Patriot League Diver of the Meet (2015)
• Academic All-Patriot League Team (2017)
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

AS A SENIOR IN 2017-18
Team captain ... Scarlet Key recipient ... BU Student-Athlete Service Award ... Place second in both the 1-meter dive (236.48) and 3-meter dive (240.75) at Lehigh (Oct. 7) ... Won both the 1-meter dive (228.97) and 3-meter dive (241.05) against Bucknell (Oct. 14) ... Finished fourth in the 1-meter dive (248.09) and 3-meter dive (253.49) at UMass (Nov. 4) ... Placed third in the 1-meter dive (237.40) and finished fourth in the 3-meter dive (227.90) at the Terrier Invitational (Nov. 17-19) ... Placed third in the 1-meter dive (224.32) and 3-meter dive (217.57) against UConn (Dec. 2) ... Won the 1-meter dive (250.80) and placed second in the 3-meter dive (253.27) against Colgate (Jan. 13) ... Won the 1-meter dive (268.65) and finished fourth in the 3-meter dive (226.42) at Boston College (Jan. 27) ... Finished fifth in the 1-meter dive (241.60) and ninth in the 3-meter dive (244.75) at the Patriot League Championships (Feb. 14-17).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2016-17
All-Patriot League Second Team ... Team captain ... Earned a fourth-place finish in the 1-meter dive (256.80) and sixth in the 3-meter (264.30) at the Patriot League Championships (Feb. 15-17) ... Placed second in the 1-meter dive (251.62) and fifth in the 3-meter dive (236.92) against Boston College (Jan. 28) ... Finished third in the 3-meter (241.20) and fourth in the 1-meter dive (225.00) at the Terrier Invitational (Nov. 18-20)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2015-16
All-Patriot League First Team … Team captain ... Placed fourth in Patriot League Championship 1-meter dive with a score of 240.83 … Placed sixth in 3-meter dive … Placed first in 1-meter dive at the Terrier Invitational with a score of 253.60 and in second in 3-meter dive with a score of 252.75, both season highs.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2014-15
All-Patriot League First Team ... Named Diver of the Meet at Patriot League Championships after winning 3-meter (259.35) and placing fifth in 1-meter (221.55) ... Made the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Competed in the 1-meter dive with a season best score of 247.50 at the Lehigh dual also competed in the 3-meter dive ... Competed in the 1- and 3-meter dives in the meet against Bucknell and had a then-season best score of 239.85 in 3-meter.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Captain of her diving team as a junior and senior ... Placed second in the State Championships and earned First Team All-First Coast Swimming and Diving honors as a senior ... Won her event at the State Championships and earned First Team All-First Coast Swimming and Diving honors as a junior ... Northeast Florida Gateway Conference Champion as a freshman and sophomore ... National Merit Commended Scholar, National AP Scholar, member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Born Feb. 9, 1996 ... Daughter of Janice and Timothy Tillo ... Has three siblings, T.J., Carolyn and Emily, who played golf at BU ... She is the third member of her family to attend BU ... Mother, Janice, played lacrosse and ran on the cross country team at Cornell ... Enrolled in the School of Management, majoring in business administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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    5'4"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

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    5'4"
  • 2016-17Junior

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    5'4"
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    2017-18Senior

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    5'4"
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