2016-17 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Gabriella Comunale

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Plantation, Fla.
  • Highschool Saint Thomas Aquinas

Biography

2016-17: Placed seventh on the 1-meter (258.80) and 12th on the 3-meter (239.45) at the Notre Dame Shamrock Invitational ... took fourth on the platform with a score of 214.10 at the Wally Nakamoto Hawaii Diving Invitational ... finished ninth on the 3-meter (269.33) and 11th in the 1-meter (231.98) against Minnesota ... placed fifth on the 3-meter with a score of 264.98 and eighth on the 1-meter with 249.53 points vs. Auburn

2015-16: Set a career-best mark with a score of 228.25 points in the platform event with a 20th-place finish at the Big Ten Championship ... recorded a career-best mark in the 1-meter with a score of 272.48 while finishing fifth in the 3-meter (272.33) vs. Green Bay ... finished 11th in both the 1-meter (189.53) and the 3-meter (225.68) at USC ... claimed a fourth-place finish in the 3-meter at Northwestern with a time of 269.18 ... finished fourth at Indiana in the 1-meter with a score of 267.75 ... recorded personal-best marks in the 1-meter event (269.25) and 3-meter event (288.15), which were good for sixth- and fifth-place, respectively, vs. Minnesota.

Personal: Parents are Robert and Vera Comunale ... has three brothers, Clint (26), Joey (24), and Robert Jr. (14), and two sisters, Vanessa (17), and Isabella (16) ... intends to major in biochemistry.

Prep: Won the 3-meter event at the 2015 AAU Nationals, while taking third place in the 1-meter ... qualified for USA Diving senior nationals for the 3-meter synchro diving in 2014 and 2015, while qualifying for USA Diving Senior National Championship in the 1-meter and 3-meter ... competed in diving from sophomore year through senior year ... placed second at the district meet, second at the regional meet, and eighth at the state meet as a sophomore, while placing third, third and seventh in the same meets as a junior and third, third and fifth as a senior ... also competed level 10 at both the regional and state meet in gymnastics.

Why Wisconsin?
"I love the team's chemistry and the team spirit. The city of Madison is beautiful and the environment is exciting. There are many great academic opportunities, especially in the field that I'm interested in. The best part of Wisconsin is being an athlete and competing in one of the best conferences."

Top Marks
1-meter: 272.48 (2/5/2016)
3-meter: 386.50 (9 dives)
Platform: 228.25 (2/20/2016)

Honors
2016-17
2017 Academic All-Big Ten

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Diving
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Diving