BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Members of the Indiana swimming and diving program received eight of the 10 Big Ten postseason awards – voted on by the league’s coaches – presented by the conference office on Thursday (April 3).
Indiana won all four coach of the year awards, both swimmer of the year awards and both diver of the year awards, only missing out on the freshman of the year honors. IU is the first program to sweep the coach of the year awards.
2025 marks the first season that the Big Ten postseason awards have included the freshman of the year award. As such, Indiana is also the first program to sweep the eight original awards.
Indiana was the Big Ten’s best representative nationally, finishing third and fourth at the men’s and women’s NCAA Championships, respectively. IU and Texas are the only two programs to finish top four at both championships this season.
The Indiana women’s fourth-place finish marked a program-record national performance, having previously never placing higher than seventh. Both programs tallied record points, the men scoring 459, and the women recording 312.
Indiana also won its fourth consecutive Big Ten men’s championship. The women finished second but led the conference with eight Big Ten titles and 18 medals across the meet.
Big Ten Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Ray Looze
Big Ten Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Ray Looze
Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze is the only Big Ten head coach to win both the men’s and women’s coach of the year award in the same season, completing the feat for the fourth time this season. He previously won both in 2016, 2017 and 2024. Looze is now a 16-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, winning his ninth men’s award and seventh women’s award. He has won the men’s award each of the last four seasons and eight times in the last 10 years.
In 2025, Looze’s men and women combined for 20 program records, nine Big Ten records and the American record in the men’s 200 medley relay. Indiana had historic success on relays – The men reached the podium in all five relay events, and the women placed top 10 in each event.
Indiana swimmers earned eight medals at the NCAA Championships and three national titles, winning the women’s 200 freestyle (Anna Peplowski), men’s 1,650 freestyle (Zalán Sárkány) and men’s 200 breaststroke (Jassen Yep).
Big Ten Men’s Diving Coach of the Year: Drew Johansen
Big Ten Women’s Diving Coach of the Year: Drew Johansen
Also named the CSCAA Men’s Diving Coach of the Year, Indiana head diving coach Drew Johansen is the winner of both of the conference’s coach of the year awards. Johansen has won one of the awards each of the last four seasons, winning the men’s award the last two years after last capturing the women’s honors in 2022.
Under his leadership, Indiana divers won four of six national titles between the men’s and women’s NCAA Championships and totaled six medals. The men won all three national championships, the second three-event diving sweep in NCAA history and first since Miami in 1997.
Over the last three seasons, Indiana men’s divers have won seven of the nine available national championships, capturing the 3-meter and platform titles all three years. In that span, Hoosier divers combined for 13 medals and 342 points.
Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Year: Owen McDonald
Indiana has won the last four Big Ten Swimmer of the Year awards, as junior Owen McDonald adds to the three-year streak Brendan Burns had built.
McDonald was the Big Ten’s top-scoring swimmer at the NCAA Championships, earning 42 points. The first-year Hoosier reached the championship final in all three of his individual events, earning bronze in the 200 IM with a Big Ten record 1:39.42 before placing sixth in both the 100-yard backstroke (44.16) and 200-yard backstroke (1:37.59). He was also a force on relays, helping Indiana place fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay as well as sixth in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
McDonald was also the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships, sweeping his individual events and claiming two meet records. In his first season in the conference, McDonald set Big Ten records in the 200 back, 200 IM and 400 freestyle relay.
Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Year: Anna Peplowski
Senior Anna Peplowski capped her storied career with two personal firsts: a national championship and the Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Year award. Peplowski is the first Hoosier to receive the award since Lilly King won it three consecutive years from 2016-18.
Peplowski made history as Indiana’s first-ever freestyle champion, winning the 200-yard freestyle over two Big Ten opponents in second and third to improve from her second-place performance a year ago. In her victory, Peplowski set the Big Ten record in the 200 free with a 1:40.50.
The four-time NCAA medalist also earned bronze in the 500-yard freestyle, her second consecutive medal in the event. Peplowski also finished ninth in 100 free and helped Indiana reach the podium in the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay. Peplowski finished as the Big Ten’s joint top point scorer at the NCAA Championships with Olympic teammate and Wisconsin fifth-year Phoebe Bacon, both recording 45 points.
Big Ten Men’s Diver of the Year: Carson Tyler
Indiana has won the last five – and six of the last seven – Big Ten Men’s Diver of the Year awards, with senior Carson Tyler earning the last two. Tyler and senior teammate Quinn Henninger both scored 49 points to finish fifth in scoring at the NCAA Championships, leading the Big Ten, as the duo teamed up to complete the three-event diving sweep.
Tyler took care of the final two events of the sweep, defending his titles in the 3-meter springboard and platform events. The five-time NCAA Champion became the first athlete to win three consecutive championships on platform and the third to win the event three times.
While the 1-meter springboard was the one event he did not win, it was the also the one event Tyler earned a career-best score on. His 432.75 earned maximum points for Indiana out of the consolation final, winning it by 64.15 points.
Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Year: Skyler Liu
The top-scoring diver at the NCAA Championships with 36 points, senior Skyler Liu finishes her collegiate career as the Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Year.
Liu captured her first-career national championship on platform, Indiana’s third title in five years in the event. Her personal best score of 382.15 ranks No. 5 in program history among an elite list of previous platform-winning Hoosiers.
Liu medaled in both of her events, earning bronze on the 3-meter springboard. The senior also successfully defended her Big Ten crowns in both events and was named the Big Ten Diver of the Championships.
