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2018-19 Swimming & Diving Roster

Joseph Warker

  • Position Diving
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 150
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Reading, PA
  • Highschool Wilson

Biography

2018-19
- Named the MAAC Men's Diver of the Week three times (1/16, 1/13 & 1/30). 
- Won a silver medal in the 1M at the MAAC Championships with a score of 260.20.
- Earned a bronze medal in the 3M at the MAAC Championships with a mark of 276.90.
- Qualified for the NCAA Zone A Championships in both the 1M and the 3M.
- Finished seventh in the 3M at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships with a score of 284.60.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team. 

2017-18
- Came in seventh in the 3M at the MAAC Championships.
- Landed in seventh in the 1M at the MAAC Championships.
- Earned a bronze medal with a third-place finish in the 1M at the ECAC Championships.
- Finished 33rd in the 1M at the NCAA Zone A Championships.
- Landed in 34th in the 3M at the NCAA Zone A Championships.   

2016-17
- Was named the MAAC Male Diver of the Week three times.
- NCAA Zone ‘A’ qualifier. He scored 222.55 points, placing 38th in the men’s three-meter preliminary rounds. He also registered 215.75 points in the one-meter for 36th-place in the preliminary round event.
- Finished fifth in the 1M dive at the MAAC Championships as Rider captured its sixth straight team title. Also came in ninth in the 3M dive at the event.
- His top score of the season in the 3M came at the MAAC Championships and his top score in the 1M came in a dual-meet victory against George Washington.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2015-16
- As a Rider rookie, was a two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Diver of the Week.
- NCAA Zone ‘A’ qualifier, placing 39th on the three-meter and 42nd on the one-meter.
- Won the one-meter (279.55) and was sixth on the three-meter (257.25) at the 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships as Rider finished third.
- Placed fourth on the one-meter (280.70) at the 2016 MAAC Championships as Rider won the team title for the fifth year in a row.
- Best one-meter score was 322.72 winning the event in a dual meet vs. Seton Hall and top three-meter score of 313.87 earned him second place in the same meet.

BEFORE RIDER
Attended Wilson Senior High School…Four-year letterwinner for diving...three-time All-American...All-League, All-Berks County and All-State for four years...three-time Berks County and District 3 Champion and four-year state finalist...two-year state medal winner and was second at states as a senior...Wilson High School six dive and 11 dive pool and team record holder...2012 AAU One-Meter Synchro 16-18 National Champion and two-time Junior Nationals qualifier…personal: son of John and Dixie Warker, twin brother John, younger sister Mary, younger brother Patrick...also competes for West Chester Diving.

PERSONAL
Majoring in Environmental Science major with a Chinese minor…hobbies include hiking, biking, camping, and being outdoors.

College Swimming Bio -> https://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/231091/

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Diving
    5'8" 150 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Diving
    5'8" 150 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    Diving
    5'8" 150 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    Diving
    5'8" 150 lbs