2024-25 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Molly Hampton

  • Position Diving
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool North Central High School
  • Instagram molly._.hampton_

Biography

College Highlights
  • 2022 CSCAA Scholar-Athlete
 Personal Bests
 1-Meter (6 Dives)  256.25  1/22/22
 3-Meter (6 Dives)  265.58  2/3/23
 10-Meter (6 Dives)  212.55  11/22/24

SwimCloud Profile

2024-25:
Competed in the 1-meter, finishing with 176.40 points, 3-meter with 223.35 points and the 10-meter with 167.45 points at teh Big Ten Championships (Feb. 19-22)...Came in second on the 10-meter with 218.33 points and finished seventh with 217.35 points on the 1-meter vs Northwestern (Jan. 18)...Finished eighth on the 10-meter with 212.55 for a personal best at the Georgia Invitational (Nov. 20-22)...FInishing sixth on both the 1-meter (227.63 pts.) and 3-meter (254.25 pts.) vs Minnesota (Nov. 1)...Won the 10-meter with 200.60 points and finished sixth on both the 1-meter (219.85 pts.) and 3-meter (234.00 pts.) vs Michigan and Notre Dame (Oct. 18-19)...Won the 1-meter with 238.95 points and the 3-meter with 252.83 points vs UW-Green Bay (Oct. 11)

2023-24: Competed in the 1-meter dive and scored 172.85 points and competed in the 3-meter dive and scored 216.30 points at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.28)...Came in fourth in the 1-meter dive with 225.38 points against Green Bay (Jan.26)...Finished 16th in the 10-meter with 203.30 points at the Georgia Invitational (Nov.16)...Placed fourth in the 3-meter with 199.13 points against Arizona and Michigan (Oct.20)...Finished sixth in the 3-meter dive with 222.68 points against Notre Dame (Oct.6)

2022-23: Competed in the 1-meter and finished with 170.20 points, dove in the 3-meter and ended with 257.30 points, and competed in the 10-meter with 188.10 points at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.15)...Finished second in the 3-meter with 265.58 points and placed third in the 1-meter with 236.48 points against UW-Green Bay (Feb.3)...Placed fourth in the 10-meter diving event with 204.85 points and came in sixth in the 1-meter diving with 234.23 points against Northwestern (Jan.21)...Won the platform (5 dives) with 246.25 points at the Minnesota Invitational (Dec. 3)...Finished seventh in 1-meter with 214.58 points vs. Minnesota (Nov.4)

2021-22: Placed 19th on the platform with a personal best score of 218.60, 36th on the 3-meter (235.75) and 42nd on the 1-meter (212.25) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-19) ... finished eighth on the 1-meter (256.25) and eighth on the 3-meter (228.30) vs. Northwestern (Jan. 22) ... took 13th on the 1-meter (215.40) vs. Michigan and Minnesota (Jan. 15) ... placed fifth on the 1-meter (229.65) and fifth on the 3-meter (242.18) vs. Minnesota (Nov. 5) ... finished fifth on the 3-meter (263.20) and sixth on the 1-meter (235.15) vs. Arizona and Hawaii (Oct. 22-23)

High School: Competed at the 2018, 2019 and 2021 USA Diving Junior National Championships

Personal: Major is Biology ... born Jan. 10

Why Wisconsin?

UW stood out to me because of how strong the team culture is. Very rarely do you come across a team that has the connection we have. We really are one swim AND dive team and that made picking UW a no brainer.
 

On Deck with Molly Hampton

How old were you when you started swimming? 7
Most memorable swim or dive meet? Tennessee dive meet my freshman year
What is the best part of swimming or diving? Getting to be around people who lift me up and push me to be the best I can
What is your favorite things about Madison? How Madison is big but still keeps its hometown vibe 
Before each meet, I: Call my family to hype me up
One word that describes the team: Committed
One word that describes me: Confident
Favorite thing to do outside of the pool with my teammates is: 
The best things about Soderholm is: Get breakfast
Dream as a collegiate athlete: Contribute to the team
Post-collage plans/goals:  Continue my academic career studying in marine sciences 
What is your favorite coach saying? : "If you are going to fail, fail awesome"

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Diving
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Diving
  • 2023-24Junior

    Diving
  • 2024-25Senior

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