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Staley McCartney                  Class: Senior Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn. High School: Farragut Height: 5-7 Position: Diving Birthdate: 06/19/1987 Club: Tennessee Diving (Coach: Dave Parrington)

Parrington's Forecast

"As a senior, I expect Staley to have her finest year thus far. After winning her first career dual meet and qualifying for NCAA zones last season, she trained at a new level of intensity this past summer. She returns brimming with confidence and is vastly improved. "

AT TENNESSEE:

2007-08: Had a pair of career-best scores in dual meet win over Indiana...Took first with a score of 291.90 on the three-meter board and placed third on the one-meter board with a 260.55 total against the Hoosiers...Finished 20th on the platform with a season-best score of 186.90 at the NCAA Zone Championships...Placed third and fourth on the one-meter and three-meter board, respectively, against Auburn...Was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...2006-07: Set new bests from all three heights...Achieved her best score from the one-meter board (239.38) and platform (228.25) at the Bulldog Invite...Earned nine top-10 placements over the course of the year...Finished sixth from the three-meter board at Florida with a personal-best 278.78...Placed seventh on the platform event at the UGA Invitational...Had her best finish at the SEC meet on the platform, as well, taking in 18th...2005-06: Established career-best scores from both the one and three-meter boards in loss to Florida...Contributed to the UT win over South Carolina with a fifth-place outcome on the three-meter competition...Posted a career-best 156.75 on the tower event.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Earned four varsity letters while diving for Farragut High School and was captain her senior year...Was state runner-up in diving in 2005...Named Tennessee Diver of the Year in 2004...Qualified for zones and regions...Also played volleyball for four years at Farragut, capturing district and region titles ...Named to the all-district volleyball team in 2004.

PERSONAL:

Majoring in social work...Has a background as an artist and her work was accepted into the Tennessee Valley Fair...Both her father and grandfather played football at UT...Her father, Ron McCartney, was a captain in 1975 and played for the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams...Most admires her great-grandfather, Cecil B. Staley...Has two brothers, Grant McCartney, 20, and Colten Roberto, 6...Staley Denyce McCartney, the daughter of Denyce Pickel and Ron McCartney, was born June 19, 1987, in Knoxville, Tenn.