University of Tennessee Athletics
2005-06 Women's Swimming Roster
Roster

Staley McCartney
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
Parrington[apos]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.
Career Best Times | |||
One-meter (six dives) | 260.55 | ||
Three-meter (six dives) | 291.90 | ||
Platform | 228.25 |