2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Hayden Apel
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hilliard, Ohio
- High School:
- Hilliard Darby High School
2024-25 (Senior)
- Competed in multiple events at the 2025 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
- Won on platform (245.20) at the Rutgers Diving Invitational
- Placed second on the 1-meter (258.75) and the 3-meter (282.10) at the Rutgers Diving Invitational
- Placed third on platform (254.20) at the WVU Invitational
- Part of the team that won the team diving (296.05) event at the WVU Invitational
- Placed third on the 1-meter (272.25) and fourth on the 3-meter (298.58) at the WV State Games
- Named to the College Sports Communicators 2024-25 Academic All-District Team
- 2025 Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team
2023-24 (Junior)
- Competed in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform events at the 2024 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
- Named to the College Sports Communicators 2023-24 Academic All-District Team
- 2024 Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2022-23 (Sophomore)
- Finished fourth in the men’s 1-meter springboard at the West Virginia State Games
- Finished fourth in the men’s 1-meter springboard, and fifth in the men’s 3-meter springboard against the University of Cincinnati
- Finished second in the men’s 3-meter springboard against Penn State
- Named to the 2023 Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021-22 (Freshman)
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Won the platform consolation finals at the 2022 Big 12 Championships with a total of 256.65; also, appeared in the consolation finals on 1-meter (5th – 226.10) and 3-meter (6th – 210.70)
- Against Villanova, he took seventh on 1-meter (221.15) and sixth on 3-meter (233.30)
- Competed in the championship finals on 1-meter (8th – 226.60) and platform (7th – 232.65) at the WVU Invitational; additionally, he took second in the 3-meter consolation finals with a total score of 225.95
- Finished fourth on 1-meter (234.83) and 3-meter (244.95) against Penn State to open his collegiate diving career
High School
- Dove at Hilliard Darby High School and was coached by his father, Thad Apel
- Member of the Ohio State Diving Club and ACES Diving Club and dove under Mandy Eby, Matt Ventura and Jen White
- Two-time conference champion
- Four-time state qualifier at the OHSAA State Championships; Apel placed ninth as a sophomore and took during his junior and senior year
- Three-time All-Ohio Diver
- Apel is a two-time NISCA All-American on 1-meter
- NISCA Academic All-American
- Named to Central Ohio Super 12 Team for Boys Swimming & Diving his senior year
- Was a three-time MVP
- Holds the high school record for both six dives and 11 dives
- Qualified several times for USA Diving Zone & Nationals
Personal
- Son of Thad and Amy Apel
- Birthday is July 12
- Is an only child
- Majoring in health and well-being
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 WVU Swimming and Diving Hype Video
Thursday, September 25
Behind-the-Scenes at Swimming and Diving's Media Day
Monday, September 08
WVU Swim and Dive 2025-26 Schedule Release Video
Thursday, August 21
S&D: What it Means to Represent West Virginia
Thursday, June 19
