West Virginia University Athletics

2020-21 (Sophomore)

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier
• All-Big 12 Second Team
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
• Finished 10th overall on platform (401.70) and 11th overall on 3-meter (529.70) at NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, as well as competed in the prelims on 1-meter (226.85)
• Reached the finals on 1-meter (6th - 281.20) and on platform (7th – 196.95) at Big 12 Championships; also placed first in consolation finals on 3-meter (307.40)
• Against Notre Dame, she placed third on 1-meter (296.93) and 3-meter (326.40), and fourth on platform (223.20)
• Won 3-meter (306.08) in WVU’s season-opening meet at Pitt; also competed on 1-meter (6th – 276.00) and on platform (5th – 243.45)

2019-20 (Freshman)

• All-Big 12 First Team
• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• NCAA Zones qualifier
• School Record: women’s platform 
• Reached the finals on all three events at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, finishing 10th on 1-meter (524.25), 11th on 3-meter (565.35) and 11th on platform (406.40)
• Represented WVU in the finals on all three events at the Big 12 Championship, placing sixth on 1-meter (280.85), eighth on 3-meter (272.70) and eighth on platform (193.50)
• Darling scored a 231.65 in the platform prelims at Big 12s to set a new WVU program record in the event
• In the regular-season finale against George Washington, she placed first on 1-meter (292.13) and 3-meter (306.83)
• Against Villanova, she finished second on 3-meter (275.70) and 1-meter (251.55)
• Tallied a pair of victories on 1- and 3-meter against ISU, notching respective scores of 276.23 and 297.90
• Secured wins on 1-meter (278.85) and 3-meter (295.57) at TCU
• Finished second on 3-meter (276.22) and third on 1-meter (268.95) against Pitt
• Reached the finals in all three events at the WVU Invitational, taking second on 1-meter (269.20), third on 3-meter (283.95) and second on platform (205.25)
• Earned her first career victories on 3-meter (313.58) and 1-meter (279.89), as well as a second-place finish on platform (191.33) at the West Virginia State Games
• Placed second on 3-meter (266.93) and 1-meter (258.60) in WVU’s season-opening meet at Penn State

High School

• Dove at Upper Arlington High for coach Ryan Wilson
• Was a member of the Ohio State Dive Club, coached by Amanda Eby
• Captain of high school dive team junior and senior years
• Competed at the Ohio High School State Championships junior and senior years of high school
• Finished seventh at states in her junior year and fourth in her senior year

Personal

• Daughter of Dan and Kami Darling
• Birthday is December 10
• Has one brother
• Father, Dan, was a student-athlete at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga
• Majoring in forensics and investigative sciences
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll