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Two-time All-American
Freshman Season (2006-07)
Finished seventh on the platform at the N.S. Diving National Championships with a 429.30 inthe finals... Advanced to the 3-meter quarterfinal at Nationals, finishing 16th with a 315.00... Teamed up with Miami (FL) diver J.J. Kinzbach in the synchronized platform at Nationals, finishing third with a score of 369.90... A two-time All-American at the NCAA Championships... Finished eighth on the platform with a 332.05, after posting a 365.00 in preliminaries... Was 11th on the 3-meter with a 352.40 and finished 19th in the 1-meter preliminaries with a 300.25... Finished runner-up to teammate Steven Segerlin on the platform at SECs with a 396.60... Finished fifth on the 3-meter (360.30) and sixth on the 1-meter (323.40) at the SEC Championships... His 325.90 on the 1-meter at SECs was a season-high score, as was his 396.60 on the platform... Set his season-high on the 3-meter against Florida with a 360.37... Was third on the platform at NCAA zones with a 763.95... Also finished eighth on the 1-meter (612.55) and 14th on the 3-meter (616.40) at zones.
High School
Attended Cheshire High School... Competed for the Southern Connecticut Club Diving team under coach Jesse Cyr... Four-time Academic All-American... Four-time All-American... Connecticut state champion and Southern CT Champion all four years... National Honor Society... Finished third on platform at Senior Nationals... Four-time Connecticut MVP... State and high school record holder for six and 11 dive meets.
Personal
Parents are Thomas and Cynthia Mazzaferro... Born on Nov. 2, 1988... Has one brother, Thomas, who is a former swimmer and water polo player at Villanova.
More on Dan
Favorite pro sports team is the New England Patriots... Favorite cartoon growing up was Power Rangers... Most famous person ever met was Greg Louganis... Best non-athletic talent is speaking and teaching people... Person in history would most like to meet is Winston Churchill.
