No. 16 • Samantha Pickens
In her final season at Arizona, Pickens won the NCAA and Pac-12 championships at 1-meter diving. She was third in the U.S. trials for the world championships and finished 16th at the world finals.
No. 16 • Samantha Pickens
Samantha Pickens and Amanda Burke from the US perform during the women's 3-meter springboard preliminary at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, July 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
The Star columnist counts down the year's best Southern Arizona sports figures.