University of Arizona Athletics

2015-16: Earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors…Finished second in the 1-meter (307.65) and 3-meter (313.65) against No. 2 California…Was runner-up in the platform versus No. 1 Texas with 371.93…At the Wildcat Diving Invitational, took second in the 3-meter with 371.75 and platform with 316.75…Placed 16th in the platform at the USA Diving Winter Championships with 540.95…At the Pac-12 Championships, finished sixth in the platform (339.60), seventh in the 3-meter (340.85) and eighth in the 1-meter (309.35)…Placed sixth in the 3-meter with 721.90 and tenth in the platform with 664.40 at NCAA Zone E Championships…At NCAA Championships, took 28th in the 3-meter (346.55), 37th in the platform (308.25) and 41st in the 1-meter (277.15).

2014-15: Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team…At NCAA Championships, he took 26th in the platform (323.00) and 35th in the 3-meter (341.15)…Qualified for NCAAs at Zone E Championships after finishing fourth in the platform with 718.10 and eighth in the 3-meter with 715.10…At Pac-12 Championships, he placed sixth in the 1-meter (298.55), eleventh in the platform and thirteenth in the 3-meter…Took first in both the platform and 3-meter at the Wildcat Diving Invitational with 327.90 and 376.55, respectively…Finished first in the 3-meter against Missouri, NAU, OSU and NMS (301.35)…Had a season best of 377.15 in the platform and Texas/SMU and 376.55 at the Diving Invitational.

2013-14: Earned a trip to the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career after finishing third in the platform at NCAA Zones…Finished 14th in the platform at the NCAA Championships and finished 33rd in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events.

Prep: Four-time varsity letterwinner in diving at Cinco Ranch High School…four-time All-District, All-Region and All-State Texas Class 5A 2009-2012…three-time District Champion 2010-2012…Region Champion 2012…All-State First Team 2011-2012…School record holder in the 6-dive and 11-dive 1m events.

Personal: Born on March 18, 1994…Son of Dominic and Stacy Ricotta…Siblings are Thaddeus and Mary Angela…Majoring in Marketing.