Zach Slater Class: Freshman Hometown: Westport, Conn. High School: Staples Event: Diving Birthdate: 10/13/1993

HIGH SCHOOL
Dove at Staples High School under the direction of Dan Long...Holds the six-dive school record...Earned All-American consideration for two years...Served as team captain senior year...Named to All-FCIAC squad twice...Captained water polo team...Lettered in diving and water polo all four years...Competed for the Whirlwind Diving Club coached by Allison Coleman and Joe Somma.

PERSONAL
Zachary Morgan Slater was born October 13, 1993 in Westport, Conn. to Stacy and Ron Slater...Has one sister named Luci...Majoring in communications with the intent of joining the entertainment industry upon graduation...Served as president, vice president and junior president of Yale Children's Hospital Junior Board of Fundraising.

ON CHOOSING PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because it felt like home."