Maggie Bendell

Position:
Diving
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Cary-Grove High School
Hometown:
Cary, Ill.

Personal Bests

Event	Score	Opponent
1-meter	284.93	SDSU (2025-26)
3-meter	305.40	Illinois (2025-26)
Platform	243.10	Hawkeye Invite (2025-26)

Awards & Honors

All-Big 12 Second Team (2025-26)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24, S25)
Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (2024-25)
Academic All-Big 12 Team (2025-26)

2025-26
Competed in every meet... posted personal records in all three dives throughout the season... tallied five zone cuts in 1-meter, five in 3-meter and one in platform... qualified for A Final at the Big 12 Championships in 3-meter, finishing eighth and B Finals in 1-meter and platform, finishing 13th in both... posted the third all-time best single Big 12 Championship meet point total in program history with 50 points across three diving events.

2024-25
Competed in all 10 meets... tallied four Zone cuts across 1-meter and 3-meter… recorded a first place finish against UNI and eleven top 5 finishes… competed in finals in both 1-meter and 3-meter at Big 12 Championships.

High School
Three time state qualifier, crowned champion in 1-meter diving in 2022, runner-up in 2023 and seventh place in 2021... earned three letters in high school and qualified for All-American honors in 2021, 2022 and 2023... owns the school record in two events.

Personal
Daughter of Curt Bendell, 1989 Iowa State Diving graduate, and Lori Bendell... has one sister, Caley... majoring in Biomedical Engineering.