University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA

2016-17:
MPSF TEAM CHAMPION

2015-16:
Placed fifth in 1000 freestyle in duel meet vs. Cal Poly...Placed fourth in 500 freestyle in duel meet vs. UNLV...Placed fourth in 500 freestyle in duel meet vs. Pacific...Placed eighth in 1650 freestyle and tenth in 1000 freestyle at A3 Invitational...Top 20 finish in the 500 freestyle at MPSF Conference Championships.

2014-15:
Placed 17th in the 200 freestyle (1:41.99), 9th in the 500 freestyle (4:30.04), and 5th in the 1650 freestyle (15:36.55) at MPSF Championships...Recorded a season-best time in the 1000 freestyle (9:30.87).

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Loyola High School...2-time CIF finalist in the 200 and 500 freestyles...2-time Mission League Champion in the 200 and 500 freestyles...School record-holder in the 500 free (4:26.89)...Earned All-American honors in the 500 free...Team Captain...Swam with the team that won a CIF Division I title, and were also 4-time Mission League Champions...Also swam club at Golden West Swim Club under Coach Mark Schubert...Member of the USA Swimming Junior National Open Water Team...Winter National qualifier in the 500 free...Junior National qualifier in the 1500 and 500 freestyles.

PERSONAL
Nicholas, "Nick," DeVito was born March 26, 1996...Is a Sociology major with the dream of working as a commercial real estate agent...Enjoys surfing, wakeboarding, and skateboarding in his free time...Lists his top pre-race pump up song as "Till I Collapse" by Eminem...Enjoys snacking on Flavor Blasted Goldfish before a meet...Began swimming at age 4...If he could add an event to each meet it would be the 1650 corkscrew...Making the U.S. Junior National Team is the proudest achievement of his swimming career.

"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up." - Vince Lombardi