2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster
Aranza Vázquez Montaño
- Position:
- Diving
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- La Paz, Mexico
- High School:
- Instituto Mexico Bilingue
Career Bests
1M - 379.25 • 3M — 409.60 • 10M Platform — 337.10
Two-Time Olympian (Paris 2024, Tokyo 2020)
No. 1 All-Time 1M: 379.25 (2023)
No. 1 All-Time 3M: 409.60 (2023)
No. 1 All-Time 10M Platform: 337.10 (2021)
4-Time National Champion (1M: 2023, '24 | 3M: 2023, '24)
8-Time ACC Champion (1M: 2023, '24, '25 | 3M: 2021, '23, '24 | Platform: 2021, '23)
3-Time ACC Championships Most Valuable Women's Diver (2023, '24, '25)
ACC Championship meet record (1M)
11-Time CSCAA All-America recipient with five First Team All-America honors
18-Time ACC Women’s Diver of the Week
As a Graduate (2024-25)
Competed in 11 meets • Secured 18 podium finishes, including 11 victories and an ACC Championship • Named ACC Championships Most Valuable Women's Diver for the third straight season • Won the 1-meter and placed fourth in the 3-meter against Auburn • Finished second on the 1-meter and fifth on the 3-meter versus South Carolina • Won both the 1-meter and 3-meter vs. Virginia • Took second on the 3-meter and third on the 1-meter at the SMU Diving Invite • Won the 1-meter and the 3-meter, while placing second on the platform at the Bulldog Invitational • Won the 1-meter and 3-meter in duals against Duke and N.C. State • Took first on the platform at the Virginia Tech Diving Invite • Claimed her eighth ACC Championship by winning the 1-meter • Also earned a place on the podium with a second-place finish on the platform at the league meet • Took fifth at the conference meet in the 3-meter • Won the platform, finished third on the 3-meter and sixth on the 1-meter at the NCAA Zone B Championships to qualify in all three events • Claimed CSCAA All-America honors by finishing fourth in the 1-meter and fifth in the 3-meter, and Second-Team All-America on the platform at the NCAA Championships.
Summer 2024
Reached the semifinals at the Paris Olympics in the 3M competition.
As A Senior (2023-24)
Finalist for Honda Sports Award • Named the CSCAA Women's Diver of the Year for the second consecutive season • NCAA Champion in 1-meter and 3-meter diving for the second year in a row • Two-time CSCAA All-American • ACC Champion in 1M and 3M dives for the second year in a row • Six-time ACC Women’s Diver of the Week.
Summer 2023
Earned two medals at the World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoa, Japan for Team Mexico • Claimed the bronze in the one-meter springboard competition and silver in diving's mixed three-meter and 10-meter team event.
As a Junior (2022-23)
CSCAA Women’s Diver of the Year • NCAA 1-meter and 3-meter springboard champion • Became the first diver in UNC history to win a national championship • 2023 ACC Women’s Diver of the Year • 2023 ACC 1-meter, 3-meter and platform champion • Two-time first-team All-America • Honda Award Finalist • Five-time ACC Women’s Diver of the Week • ACC All-Academic Team • Set the UNC 1-meter springboard record (379.25).
As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Earned CSAA First Team All-America honors on the 1-meter springboard and second-team honors on the 3-meter springboard and platform • Claimed the bronze medal in the 1-meter springboard competition at the 2022 NCAA Championships and finished atop the standings in the consolation finals of the 3-meter springboard competition • Captured third place in the NCAA consolation finals on the platform • Finished first on the 1-meter springboard and third on the 3-meter at the NCAA Zone B Regional Diving Championships, qualifying for the NCAAs in each event • Took third-place on the 3-meter springboard at the ACC Championships and fourth in the 1-meter • Named ACC Female Diver of the Week following the dual meets against Duke and Texas • Claimed seven first-place finishes during the dual meet season, competing in nine events.
Summer 2021
Competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games as a member of the Mexico Diving Team • Finished sixth in the women’s 3-meter springboard competition • First female Olympic diver in Carolina history.
As a Freshman (2020-21)
Earned All-America honors on the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform • Finished as the runner-up at the NCAA Championships in the 1-meter (348.45) and 3-meter (384.75) springboard competitions • Claimed sixth place at the NCAAs on the platform (280.50) • Finished first on the platform, second on the 3-meter and third on the 1-meter springboard at the NCAA Zone B Regional Diving Championships, qualifying for the NCAAs in each event • ACC Female Diver-of-the-Year • Captured the gold medal on the platform and the 3-meter springboard at the ACC Championships, while claiming the silver in the 1-meter springboard competition • Set school records in all three dives • Captured first place in all six of her dual meet diving competitions • Joined the team following the conclusion of the 2020 fall semester • ACC Academic Honor Roll • All-ACC Academic Team.
Personal
Born in La Paz, Mexico • Daughter of Juan Våzquez and Monica Montaño • Older sister of UNC men’s diver Rodolfo Vazquez.
