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2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Daniel Lopez Aponte

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sevilla, Spain
  • Highschool IES Fernando de Herrera Sevilla/IES Universidad Laboral de Malaga

Biography

2024-25 (Senior)
  • CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American
  • Second Team All-American in the 400 IM, finishing 11th at the NCAA Championships
  • Bronze medal in the 400 IM at the GLIAC Championships
  • GLIAC All-Academic Team member
  • Ended the year holding the NMU school record for the 400 IM
2023-24 (Junior)
Awards/Honors/Records
  • Broke the school record for the 400 IM at NCAA’s 
  • First-Team All-American honors in the 400 IM
  • Men’s Swim and Dive Breakthrough Athlete of the Year recipient
Top Finishes 
  • NCAA Championship (3/12/24-3/16/24) - Sixth place finish in the 400 IM (6:51.09)
  • GLIAC Championship (2/9/24-2/12/24) - First place finish in the 400 IM and eighth in the 200 IM
  • Michigan Tech Club (1/27/24) - Third place finish in the 200 medley relay and sixth in the 100 IM
  • UW – Green Bay  (1/20/24) - Seventh place finish in the 50 back
  • Calvin Invite (11/30/23-12/2/23) - First place finish in the 400 IM, third in the 200 IM and fifth in the 800 free relay
  • Wayne State (11/4/23) - Fourth place finish in the 200 free, fifth in the 200 back and seventh in the 500 free
  • Grand Valley (10/28/23) - Sixth place finish in the 200 IM
  • Saginaw Valley/Findlay (10/27/23) - Second place finish in the 200 IM and third in the 500 free
  • St. Cloud/Davenport (10/6/23-10/7/23) - First place finish in the 500 free and 400 IM, fourth in the 400 medley relay, fifth in the 200 free and seventh in the 400 free relay
2022-23 (Sophomore)
  • GLIAC All-Academic Honoree
GLIAC Championships - Holland, Mich. - Feb. 15-18, 2023
  • Placed second in the 400-yard IM
Michigan Tech - Marquette, Mich. - Feb. 4, 2023
  • Placed third in the 100-yard IM and 100-yard Breaststroke
UW-Stevens Point - Marquette, Mich. - Jan. 14, 2023
  • Placed first in the 200-yard IM
Calvin Invite - Grand Rapids, Mich. - Dec. 1-3, 2022
  • Placed first in the 400-yard IM
Wayne State/Findlay - Detroit, Mich. - Nov. 4-5, 2022
  • Placed third in the 400-yard IM and 200-yard Breaststroke
St. Cloud - St. Cloud, Minn. - Oct. 7-8, 2022
  • Placed first in the 400-yard IM and 200-yard Breaststroke and second in the 200-yard IM
2021-22 (Freshman)
Michigan Tech - Marquette, Mich. - Jan. 29, 2022
  • Placed first in the 200-yard IM, second in the 100-yard IM, and third in the 50-yard Breaststroke
UW-Stevens Point - Stevens Point, Wis. - Jan. 15, 2022
  • Placed 1st in the 400-yard IM and third in the 500-yard Freestyle
Before NMU
  • Twice absolute champion in the 400-yard IM
  • Total of 28 gold, 30 silver, and 10 bronze medals
  • 2021 silver medal in the 400-yard IM and 200-yard IM in the winter and summer, and 200-yard Breaststroke in the winter
  • 2019 silver medal in the 400-yard IM and 200-yard IM
  • 2018 bronze medal in the 200-yard Backstroke
  • 2017 bronze medal in the 1500-yard Freestyle
  • 2016 silver medal in the 400-yard IM and bronze medal in the 200-yard Backstroke
  • Selected with the Andalusian Swimming team in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021; won a silver and bronze medal in 2019
  • Silver medal in the 400-yard IM at the International Meeting Algarve, Portugal
  • Ninth place in the 400-yard IM and 10th place in the 200-yard IM at the Marenostrum International Tour in Barcelona
  • Best swimmer in club Circulo Mercantil e Industrial Sevilla in 2016, 2018, and 2021
  • Part of swim club that claimed second place in the Andalusian Cup
Personal 
  • Son of Inmaculada Aponte Tomillo and Manuel Lopez Torres
  • From Seville, Spain
  • Hobbies include watching movies 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

    6'0"
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'0"