University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Accolades

• Selected as the 2022-23 America East Conference Scholar-Athlete for the sport of men's swimming and diving
• Named to 2023 College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District Team
• Selected to 2023 America East All-Academic Team
• Named to UMBC  President's List (perfect 4.0 GPA) in  Spring 2022
• Named America East Men’s Swimming Rookie of the Meet at the 2022 Championships
• Selected to 2021-22 CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team 

• America East Championship Swimmer of the Meet and Dave Alexander Coaches Award
• America East Winter Scholar Athlete
• America East All-Academic Team
• Fall Dean’s List
• America East Championships Gold/Conference Record in the 200 Medley Relay (1:26.07)
• America East Championships 100 Fly Gold Champion (46.13), NCAA B Cut
• America East Championships 400 Medley Relay Gold Champion (3:11.92), School and Conference Record
• America East Championships 50 Free Silver Medalist
• Set 100 Fly School Record (46.13)
• Set 200 Freestyle Relay School Record (1:19.22)
• Set 200 Medley Relay School Record (1:26.07)
• Set 400 Medley Relay School Record (3:12.76)
• Set 200 Medley Relay Pool Record on Dec. 7 (1:28.76)
• Set 200 Freestyle Relay Pool Record on Dec. 7 (1:21.93)
• Set 400 Medley Relay Pool Record on Dec. 7 (3:18.60)

• Earned 2023 America East Conference Swimmer of the Meet honors, capturing both butterfly events and the 50-yard freestyle
• He also swam on both medley relay gold medal-winning quartets and the ultimate race of the meet, a UMBC record-setting victory in the 400 freestyle relay…
• Earned six golds at the championships 
• Named the Most Outstanding Swimmer at the 2022 ECAC Winter Championships, winning three events (100 fly, 200 fly, 100 free)
• Doubled in the butterfly in dual meets vs. Towson and George Mason

• Won the 100 and 200 butterfly events at the America East Championships; posted personal best times in each final as he qualified second in both preliminaries   
• Also earned golds as part of the 200 and 400 medley relay squads in Worcester
• Captured the 100 fly at the ECAC Winter Championships and placed second in the 50 freestyle

BACKGROUND

• Earned 2020 High School All-American status in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay events
• Despite limited training, set personal best times in 100/200 butterfly and 50/100 freestyle at the Gator Classic (March 2021)
• Part of three New Jersey state championship teams and a sixth-place squad at the 2020 Eastern Championships
• Also considered Georgetown and GW, but selected UMBC “because I knew what kind of relationship everyone on the team had and I wanted to be a part of that”
• A member of the German Honor Society
• A fan of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, the NBA’s Toronto Raptors and the How to Train Your Dragon movies
• Son of Cristiana Mayer and Urs Gassmann