2006-07: MAC Swimmer of the Year ... NCAA Qualifier in the 500 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle ... MAC Champion in 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyle ... All-MAC First Team ... All-MAC Academic Team ... MAC Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 30) ... U.S. Open Qualifier ... became first Miami swimmer to earn a spot in the NCAA Championships in five seasons ... at the national meet, finished 18th in the 1,650 freestyle and 29th in the 500 freestyle ... repeated as the MAC Swimmer of the Year after winning conference titles in three freestyle events ... moved into a tie for fifth place all-time at Miami with five individual MAC titles ... became first Miami swimmer since Andrew Keefe (2004) to win three MAC freestyle titles at the same conference meet ... set a new school record in the 500 freestyle (4:21.84), breaking Dick Clarke[apos]s 1989 benchmark ... broke his own school record in the 1,650 freestyle with a record-setting swim of 15:11.56 at the conference meet ... was one of four Miamians to swim at the U.S. Open, where he finished 32nd in the 1,500-meter freestyle and 46th in the 400-meter freestyle ... was named to the all-MAC first team for the third time in his career ... was one of two Miamians named as MAC Athlete of the Week ...won 17 individual events during the season, including multiple wins at seven different meets ... one of four Miamians named to the all-MAC academic team.
2005-06: MAC Swimmer of the Year ... All-MAC First Team ... MAC Champion 500 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle ... Two-Time MAC Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week (Nov. 1 and 8) ... finished as the only Miami swimmer to post a NCAA 'B' cut time, turning in two at the MAC Championships in the 500 free (4:26.141) and the 1,650 free (15:19.40) ... both times were career-best times ... first Miami MAC Champion in the 1,650 free since Dick Clarke in 1987 ... first Miami swimmer to win multiple conference swimming titles since Andrew Keefe in 2004 ... broke the 1,650 free school record twice, clocking in at 15:20.03 at the Miami Invitational before resetting it again at the conference meet ... finished first or second in all three events he entered at the MAC meet, including a runner-up finish in the 200 free (1:39.85) ... won 16 of the 22 swimming events he entered ... won at least one event at every meet during the season and posted multiple first-place finishes at six different meets ... clocked in with a career-best time in the 1,000 free (9:20.44) in a first-place finish against Cleveland State.
2004-05: Missed the season due to injury.
2003-04: All-MAC First Team ... MAC Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 24) ... Finished in the top four of all three of his events at the MAC Championships, taking third in the 500 and 1,650 free and fourth in the 200 free ... topped the preliminary field in the 200 free and added a second-place finish with the 800 free relay and fourth-place finish with the 400 free relay ... won his first four 500 free events and eight total events on the season ... took first in both the 500 and 1000 free and with the 400 free relay at Buffalo ... earned MAC Swimmer of the Week honors after winning both the 1000 free and 500 free at Wright State and 200 fly against Xavier ... won the 1650 at Ohio State and the 1000 free at Eastern Michigan.
High School: Achieved all-American status four times, including twice in the 500 freestyle twice and once in the 100 and 200 free events ... lettered all four years, was team MVP the last three ... served as a team captain as a senior ... team was district runner-up ... named all-district six times and all-state twice ... owns school records in 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyles.
Personal: Born June 23, 1985 ... son of Steven and Beth Ricard ... political science major.
