Kiley Thrush '25 Recruiting Profile

Hello,

My name is Kiley Thrush and I am an incoming senior at East Ridge High School in Minnesota – Class of 2025.  Diving in college is a big goal for me.  Currently, I dive for my high school team and local club team – North Star Diving Club with head coach Jason Baumann.  Finding a program that meets my diving and academic goals is very important to me.  After college – I wish to attend Med School and become a doctor with a focus in Pediatric Medicine.

I am a lifelong gymnast turned diver.  I began my club gymnastics career at Perpetual Motion in Woodbury, MN at the age of 2 and competed in club gymnastics through my freshman year making it all the way to level 8.  Throughout my career – I never missed qualifying for a state or regional meet and have helped my Varsity team to back to back appearances at State.  In the fall of 2021 I decided to try something new and went out for my high school dive team as a Freshman.  In August of 2021 I attended my first diving practice and instantly fell in love.  To say I took to the sport quickly would be an understatement.  By the end of my first season I was the best diver on my team.  After the season concluded – I spent the remainder of my freshman year focused on gymnastics.  Prior to the 22-23 high school season I was introduced to North Star diving and participated in some summer workouts to prepare for the upcoming high school season.  As a Sophomore – I really began to shine and qualified for my first MN State High School meet.  As I did the year prior – I shifted my focus back to gymnastics after the high school diving season concluded.  Then, in March of 2023 I decided to begin club diving at North Star Diving Club where I was introduced to 3M for the first time.  In April of 2023 I competed in my first club diving meet in both 1M and 3M.  During my 23-34 high school season as a Junior I qualified for my 2^nd straight MN State Diving Tournament and earned multiple All American Considerations.  Due to the tremendous amount of success I was experiencing and my growing love for the sport of diving – I decided that the 2023-2024 gymnastics season would be my last.  In February of 2024 I competed in my last gymnastics event by helping lead my team to it’s 2^nd straight State High School Gymnastics Tournament. It was a great way to go out on top for a sport I love, but I am even more excited to shift 100% of my time and energy outside of the classroom towards diving.  

I have incredible work ethic, determination, and a fun loving and energetic attitude.  Over the past few months (November through mid-February) I have been balancing a full time high school gymnastics career while still making 3-4 diving practices per week at my club – all while maintaining a 4.0GPA and volunteering on Sunday evenings at the local nursing home.  I currently have a full lineup in 1M and 3M and have began initial dives on 5M as well.  On 3M, I am currently working on my Reverse 2 ½ and plan to start working my front 3 1/2 and Full Out this summer. I have always been a great teammate on every team I’ve been a part of and you can always count on me to bring the mood up. 

You can watch me in action and follow my journey by following my Instagram account (@kthrush_diving).  I am happy to send more videos upon request as well.

My current scores are:

1M

6 dives (high school)      243.00

11 dives (high school)    399.35

9 dives (club)                   329.35

3M

9 dives (club)                   302.85

My current dive lists are:

1M

103B

201B

301B

401B

5231D

105B

203B

303B

5132D

5233D

5333D

3M

103B

105B

203B

205C

303B

401B

403B

405C

5132D

5233D

5333D

If you would like to speak to my club diving coach Jason Baumann directly – he can be reached at [email protected]

I look forward to hearing back to you about the opportunity to become a member of your team and learning more about your program.