2024-25 Men's Swimming Roster

Paxton Ritchey
Kurt DeVoe

Andres Saa

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Katy, Texas
  • Highschool Seven Lakes
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2024-25: Received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in May 2025 ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Raced at nine meets for Mines during the 2024-25 campaign ... Scored team points for the Orediggers at the RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships in four individual events and as part of one relay ... Best individual finish at the conference meet was ninth in the 200-fly after swimming a career-best, altitude-adjusted 1:53.11 in finals ... Added RMAC finishes of 15th in the 200-IM, 15th in the 100-free, and 16th in the 400-IM ... Lone relay appearance in the postseason was on Mines' second 200-freestyle squad which placed 10th ... Top finishes during the regular season both came at Adams State on Nov. 1 when he raced to silver in the 200-IM and bronze in the 200-fly ... His final collegiate campaign yielded career-best times in the 50-fly, 200-fly, and the 200-IM.

2023-24: RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Individual performances at the RMAC Championships led to four team points for Mines ... Top finish was 15th in the 1650-free with a time of 16:55.31 ... Placed 16th in the 500-free and 400-IM, swimming 4:42.94 and 4:10.47  ... Also finished 19th in the 1000-free ... Appeared on the Orediggers' second 200-freestyle, 400-freestyle, and 800-freestyle relays as well ... Helped the 200-freestyle relay score team points with a 10th-place finish while the 400-freestyle and 800-freestyle relays took 12th ... For the season, ranked 59th in the nation in the 100-IM ... Produced career-best times during the 2023-24 season in the 50-free, 100-free, 200-back, and 100-IM.

2022-23: RMAC Summit Award ... CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-America ... CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... In his second trip to the RMAC Championships, scored points for the Orediggers in the 500-free, 1000-free, 1650-free, and 400-IM ... Finished 16th in the 500-free with a time of 4:46.94 ... Also had a NCAA "B" cut in the 500-free prelims at the conference championships with an altitude-adjusted 4:34.62 ... Stopped the clock at 9:43.08 to take seventh in the 1000-free ... Finished the 1650-free at a 16:34.04 clip and was 13th in the league ... His 400-IM time at the conference championships was 4:08.09, good enough for eighth.

2021-22: CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-America ... Individually at RMAC Championships, swam the 500-, 1000-, and 1650-free, the 200-fly, and the 400-IM in exhibition.

HIGH SCHOOL: Team captain for Seven Lakes HS (Texas) ... Texas 6A state qualifier and Region 5-6A finalist ... Has led Seven Lakes to three district titles and one regional championship ... NISCA All-American ... TISCA Academic All-State ... Also swims for Katy Aquatics ... College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program nominee ... National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and National Science Honor Society member ... National Society of High School Scholars member.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior