Career Honors
- Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2021)
- Ohio State Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
- CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2019)
- CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American (2018)
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2021)
2021-22 (Fifth Year)
- Raced NCAA B cuts in the 100 back (46.69) and 200 back (1:44.65)
- Competed in six regular season meets, including the dual win over Michigan
- Earned a personal best 200 IM finish (2:00.09) vs. Denison
2020-21 (Senior)
- Helped contribute 154 points towards the Buckeyes’ third place finish at the Big Ten Championships as a member of the second place 200 Medley Relay and third place 200 Free Relay and competing in the 50 Free, 100 Back and 200 Back
- Swam career best times in the 100 and 200 Back at the conference championships in times of 46.19 and 1:41.81, respectively
2018-19 (Sophomore)
- First leg of the 200 Medley Relay team at the NCAA Championships, finishing 25th with a time of 1:25.83
- Took eighth in the 100 Back at the Big Ten Championships, setting a personal record of 47.00 in the preliminary; also recorded career-best times in the 50 Free (20.05) and the 200 Back (1:44.86)
- Earned a bronze medal as the leadoff leg on the 200 Medley Relay, posting the No. 2 time in school history of 1:24.16; also helped the 400 Medley Relay to a fourth-place finish as the first leg, finishing with a time of 3:06.20 for the No. 2 time in program history
- Finished second in the 100 Back (47.47) and third in the 200 Back (1:47.08) at the Shamrock Invitational
- Placed sixth in the 100 Back with a time of 49.06 at the Ohio State Invitational
- Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 100 Back vs. Alabama
- Led the team in the 200 Back and No. 2 on the team in the 100 Back
2017-18 (Freshman)
- Recorded four career-best times at the Ohio State Winter Invite: 50 Free (20.87), 50 Back (22.38), 100 Back (48.43) and the 200 Back (1:48.62)
- 100 Back time was good for first at the Winter Invite and 200 Back time earned fourth-place
- Finished seventh in the 100 Back with a time of 49.77 at the Shamrock Invitational; also swam in the 50 Free, 50 Back and 200 Back
- Posted a fourth-place finish in the 50 Free vs. Akron and Denison
- Claimed second in the 100 Back (53.47) to open the season vs. Kenyon
Prior to Ohio State
- Swam for two years under head coach Kelly Doner at Granville High School
- Has swam as member of the Ohio State swim club for past two years
- Team captain as a senior in high school
- Placed fourth in the 100 L breaststroke at the 2017 Speedo Champions Series in Columbus with a time of 1:15.45
- Claimed gold in the 50 freestyle (21.16) at the 2017 NASA Junior National Cup
- Captured a pair of golds at the 2016 Speedo East Winter Junior National time trials in the 50 and 100 free
Personal
- Son of Maria and Jim McDermott
- Has three siblings
- Most memorable swimming moment is being given the chance to compete at the Division I level
- Has dreams of working in an emergency room