2022-23: Made his mark immediately on the program as a rookie ... named Valpo Athletics Male Newcomer of the Year at the ARC Awards ... moved onto Valpo’s all-time top-10 charts in six different individual events, highlighted by a school-record time of 1:52.97 in the 200 IM ... ranks third in program history in the 100 IM (52.66) and the 400 IM (4:03.71), fifth in the 200 back (1:55.18), seventh in the 100 back (52.67) and 10^th in the 200 free (1:44.46) ... finished in 16^th place at the MAC Championships in the 400 IM ... ranked among team’s top three swimmers in 11 individual events: first in the 200 back, 100 IM, 200 IM and 400 IM; second in the 100 free (47.39), 200 free, 50 breast (27.47) and 100 breast (59.12); and third in the 50 free (21.78), 50 back (25.12) and 100 back ... named MAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week Oct. 26, the first award of the season which covered Valpo’s first three meets ... debuted in Oct. 1 dual meet win at Southern Indiana with three individual event wins, including cracking Valpo’s record book in the 200 back ... cracked record book in the 200 IM in Oct. 14 dual meet versus Evansville ... repeated as MAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week Nov. 4 after winning the 100 breast and finishing second in the 100 free in a dual meet against Green Bay ... one of just two Valpo swimmers in the last 15 years to earn multiple Swimmer of the Week nods in the same season.

Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Cadets ... swam at states all four years ... posted top times of 46.35 in the 100 free, 58.73 in the 100 breast, 1:53.89 in the 200 IM and 4:04.08 in the 400 IM ... swam club for Delta Aquatics (10 years) and Academy Bullets (1 year).

Personal: Son of Kultra and Brian Oostman ... major is business.