Michael Bryan had lost his roster spot after one season as a walk-on for Wichita State and he didn’t even know it.
Bryan redshirted the year prior and competed in six meets as a walk-on, but WSU no longer had space for him on their roster.
“He was cut without him even knowing but it worked out where we could fit him onto the roster so he kind of got added back on without him really knowing he was off of it,” Assistant Coach John Hetzendorf said. “To go from a guy that was kind of cut from the team to top-five in the NCAA, it’s kind of crazy.