Head Coach Stu Wilson

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1 Head Coach Stu Wilson Stu WILSON Head Coach Fourth Season Georgia, 1989 Stu Wilson, who was named men's and women's swimming and diving head coach on June 8, 2005, enters his fourth season as head coach and seventh overall with the program. In his seven years with the Tech program, Wilson has guided seven different swimmers to the NCAA Championships and tutored three Atlantic Coast Conference champions. Last year, Wilson led the women s team to its highest finish at the NCAA Championship in school history and both the men s and women s teams combined to break 19 school records throughout the course of the season. Seven Yellow Jackets earned All-ACC honors in , while seven student-athletes were named to the ACC All-Academic team. Junior Mickey Malul was an ACC champion in the 100-breast as the men s team finished fourth at the ACC Championships. Three swimmers and two divers went to the NCAA Championships and senior Elizabeth Stowe placed 28th in the mile as the Jackets finished 30th in the nation. Agatha Kwasnik and Noah Copeland also represented Tech along with divers Stephanie England and Hannah Krimm. Sam Morgan ended his career as a twotime All-American in the 1650-yard freestyle and became the first Yellow Jacket to qualify for the NCAA Championship meet in four consecutive seasons under Wilson's guidance. In his first season as head coach in , Wilson led the Jackets to their fourth straight top-five finish in the ACC, tallying a fourth-place finish at the 2006 ACC Championships, in College Park, Md. Tech boasted one ACC champion and Morgan garnered allconference honors in the mile for the second straight season. Wilson helped the Yellow Jacket men to four consecutive top-35 finishes at the NCAA Championships, posting a 33rd-place finish at the 2006 Men's NCAA Championships, hosted by Georgia Tech. Tech sent four swimmers to the 2005 NCAA Championships, the second most in school history, and five of the seven All-America honors earned by Yellow Jackets have come during Wilson's tenure. Former Tech standout Shilo Ayalon and Morgan both garnered All-America honors under Wilson's tutelage. Ayalon holds four school records and was named ACC Most Valuable Performer at the 2003 ACC Championships. In 2006, Rob Miller, Morgan and Elizabeth Stowe all qualified for the NCAA Championships under Wilson's guidance. Morgan won his first ACC title in the men's 1650-yard freestyle and Miller finished fifth. Stowe posted a third-place finish in the women's 1650 free to earn All-ACC honors. All three clocked lifetime-best times in their respective events for Yellow Jackets. Prior to joining the Yellow Jacket staff in 2002, Wilson spent 11 years with nationallyprominent club team Swim Atlanta from , serving as the team's Head Senior Coach for his last four seasons there. In this position, he planned and implemented strength and conditioning programs for swimmers age 13-and-over. He also handled administrative duties, including fundraising, travel arrangements, public relations and record-keeping. He worked as a head age group coach with Swim Atlanta from Wilson coached several successful swimmers at Swim Atlanta, including 2004 U.S. Olympian Amanda Weir, who set national agegroup records (11-12 and 13-14) in the 50 free. Additionally, he mentored swimmers that posted more than 50 national top-16 age-group performances. As an athlete, Wilson competed at the University of Georgia from , reaching the finals of the SEC Championships in the 200 and 500 free in each of his last three seasons. He was an NCAA qualifier in the 400 free relay and held the school record in the 200 free at one time. Wilson also qualified for U.S. Nationals in his final six seasons of competitive swimming. A native of Atlanta, Wilson, 45, graduated from Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in He married the former Meg Gordon in the summer of 2008 and the couple reside in Atlanta. The Wilson File Wife: Meg Birthdate: Sept. 10, 1963 Education: Georgia, 1989 Coaching History 2005-present Georgia Tech Head Coach Georgia Tech Assistant Coach Swim Atlanta Senior Coach Swim Atlanta 44

2 Assistant Coaches John AMES Diving Coach * 8th Year Ohio, 1993 John Ames is in his eighth season as diving coach for the Yellow Jacket swimming and diving program. Last season, he coached Tech s first female diving All-American as then-sophomore Hannah Krimm finished seventh on the three-meter springboard. Krimm was also recognized as a honorable mention All-American on the one-meter board, while then-senior Stephanie England was a honorable mention All-American in the three-meter and platform events. The Tech divers accounted for all 21 of the Jackets total points at the NCAA Championships helping them to a 30th-place finish -- it s highest in program history. At the ACC Championships, Ames led Krimm to a secondplace finish on the one-meter board, while England was second in the platform and third in the three-meter. Krimm, England and then freshman Michele Bertolino all qualified for the NCAA Zone Championship, with Krimm and England moving on to NCAA s in Columbus, Ohio. Under Ames tutelage, Evan Stowers became the first Tech diver to qualify for the NCAA Championships in In the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Stowers again made history by finishing seventh on the men's platform, becoming the first Tech diver to garner All-America honors. In 2007, Stowers returned to the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors for the second consecutive season. At the 2006 ACC Championships, Stowers became just the second GT diver, first under Ames, to win an ACC championship as he captured the men's three-meter springboard. He also became the first diver to earn All-ACC honors on both springboards Besides Stowers, Krimm and England, two other Tech divers have garnered all-conference honors under Ames' guidance. Former men's diving standout Paul McCarty ( ) earned All-ACC honors on the one-meter springboard in 2002, while former diver Tony Burkhardt accomplished that same feat at the '05 ACC Championships. In 2005, the women's diving program took its first steps towards being a force at the ACC Championships, as junior Laurissa Prystaj and England both finaled on the three-meter board, making it the highest scoring event for Tech in women's diving history. The duo of England and Krimm trumped that performance when both Yellow Jacket divers qualified for the finals in all events. The duo then took another step forward when they combined to garner All-ACC in every diving event at the 2008 conference championships, and followed that up with All-American honors. Along with his coaching duties at Tech, Ames also mentors the Atlanta Diving Association, which has quickly become the top United States Diving program in the state of Georgia. This season, his divers won three individual National Championships, while one went on to qualify for Junior World Championships. Hired in August 2001, Ames came to Tech from George Washington University and the Montgomery Dive Club, one of the largest diving programs in the nation. Prior to his stint with Montomery and George Washington, Ames served as an assistant coach with the Northern Virginia Dive Club. He also worked as a graduate assistant and diving coach at Western Illinois University. Ames graduated from Ohio University in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in psychology after completing his collegiate diving career with the Bobcats. He earned a Master of Science degree in sport administration while at Western Illinois. Marty HAMBURGER Assistant Coach * 4th Year Iowa, 1991 Marty Hamburger enters his fourth season as assistant coach at Georgia Tech. Hamburger works with Alumni Relations and is in charge of fundraising while assisting with recruiting. In the pool, he works primarily with the sprint group. Last year, Hemburger saw Mickey Malul set a school record and win the ACC 100-breast title. He was also instrumental in helping Mauricio Sousa set a school record and B cut in the 50-free. Under the guidance of Hamburger, Sousa and Malul were part of the record-setting 200-medley relay team while Sousa, Jacob Kwasnik and Garrett Robberson were part of the record-setting 400-free relay team. Malul was also the 400-medley relay team that set a new school record. Hamburger also coached Lisa Pucci who was part of two record-setting relays (400-medley and 400-free) and two more (200-medley, 200-free) that recorded the second-best times in school history. In , Hamburger helped Ryan Bishop to an All-ACC finish and an NCAA B cut in the 400 IM. He was also instrumental in guiding the group of Jason Bourgeois, Jacob Kwasnik and Mauricio Sousa to the school record in the 200 freestyle relay. During his first season, Hamburger guided Bishop and Alex Williams to NCAA 'B' qualifying standards. Bishop clocked NCAA 'B' cut times in the 200 IM and 400 IM events for the Jackets. He also qualified for the championship finals of the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breaststroke for Tech at the ACC Championships. Williams posted a personal-best and first ever NCAA 'B' standard in the 100 breast at the ACC meet, finishing a career-best fifth in the finals. Hamburger worked with the Dynamo Swim Club from , charged with all aspects of daily operations, administration and marketing for the Masters program. While at Dynamo, Hamburger produced over 100 nationally-ranked, national champion and All-America swimmers, four World record holders and five American record holders. Hamburger's Dynamo Masters led the Georgia Masters team to a National Championship in Along with working with the Dynamo Swim Club, Hamburger also assisted with three-time defending NCAA men's national champion Auburn and its Tiger Masters Swim Camp from He was part of the development of Master swimmers, covering topics of race strategy and developing a successful lifestyle as a competitive athlete. Hamburger has also worked with U.S. Olympic coaches Eddie Reese and Mark Schubert at the Texas Longhorn Swim Camps in Austin, prior to coming to Tech. Hamburger, a native of Fort Dodge, Iowa, graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in He resides in Decatur with his wife, Amanda Johnson and two sons: four-year old Ellis, and one-year old Reese. 45

3 Assistant Coaches Courtney SHEALY HART Assistant Coach * 2nd Year Georgia, 2001 Courtney Shealy Hart, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is now in her second season as assistant coach at Georgia Tech. Hart works primarily with the middle distance free and stroke group. She is also the recruiting coordinator. Under Hart s direction in , Noah Copeland, Agatha Kwasnik and Onur Uras were named All-ACC performers. She coached Copeland and Kwasnik to NCAA A cuts and a spot in the NCAA Championships, while Christine Chuang and Taylor Flynn earned B cuts during the season. Hart spent one season as an assistant coach at North Florida prior to arriving on The Flats. There, she helped guide the team to a fifthplace finish at the Pacific Coast Swimming Conference Championships and led nine individuals to top 16 finishes at the meet. Hart guided one athlete to a top eight finish in the conference championship. Before heading into the coaching scene, Shealy Hart participated in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games for the United States. She took home a pair of gold medals in Sydney, Australia, in the 400-meter medley and 400-meter freestyle relays for the U.S. Hart has also competed on the international scene in the Pan-American Games (1999, 2003), Pan Pacific (2002) and the United States World Cup Teams ( ). At the University of Georgia, Shealy Hart led the Bulldogs to NCAA Team Championships in 1999 and 2000 as well as being named the 2000 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year after capturing individual national titles in the 50m free, 100m free and 100m backstroke. She also captured NCAA titles as a member of the 400m free relay and 400m medley relay teams. She finished her NCAA career with 26 All-America honors, plus two more honorable mention honors, tops in UGA history. Hart also won nine individual Southeastern Conference titles, 10 SEC relay crowns and set five conference records. Hart was named SEC Female Swimmer of the Year in Along with competing in swimming, Hart also played volleyball for the Bulldogs and lettered from She was named team s most valuable player in 1998 and was the first NCAA Division I female student-athlete to compete in two sports on the same day, accomplishing that feat three times at Georgia. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 2001 cum laude with a degree in sports studies/communications, Hart worked as a motivational speaker for the NCAA, Coca-Cola, Healthsouth and Arby s, and served as the director of the Golden West Swim Lessons Program in Huntington Beach, Calif., before heading to North Florida. Hart earned her master s degree from UGA in sports management in A native of Columbia, S.C., Hart, and her husband Justin, reside in Atlanta. Amy McCULLOUGH Assistant Coach * 1st Year Michigan, 2005 Amy McCullough was named Georgia Tech assistant swimming & diving coach on May 28, She spent the last two years as the graduate assistant coach at the University of Connecticut and is a six-time individual Big Ten champion as a student-athlete at the University of Michigan. McCullough works primarily with the Distance and IM groups. She is also in charge of maintaining and ordering equipment and apparel, assisting with recruiting and is the liason between the coaching staff and the academic advisor. For the past two seasons, McCullough was a graduate assistant coach at UConn while she was pursuing her Master's degree in Exercise Science. She was responsible for a number of things including the improvement of the student-athlete's technique through analysis of under- and above water video. She also worked with recruiting and organizing the daily team operations. McCullough also served as the assistant senior coach for the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club in Charlotte, N.C., last summer. There, she assisted Coach Marsh directly in coaching Olympic and National level athletes. She headed the younger senior level training group and implemented a video stroke analysis program for all levels of swimmers. Prior to her time at UConn, McCullough was a National Team Performance Science and Technology Coaching Fellow for USA Swimming in Colorado Springs, Colo. There, she used video software to analyze under- and above water video. She also operated race analysis software at National Championships, the U.S. Open and Grand Prix meets. From 2002 until 2004, McCullough was a swim camp instructor and coach for the Wolverine Swim Camp in Ann Arbor, Mich. Her duties included administering work-outs, giving technique instruction and video-taping. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005 with a B.S. with honors in Movement Science as well as a B.A. with honors Sport Management and Communications. As a member of the UM varsity swim team, McCullough was a six-time individual Big 10 champion, a five-time NCAA All-American and a three-time NCAA Academic All- American. She competed for the U.S. National Team at the 2003 World University Games in Daegu, Korea. 46

4 Georgia Tech Administration Dr. Gary SCHUSTER Interim President * 15th Year Clarkson, 1968 Gary Schuster became interim president of Georgia Tech on July 1, 2008, and will serve in that role until the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia names a permanent president. In addition to his role as interim president, Schuster also serves as provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs and holds the position of professor and Vasser Woolley Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Prior to being named Georgia Tech s provost in 2006, he served as dean of the College of Sciences for twelve years. Schuster is a nationally known scholar and researcher with an extensive list of published articles on topics ranging from biochemistry to physical chemistry, as well as a number of scientific discoveries with commercial applications. His research interests focus on the interaction of light with matter and the investigation of small molecules that bind and cut DNA selectively when irradiated with light. This work has applications to understanding the origin of certain diseases such as cancer and aging. Dan RADAKOVICH Athletic Director * 3rd Year Indiana (Pa.), 1980 Entering his third year as Georgia Tech s Director of Athletics, Dan Radakovich has brought a new vision for excellence to the Yellow Jackets storied athletics tradition. In a relatively short amount of time since arriving in Atlanta, Radakovich has put his mark on Georgia Tech s athletics program. In the academic year, Radakovich earned national praise from his peers with the hiring of football coach Paul Johnson, who had been extremely successful at Navy and previously at Georgia Southern. Yellow Jacket teams enjoyed a solid year in The women s basketball team, emerging as one of the top programs in the South, earned its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The defending NCAA champion women s tennis team returned to the Elite Eight. The baseball team overcame major obstacles to win more than 40 games and advance to the NCAA Tournament. The softball team, another rising program, returned to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh straight year. The football team won seven regular season games and went to a bowl game for the 11th consecutive year. The swimming & diving teams set 19 school records, sent five individuals to the NCAA championships and saw two divers earn All- American honors for the first time in Tech history. The past year was a remarkable one for several individual student-athletes. Sophomore Amanda McDowell, one year after helping lead the women s tennis team to a national crown, won the individual NCAA championship in Tulsa, Okla. McDowell s senior teammate, Kristi Miller, graduated from Tech in the spring with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. She also leaves the Flats as Tech s all-time leader in victories and she earned postgraduate scholarship honors from the ACC and the NCAA. There were other outstanding individual accomplishments in Tashard Choice led the ACC in rushing for the second straight year and was one of three Yellow Jackets taken in the NFL draft. Golfer Chesson Headley was named to the United States Palmer Cup Team. Freshman baseball star Derrick Dietrich earned a spot on the prestigious U.S. National Team. Softball standouts Jen Yee and Caitlin Lever were named to Canada s Olympic softball team. Famata Fofanah qualified for the Olympics in track, representing Guinea. The year was highlighted by Tech s women s tennis team capturing the Institute s first-ever NCAA championship and its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference title. The football team won the ACC Coastal Division and went to its 10th straight bowl game, the men s basketball team earned its third NCAA Tournament bid in four years, the women s basketball team posted its finest season with 21 wins and a berth in the NCAA Tournament, One of Schuster s best-known discoveries is called chemically initiated electron exchange luminescence. It provides the mechanistic basis that allows the understanding of the bioluminescence of the North American firefly. This discovery forms the basis for new clinical diagnostic procedures that have recently been commercialized. Schuster holds a bachelor s degree in chemistry from Clarkson College of Technology and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Rochester. After twenty years in the Chemistry Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he became dean of the College of Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Georgia Tech in He was a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University, a fellow of the Sloan Foundation, and a Guggenheim fellow. He also received the 2006 Charles Holmes Herty Medal recognizing his work and service contributions since his arrival at Georgia Tech. Schuster and his wife, Anita, have two sons, a granddaughter, and a grandson. and the golf team won a share of the ACC title for the second straight year. Outside the competition venues, Radakovich has directed an overhaul of the annual giving and donation structure for Tech athletics, anchored by the new TECH Fund, which establishes minimum giving levels tied to season tickets in various seating areas of Bobby Dodd Stadium and Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Several facility upgrades have been completed, including the transformation of Tech s former football locker room on the ground floor of the Edge Athletic Center into a new Technology Center, which benefits academic support services for all Yellow Jacket student-athletes. A new on-campus softball facility is scheduled for completion in early Named Georgia Tech s Director of Athletics on February 22, 2006, Radakovich possesses nearly two decades of experience in collegiate athletics management positions. He came to Georgia Tech after five years as senior associate athletics director at LSU ( ), and he previously served as the Athletics Director at American University in That followed stints as associate athletics director at South Carolina ( ) and Long Beach State ( ) as well as two years as the athletics business manager at Miami ( ). Just the seventh Director of Athletics in Tech history, Radakovich was named by then Institute President Dr. Wayne Clough to succeed Dave Braine, who retired after nearly nine years in the post. Radakovich also follows in the footsteps of storied names such as John Heisman, Bobby Dodd and Homer Rice. Dan Radakovich brings a unique combination of enthusiasm for sports, concern for student athletes, experience in athletic administration, business experience and communication skills that are needed in today s complex world of intercollegiate athletics, said Dr. Clough. A graduate of Center High School near Aliquippa, Pa., and a member of its Alumni Hall of Fame, Radakovich, 50, became a football letterwinner and student coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1980 with a bachelor of science degree in finance. He was enshrined into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame earlier this year. Radakovich added a master s degree in business administration from Miami in He also completed the Sports Management Institute s executive education program in He is married to the former Marcie McDonald, and the couple has two children, Christian, 18, and Grant, 14. Christian is a freshman at Georgia Tech. 47

5 Support Staff Theresa WENZEL Will CONLON Sr. Women s Administrator Marquette, 1991 Athletic Trainer High Point, 2008 Theresa Wenzel enters her third season as the Senior Woman Administrator at Georgia Tech and was recently promoted to Associate Director of Athletics. She oversees women's basketball, volleyball, softball, golf, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track & field, men's and women's cross country and the men's and women's swimming & diving teams in her role. Wenzel is the athletic department non-academic liaison to the Office of Affairs. She is also a member of various committees including the Georgia Tech Women's Resource Center Advisory Board, the Title IX Compliance Committee, the GTAA Compliance and Equity Committee, the NCAA Athletic Certification Steering Committee. Wenzel also serves on the ACC Athlete Welfare Committee, the ACC Women's Basketball Committee, ACC Softball Committee and the ACC Women s Tennis Committee. For her hard work, Wenzel was recognized by the United States Postal Service with the Sports Award at the 2008 "Women Putting their Stamp on Atlanta Luncheon". Wenzel possesses a wide range of experience in athletic administration and coaching. She joined the Georgia Tech Athletic Association staff in October of 2005 after an eight-year stint at Siena College (N.Y.), where she served as Assistant and then Associate Athletics Director of business operations while also coaching the women's golf team. While at Siena, Wenzel served one year as the school's intramural director and assistant facilities director before being named Assistant Athletic Director for business operations and head women's golf coach in In seven seasons as head golf coach, Wenzel led the Saints to five consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles from She relinquished her coaching duties following the 2005 season when she was promoted to Associate Athletics Director. Prior to her time at Siena, Wenzel spent three years ( ) as an assistant women's basketball coach at Canisus College in Buffalo, N.Y., and she also served an internship with the National Invitational Tournament. A basketball letterwinner at Marquette University, Wenzel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Marquette in She added a master's degree in sport administration from Canisius in Tonya Simpson Volunteer Assistant 48 Will Conlon begins his first season as a graduate assistant trainer at Georgia Tech and will work with the swimming and diving teams. Conlon comes to Atlanta from High Point University where he earned a bachelor s degree in Athletic Training earlier this year, At High Point, Conlon was a student athletic trainer. His duties included practice and game coverage, emergency care of athletes, evaluation of athletic injuries, treatment and rehabilitation, athletic training room maintenance and administration for the teams he covered. He has worked with the men s basketball, men s lacrosse, women s soccer and men s soccer teams at High Point. Conlon has also had internships with the Carolina Panthers and Greensboro Youth Soccer Association. Courtney DENNIS Team Manager Courtney Dennis enters her second season as team manager for the men s and women s swimming and diving teams. Dennis, a native of Spartunburg, S.C., was a member of her the Dorman High School swim team, as well as team captain her senior season. She also swam for the YSSC for ll years. This past summer, Dennis coached a Spartanburg summer league swim team. Born on April 29, 1989, the Georgia Tech sophomore intends to major in polymer and fiber engineering. Ethan SHAPIRO Director of Operations Georgia Tech, 2001 Ethan Shapiro enters his eighth year at Georgia Tech and his fifth as Director of Operations for the men s and women s swimming and diving teams. Prior to working at this position, Shapiro was a graduate assistant for the men s basketball team from He earned a master s degree in sports administration from Georgia State Univesity in 04. A native of Newton, Mass., Shapiro earned a bachelor of science degree in management from Georgia Tech in 01 and was a manager for the men s basketball team for two-plus seasons. He and his wife, the former Carrie Haskin, have a two-year-old son, Cameron. Jason Seth Gerard Benguche Assistant Sports Strength Coach Information Director Leah Moore Thomas Nutritionist Onur Uras Stephanie England Amanda Gannon Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach