Zach is the Head Coach of the Lawrence Aquahawks and
has the responsibility of overseeing the entire Aquahawks program.
His primary swimming group is the Senior
group.
Zach grew up in Columbia, Missouri swimming for both
the Columbia Swim Club and Hickman High School. As a high school
swimmer Zach was Missouri All-State, Missouri All-State Honorable
Mention, 200 Free Relay school record holder, and a NISCA High
School All-American Consideration. Following High School Zach
attended the University of South Dakota. At USD Zach was a 4 year
letterman, part of the NCC Championship Team in 1999, and in 2000
was ranked 18th nationally in the 200 Breaststroke in
D-II swimming. Zach earned a B.S. in Special Education and Physical
Education and a Master of Arts degree in Special Education from
USD. Zach is also ABD towards completion of a Doctor of
Education.
Zach began coaching a small swim club in Sioux City,
Iowa in 2002-2003. Zach left for Cottage Grove, MN and resumed his
coaching career in 2004 at Park High School where he remained as an
assistant and eventual head coach before leaving in 2008. At the
same time Zach also coached with the Southeast Metro Sharks Swim
Club as an assistant from 2005-2008. During this time Zach coached
swimmers to State, Zones, Speedo Sectionals, and Junior
Nationals.
In 2008 Zach moved to South Dakota and to the Rapid
City Racers. As the Racers Head Coach Zach’s swimmers enjoyed
numerous successes in the pool including qualifying for State,
Zones, Sectionals, NCSA & Speedo Junior Nationals, Senior
Nationals, US Open and World Championship Trials. Over 25 of these
swims were SD Swimming LSC records as well as team
records.
Zach was also a Special Education Teacher for 6
½ years while coaching part-time. He has taught in grades
9-12 at Rapid City Central, grades 10-12 at Park High School, and
grades 7-9 at Oltman Junior High School.
Zach resides in Lawrence with his wife Rachael and
his children Averie, Aaron, and Addison.
Office Hours: Tuesday--Thursday 11am-2:00pm // Monday and
Friday are by appointment pending swim meets
Trevor was an All-American swimmer at John
Brown University. He has Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education
from JBU, and has done some graduate work in Special Education. He
started his coaching career in 1990 as an Assistant with the Siloam
Flyers and has been the Head Coach for the Valparaiso Swim Club in
Indiana, Cape Girardeau Swim Club in Missouri, a swim team in the
US Virgin Islands, Pittsburg YMCA, and most recently the Wichita
YMCA Neptune’s. Trevor has produced numerous Zone qualifiers,
high school State Champions, and Jr. & Sr. National qualifiers.
Trevor has been on the Zones, All-Stars, and the Missouri Valley
Zone Camp staff many times over his coaching
career.
Ashley "Robi" Robinson comes to the Lawerence Aquahawks as a
former KU and Aquahawk swimmer. Robi swam for the Aquahawks for her
entire swimming career. She continues to hold a number of team
records for the Aquahawks, was a Junior National, US Open, and
Senior National qualifier while she was swimming with the
Aquahawks. Before she retired in 2007 she swam for 2 years at KU
and was a Big 12 finalist and NCAA qualifier.
Emily comes to the Lawerence Aquahawks with a successful
swimming background. She has 5 summers of coaching experience with
the Saybrook Swim Club in the Chicago, IL area . Emily swam for the
University of Kansas for 4 years where she most recently has been a
school record holder on a couple of relays, named an Academic
All-American, and on the Big 12 Academic Honor Roll.
Amanda comes to the Lawerence Aquahawks from West Union, IA. She
was a high school swimmer for 4 years and has experience in giving
private swimming lessons. life guarding, and was most recently the
Head Coach for the West Union Summer Swim Team.
Claudine is a lifelong Lawrence Aquahawk. Claudine swam competitively for 11 years for the Lawrence
Aquahawks, and for two years on the Lawrence Sharks, the
city’s master swim team. Claudine has over 20 years of
coaching and swimming experience. She has coached for the Lawrence
Aquahawks, Masters for the Sharks, and at Free State High School
for the Boys Swim Team. She also have a degree from the
University of Kansas in Early Childhood Development. Claudine also
runs Claudine's
Private Swim here in Lawrence.
