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“Coach Wylam’s ability to build
camaraderie in a new team, push her
athletes to their peak, and inspire them
to swim fast at every meet was amazing
to witness every day in the pool…”
standing,” she says. “Based on what I’d seen that day from the other Swim Team 2014–15 Season Highlights
teams, I told them they needed to shave off three seconds. They ended
up dropping three and a half seconds, set a school record, and finished • At the UAA Championships in February, the men’s team
in the top 15. They shocked themselves and were thrilled with what broke two school records and posted two NCAA provisional
they had achieved.” qualifying times.
The University’s approach to sports and academics resonates with • One veteran and two first-year students from the men’s team
Wylam, who swam D I and coached at both D I and D III schools, were selected as Liberty League Athletes of the Week.
including her last stint at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.
She enjoys coaching D III athletes because they get to have the full • The women’s team capped the 2015 NCAA Division III
collegiate experience. Many study abroad, belong to fraternities Championships with a school record and three honorable
and sororities, engage in clubs, conduct research, serve as teaching mention All-American honors.
assistants, and more. “These students do it all, and they do it all really
well,”Wylam adds. • Fifteen members—more than any other sport on campus—
of the women’s team and four from the men’s team were
They are all smart and curious, too. “If I ask them to do something, they honorees on both the UAA and Liberty League All-Academic
don’t just do it,” she says. “They ask why. That inquisitiveness makes teams.
them better swimmers and better learners all around. It’s a unique
privilege to work with them all—they are the reason I am here.” • Eight women and two men were named as College Swim
Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-
Americans. The women’s team was also named a CSCAA
Scholar All-America Team.
