Coaches & Directors

Kevin Wang

Head Coach

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Personal Information

• Age 27; Married to Serena, father of Lily Wang
• B.A. Religion, Whitworth University 2004

Coaching Information

• 20 years in competitive swimming
  • Began swimming at age 7
  • 21 Time All-American
  • Two NCAA Titles in the 400 IM
  • Held the NCAA DIII Record in the 400 IM
  • 4 years at Whitworth University (NCAA Division III)
• 12 years coaching experience
  • 2 Years Swim America Instructor
  • 2 years with Princeton Community Park (summers only)
  • Issaquah Swim Team assistant for 1 year
  • 5 yeas Head Distance Coach for Whitworth University
  • 2 Years Head Coach Spokane Waves Aquatic Team
• Lifetime Member of American Swim Coaches Association
  • Level 4 Certified
• Directly Coached:
  • 7 NCAA All Americans
  • 1 Junior National Qualifier
  • Multiple Western Zone, Senior Sectional, and Age Group Sectional Champions/Finalists

Kevin Eddy

Head Age Group Coach

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Personal Information

• Age 28; Married to Amy, son Noah, twin daughters Kate and Glory
• B.A. History, Whitworth University 2004
• Hobbies include swimming, reading, gardening, and spending time with family

Coaching Information

• 16 years in competitive swimming
  • Began swimming at age 12
  • 1 year at Seattle University (NAIA)
  • 3 years at Whitworth University (NCAA Division III)
• 10 years coaching experience
  • Lewis-Clark Neptunes -- 4 years (summers only)
  • Moscow High School -- 1 year (Boys 1st at Idaho State, Girls 4th)
  • Gold Medal Swim Club -- 1 year (Assistant Senior Coach)
  • StingRay Swim Club -- 2 years (Assistant Senior Coach)
  • Spokane Waves Aquatic Team -- 2 years (Head Age Group Coach)
• Lifetime Member of American Swim Coaches Association
  • Level 3 Certified
• Directly Coached:
  • 3 Junior National Qualifiers
  • Multiple National Top 16 Times
  • Multiple Western Zone, Senior Sectional, and Age Group Sectional Qualifiers
  • Multiple PNS and IES Championship Champions and Finalists

Ariana E Augustinas

Assistant Coach - Age Group & Ripples

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Personal Information:

Age 22. Currently a senior at Whitworth University pursuing a B.A. in Elementary Education with a concentration on English Literature/ Language Arts and a minor in Reading.

Swimming/ Coaching Experience:

6 years competitive swimming experiance.

4th year as an assistant coach for The Spokane Waves.

Rory Buck

Assistant Coach - Age Group & Ripples

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Personal Information

• Age 22; Currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts in Business Management as well as Health Fitness and Physical Education and a Minor in Leadership studies.
  

Swimming Information

• 8 years in competitive swimming

• Malawi National Swimming Team member - Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002

• National Swimming Team Squad selected to represent Malawi at the 2006

• Commonwealth Games to be held in Melbourne in March 2006.

• Hold 11 Malawi National Swimming Records

• Malawi Junior National Team Captain 2004 & 2005

• 20^th In the 200 Breastroke and 30^th in the 100 Breastroke at South African Olympic Trails 2008

• 2009 NCAA All-American (Honorable mention)

• 2009 Academic All-American

• Hold the Whitworth University 100 & 200 Yard Breastroke records 

Coaching Qualifications

• FINA Level 1 and Level 2 Swim Coaches Certifications

CoachingExperience:

• Namib Swimming Academy (Namibia) - Senior Coach from 2007 – August 2008

• Ryan Skinner Swimming Academy (South Africa) - Assistant Coach from September 2005 – July 2007

• Lyani Swimming Club (Malawi) - Assistant Coach from January 2003 – 2005

• Selected as Namibian Junior National Coach to the Junior African Championship 2007 in Cairo Egypt. 

Christina Hinkel

Assistant Coach - Ripples

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Quinton S Darling

Assistant Coach - Ripples

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