Mike McCauley
Head Coach
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Head Coach Mike
McCauley’s governing philosophy - "Success is that
emotion you get to have when you’ve given all that you
have. It is spiritual in nature, defining in character, and
most importantly...it is inspiring for the rest of your
life."
Coach Mike started swimming on the island of Guam
where he was born and raised until the age of 16. He
represented Guam in international competitions such as the Hong
Kong Invite, Japan Open, Kamehameha Invitational in Hawaii,
Micronesian Games on Guam, Saipan Ocean Swim, and South Pacific
International Games in Tahiti.
Coach Mike started as a head coach at the age of 18 with The
Woodlands Waves. After 4 years and a 500-member swim team later, he
began coaching with USAS swim team, The Woodlands Swim Team (TWST).
As an Age Group coach with TWST for 5 years, Coach Mike
coached many TAGS qualifiers, TAGS champions and TAGS record
holders, as well as Junior National qualifiers. He then
became the Head Coach for Oak Ridge High School for 5 years, where
he was fortunate to coach Junior/Senior National qualifiers, 4
state champions, 3 All Americans, and 2 All American relays.
During his time with ORHS, he was voted District and Region
Coach of the Year for 2003 and 2004. While coaching for ORHS, he
simultaneously coached the Kleinwood Dolphins for 3 fun filled
years.
In 2006, Coach Mike became the Head Coach
for New Wave Aquatics. When New Wave Aquatics and Klein
Aquatics merged together in the Spring of 2007, Coach
Mike became Head Coach of the new team, Premier Aquatics
(PACK).
Recently, Coach Mike has become certified as an ASCA
Level 4 Coach, and has coached PACK Swimmers to TAGS,
Sectionals, NCSA Junior Nationals, Speedo Summer Junior
Nationals, Short Course Nationals, US Open, and Olympic Trials
qualifications.
Coach Mike has his B.S. in Mathematics with a Minor in Secondary
Education from Sam Houston State University. He currently lives in
Magnolia, and coaches at the Spring Creek Oak pool
with the National and Pre National programs.
If you would like to contact Coach Mike please send him an
e-mail by using the above email address or give him a
call at 832-771-SWIM(7946).
Shane McCauley
Head Age Group Coach
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Coach Shane McCauley joined
our program as Head Age Group Coach in 2004. His responsibilities
include coaching the Junior Group at the Spring Creek Oaks pool and
overseeing the entire age group program at Premier Aquatics. His
swimmers have set TAGS records, and many have achieved Top 16 times
as well as Junior National, Senior National, and even Olympic Trial
cuts.
Coach
Shane was awarded 2008 ASCA Age Group Coach of
the Year for Gulf
Swimming. Click
HERE to read article featured
in swimnetwork.com.
Coach
Shane grew up in Guam where he swam as both an age group and high
school swimmer. In 1992, he was chosen for the Guam Olympic
Swim Team as a distance swimmer. He attended Morehead State
(Division I) in Kentucky and was chosen Team Captain by his junior
year.
Coach
Shane is a Social Studies teacher at Caney Creek High
School. He has over 10 years of USA Swimming coaching
experience and is ranked as an ASCA Level 4 coach. He started his
coaching experience with The Waves, a summer league swim team, in
South Montgomery County from 1996 - 2000.
Coach
Shane and his wife Leslie live in the Magnolia area with their
child Meghan.
If you
would like to contact Coach Shane please send him an e-mail
using the above email address or give him a call at
281-924-5815.
Kimberlee Slaughter
Klein HS - Advanced & Gold
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Coach Kimberlee Slaughter has been
involved with swimming almost her entire life. In elementary school
she began swimming competitively for an AAU team, the Burford Swim
Club, in Arlington, Texas. At 15 Kimberlee realized she had such a
love and passion for swimming that she began teaching young
children to swim. She has been teaching babies, children, and
adults to swim for more than 30 years.
After
moving to Spring, over 9 years ago. Coach
Kimberlee became involved with 3 of her 4 children in summer
league swimming. Very soon she was asked to assist with the younger
age-group swimmers as an assistant coach. Kimberlee helped start-up
and coach the Glennloch Farms Gators from 2001-2003. She is
currently one of the coaches for her neighborhood,
the Memorial Northwest Marlins swim team. This will be Coach
Kimberlee’s 3rd year with Premier Aquatics and she looks
forward to being able to bring her motivation, enthusiasm, and
passion for swimming to Klein High School where she will be
the lead coach for the Gold and Advanced
Programs.
When not
at the pool, Kimberlee teaches school at Abercrombie Academy where
she is a 4th grade teacher and, also, the Math teacher for all of
the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.
If you
would like to contact Coach Kimberlee, please send her an e-mail
using the above email address.
Christine Ayers
Klein HS - Silver, Bronze & Copper
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Coach Christine
Ayers has been involved with swimming since the age of
4. When she moved to Houston at the age of 6, she joined her
neighborhood summer league team and swam with the same team for 11
years. At age 9, she joined ATEX and also swam for SST until
the age of 14, learning to appreciate the training and competition
involved with swimming. She also swam for Klein High School
for 3 1/2 years.
Coach Christine coached for the
Candlelight Hills summer league team from 2002 - 2005. She
enjoyed working with children of all ages and experiencing swimming
from the coach’s point of view. She also coached for
Aggie Swim Club in College Station, working with the novice
swimmers while getting her Psychology degree at Texas
A&M.
Christine is excited to coach for
PACK again this year. She coaches the silver, bronze, and copper
groups at Klein High School.
If you would like to contact Coach
Christine, please send her an e-mail using the above email address
or 832-248-9950.
Tamra Parcher
Klein HS Assistant
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My name is Coach Tamra Parcher, and I am proud
to say that this is my second year with Premier Aquatics. I
will be assisting at the Klein High School Pool for the second
time. With PACK, I have coached at Klein Collins, Klein High, Klein
Oak and Spring Creek Forest. The groups I have assisted with
are Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Advanced, and
Juniors.
Before I started coaching with PACK, I swam for
the Londonderry Lightening Bolts summer leauge team from
2000-2008. I have recived numerous medals, trophies and
awards. The Bob Wiebie Award, Hardest Worker, and Most Improved are
just to name a few.
I graduated from Klein Oak High School in 2008.
I swam as a Panther from 2005-2008. I participated as Junior
Varsity my sophomore year, then moved into Varsity my Junior and
Senior years.
My college is a on going event. I attended Lone
Star College-Montgomery for a full term to get some of my basic
core classes. This summer, I got accepted into Sam Houston State
University, where I will be attending in the Spring Semester.
I’m a Musical Theatre Major with a Minor in
Education.
I am extremely excited to coach for this
season!
""The only way of finding the limits of the
possible, is by going beyond them into the impossible."-Arthur C.
Clarke
If you would like to contact Coach
Tamra, please email using the above email address.
Joe Chirdo
Klein Collins - Gold & Bronze
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Coach Joe
Chirdo
grew up in the Spring area where he graduated
from Klein Oak High School in 2005. He joined the Marine Corps in
January 2007, where he graduated as a machine gunner in the
infantry. Immediately after his completion of training he was sent
to Iraq for 8 months. As of now he only has 4 more years on his
contract with the Marines.
Joe began swimming when he was six with the
Bridgestone Blue Dolphins and has been in love with the sport ever
since. He started his coaching career by doing swim lessons for
K.O.A.S.T. in 2004 and became a bronze coach with Klein Aquatics in
2005. He started this season off as Coach Kimberlee’s
assistant at Klein High School coaching the Advanced and Gold
groups, then moved to Klein Collins to lead the Bronze and Gold
groups.
If you would like to contact Coach
Joe, please send him an email using the above email
address.
Lisa Saheb
Klein Collins - Silver & Copper
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Coach Lisa Saheb begins
her fourth year with PACK swimming this fall. She was born and
raised in Oklahoma, living there until her 5th grade year. After
her family moved to Bakersfield, CA, she went from swim lessons to
swim team right away. Her coach said she was a natural! She swam
for GEST (a club team in Bakersfield) from 6th grade through her
junior year. Lisa was also one of the few freshmen to make the
varsity team in high school, often spending over 5 hours a day in
the water. She spent several years during her swimming career
coping with shoulder injuries and physical therapy. After moving to
The Woodlands her senior year of high school, she joined the swim
team, but was only able to compete for half of the season, before
being forced to leave the competitive side of the sport due to
injury.
She began
teaching lessons during college, and after getting her degree in
Education, she also coached with the Timberlane Tigersharks –
a summer league team – for three years prior to coaching with
PACK. Lisa is in her 8th year of teaching elementary
school. She currently teaches 4th grade at Northampton
Elementary in KISD.
Lisa feels
very lucky to be teaching at a wonderful school, and still have the
opportunity to be involved in swimming. Though she will never be
able to swim competitively again, she is thankful to have the
opportunity to share her love and knowledge of swimming daily with
young swimmers.
If you would like to contact Coach Lisa, please email her at the
above email address.
Miree Edman
Klein Collins - Copper & Assistant
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Coach Miree
Edman began swimming
when she was 3 years old with her neighborhood swim team, the
Wimbledon Killer Whales. She swam with them until she was
18 and earned her 15 year pin along with several
High
Point
and Record Holder awards. Thanks to a very dedicated
summer league coach, Miree was introduced to ATEX at the age of 10
and then swam for HEAT. Swimming year-round taught her
not only teamwork, but time management and dedication skills which
have proven to be quite important over the years.
Coach Miree coached for the
Londonderry Lightning Bolts, Raveneaux Racers, Wimbledon Killer
Whales, and at
Cy-Woods
High
School
before being offered the opportunity
to join the PACK family this fall. She is currently teaching at
Smith Middle School in Cy-Fair ISD and is looking forward to a
great swim season!
If you would like to contact Coach
Miree, please email her at the above email address.
Jim Svoboda
Klein Forest - Sr, HS, Adv & Gold
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Coach
Jim Svododa is from Lubbock, Texas, where he grew up and
attended Lubbock High School and graduated in 1996. He also
attended Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
(1996-1998), and recently graduated from the University
of Houston, with a Bachelor of Science in
Kinesiology.
Coach Jim has been swimming since he was 11, first
for Lubbock Swim Club, where he was a TAGS Champion and Junior
National Qualifier. He swam for Lubbock High where he was All-State
his junior and senior years. He then swam for Henderson State
University, and was a school and conference record holder (200Fr,
400IM, 1650Fr).
During his career as
a coach, Jim has coached for Deer Park Swim Club (99-02), At DPSC
he was an assistant coach and head coach; Southeast Texas Aqua
Racers (02-04), was the assistant senior coach and helped with
junior and national qualifiers. He was instrumental in the merger
of STAR with Bay Area Aquanauts to form AquaStar (04-05), and then
moved to New Wave Aquatics (05-06). He is currently a lead coach
for PACK at the Klein Forest pool. He is also the Head Swim Coach at Chavez High School in
HISD, where he teaches Phyiscal eduaction as well.
If you would like to
contact Coach Jim, please send him an e-mail using the above email
address or give him a call at 281-788-5615.
Kayla Stambaugh
Klein Forest - Silver & Bronze
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Coach
Kayla Stambaugh was born and raised in
Houston, Texas. She is excited to join PACK. Prior
to becoming one of our newest Age Group Coaches, Kayla was a
former Assistant Coach for the Rolling Fork Gators,
as well as an Age Group Coach for Lone Star Swim
Team.
Coach Kayla began swimming
summer league and was committed to water polo year-round.
During her high school years, she was a varsity member of
both the Swim Team and the Water Polo Team. During her
stint at Jersey Village High School, she represented the
Houston Area as a member to the Water Polo Jr Olympics in 2002 and
2005.
Coach Kayla is currently
enrolled at Lone Star College and is pursuing a double degree
in Education and possilby Sports Medicine. Meanwhile,
she is realizing another one of her dreams--- of being a Coach as a
member of the PACK Coaching
Staff.
On most weekends, Coach
Kayla can be found engaged in numerous water and land sports,
visiting friends, or at a swim
meet.
If you would like to contact Coach Kayla, please email her at the
above email address.
Kyle Subda
Klein Oak - All Groups
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Coach Kyle Subda has been a Varsity
Coach for 27 years and a Teacher for 25 years. Kyle is the
Head Coach of the Klein Oak High School swim team. In
2007, he was voted by his peers as UIL District 19-5A Girls Coach
of the year. He is also a USA swimming Coach for PACK with
the Advanced and Senior groups at Klein Oak High School. In
the summer, Kyle is also the Gleannloch Gators subdivision Head
Coach a team of 300 swimmers from 4 to 18 years of
age.
Kyle and his wife Kelly have 5 boys. Travis (20),
received a swimming scholarship to Hiram University in Ohio
and is now a Captain of the swim team and is in his Junior
year. Kyle (17) senior, and Dylan (16) junior and Brian
(14) freshman, all attend Klein Collins High School. Aidan
(5), VERY SPOILED!
If you would like to contact Coach Kyle, please send him
an e-mail using the above email address.
Scott Williams
Klein Oak - All Groups
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Coach Scott Williams grew up
in
Baton Rouge
,
Louisiana
where he graduated from
Baton
Rouge
Magnet
High
School
in
1989. He began
swimming when he was 6 with the Bengal Tiger Aquatic
Club. He started his coaching career by doing swim lessons for
a local Country Club in 1987. He coached summer league and with
BTAC while attending LSU. He moved to
Texas
in
2001 to teach Science at Wunderlich and coach their swim
team. He is
an assistant coach and chemistry teacher at Klein Oak
High presently. He started coaching with Premier
Aquatics in 2009. He is coaching Advanced,
High School and copper groups at Klein Oak High School.
If you would like to
contact Coach Scott, please send him an email using the above email
address.
Germaine Rosenkranz
Spring Creek Oaks -High School
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Coach
Germaine Rosenkranz began her swimming career
in
Findlay
,
Ohio
at
a local country club summer swim league. During high school in
Ohio, she was a regional and state
qualifier. Before
her junior year in high school, her family moved to
Dallas,
Texas
, where she swim for J.J. Pearce High
School and the USS Team, City of Richardosn (COR). While
in Dallas, she was a State and Junior Nationals
qualifier. She swam on scholarship at Saint Louis University
(Div 1) and set multiple school records.
Germaine is a Registered Occupational Therapist and has worked in
the
Houston
area for the past 11 years. She organized a master’s
swim group in the Spring Creek Oaks neighborhood this past summer
and began training/competing in local triathlons. When she is not coaching,
Germaine keeps busy with her four children and her husband. She looks forward to many
fun seasons with Premier Aquatics.
Rick Mills
Spring High School Location Head Coach
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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Lyne Martin
Team Administrator
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Lyne has
been involved in swimming since 1997, when her daughter, Kathryn
started swimming with a NWAL summer league team, shortly followed
by Allison the next year, and then Matthew in 2003. She served in various board
positions on their summer league team, including Treasurer,
Vice-President and President. In 2001, her children started
swimming year-round with ATEX, until ATEX and HEAT merged to form
New Wave Aquatics in 2003. Lyne served on the 1st
board of the new team, New Wave Aquatics, for a short time as Pool
Communication Rep and then as Treasurer for the next 3 years, until
the Spring of 2006. In
the fall of 2006, she started working for New Wave part-time as the
Team Administrator.
When New Wave and Klein Aquatics merged in the spring of 2007, she
then became the full-time Team Administrator for the new team,
Premier Aquatics (PACK).
Lyne
graduated from Texas A&M with a BBA in Accounting and became
certified as a CPA shortly after graduating. She worked for the public
accounting firm, Deloitte, Haskins and Sells in auditing for
several years, and then went to work in gas accounting for one of
her oil & gas clients, Tejas Gas, before retiring to be a
full-time Mom after her 1st child was born. She has served in numerous
volunteer and board positions with PTO, High School Swim Team
Booster Club, Girl Scouts, NCL and other community service
organizations.
Board of
Directors
Kym Hoffpauir
President
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Kym has served
on the PACK Board since the Fall of 2008, and his family has been
involved with PACK swimming since 2001. He and his wife
have three children, two of which are age group swimmers with
PACK. Kym enjoys lap swimming and running for exercise,
and many other outdoor activities including camping and
motorcycles. He also serves on the Pool Committee
for his subdivision HOA, and is an active Boy Scout leader in the
Spring area. Kym graduated from McNeese State University with
a B.S. degree in Engineering, and is presently employed in
IT with Hewlett-Packard.
Matt Sale
Vice-President
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Matt has been involved with swimming for several
years after moving to Houston from Australia. In 2001 his
oldest son, Oliver, began compettive neighborhood swimming with
NWAL, shortly followed by Harry in 2002. In 2005 both Oliver
and Harry began year round USA Swimming for New Wave Aquatics,
where they remain to this day with PACK. Matt now has sevearl
years officiating experience and is currently a Referee with both
NWAL and TISCA and is Nationally Certified as a Starter with Gulf
Swimming while at the same time training as a Referee. Matt
is currently in his second year as President with an NWAL
neighborhood swim team and also is a certified NWAL trainer
and Training & Certification committee member.
Matt currently works for Baker Hughes as a
Senior Director. Matt and his wife Bobbie have been married
25 years, they ave 3 children: Oliver 14, Harry 12 and Hannah
6.
Ron Lusk
Treasurer
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Ron’s
involvement with swimming began when daughter Audrey (now 16)
joined Summer League swimming in 1999. She began swimming year
round in 2000. Since
that time, through 2 mergers he has been with Premier Aquatics or
its predecessors HEAT & New Wave. Ron was elected to the Board as
Treasurer in 2007. He is also a certified swimming official for
USA, TISCA and NWAL. Beyond Premier, Ron is a CPA. He graduated
from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos TX in 1985. He
works for a Medical Practice Management company that does not do
public accounting. He has worked at MDM since 1986. His wife Darlene works for Baker
Botts LLP, a worldwide law firm based in Houston, as Human Resources Coordinator. Ron is from a
little West Texas town that you never heard of, Tahoka. Darlene is
originally from New Orleans. Darlene and Ron have been married
since 1992 and Audrey is their only child.
Sandi Genrich
Secretary
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Sandi has been a Premier Aquatics parent
since 2005 when her girls, Amy and Elizabeth, who are both now 12,
began year round swimming after a great experience in summer
league. She and her husband, Doug, have been active volunteers in
both NWAL and PACK.
Sandi graduated from
the University of Oklahoma with a degree in petroleum engineering
and also has an MBA from Texas Christian University. She currently works in the
international reserves group at
Apache
Corporation. Doug, also a petroleum engineer,
works at El Paso as their South Texas Drilling Manager. Doug and Sandi have been married
since 1990 and moved to Houston in 2001. This is Sandi’s first year
on the board as an at large member. She also serves on the
club development committee.
Julie Baker
At Large - Position 1
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Julie has been
involved in competitive swimming as a swimmer, parent, volunteer,
and official at various levels – AAU/USA, high school,
college, Masters, triathlons, and summer league. She graduated from the University
of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She has held many volunteer
Board positions in nursing, community service organizations,
scouts, PTO, and recreational sports. This year is Julie’s
second year on the Premier Aquatics Board. She has 2 children on the team
– Duggan (17) and Kaeli (14). She and her husband, Dee, will
celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary this
June.
Maryanne Merlock
At Large - Position 2
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Maryanne has
had the pleasure of being involved with swimming since her
daughter, Kate, joined their neighborhood team in 2004. In 2005, Kate joined Klein
Aquatics and has continued to swim with PACK. Maryanne also has a son who swam
with PACK during the 2008-2009 season. Maryanne is currently a member of
the PACK Apparel Committee where she has reviewed vendor proposals,
facilitated apparel orders and coordinated the distribution of team
shirts. She continues
to serve PACK in this capacity.
Maryanne is a
graduate of
Louisiana
State
University
.
She is a Division Order Analyst and is currently employed by Devon
Energy Corporation.
Maryanne and her husband Tim have two children; Kate and
Sean.
Jeff Clary
At Large - Posiiton 3
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Jeff has been involved as a parent in organized swimming since
1998. He has assumed
many roles, from president of a neighborhood swim team and
president of the high school swim booster club all the way down to
the most menial activities that help make a swim team
successful. But
Jeff’s perspective with PACK is unique as he now plays the
role of a parent whose son has completed the program to the highest
level and has moved on to college swimming. Jeff’s experiences with
young people extend far beyond PACK and include teaching eighth
grade, working with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts as well as
numerous other activities. Jeff’s perspective on the
board is tempered by a view that swimming is about kids and helping
them grow and that growth extends far beyond the
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