Dear Empire KC Families, Your EKC Board of Directors is excited to announce the hiring of Thomas Baumann as a fulltime Senior Coach starting in August 2021. As a Senior Coach, Thomas will primarily be working with the Senior group in Missouri while assisting with other groups. Thomas is a well-known and respected coach, as evidenced by some of his accomplishments: Coached four 18 & under Olympic Trials qualifiers, 2019-2021 Silver Medal Club Status as awarded by USA Swimming (2020 and 2021) Coached two 18 & under World 100 Ranking...

ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T junior Andy Huffman (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit) , who has earned All-America awards in seven events this week at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships, was named today as the recipient of the Elite 90 Award for the 2021 season. Huffman, who is majoring in engineering management at Missouri S&T and currently carries a 4.0 grade point average. He was presented with the award during the team awards presentation on Saturday in Birmingham, Ala., and is the first Missouri S&T student-athlete and 17th...