Coaches and Directors
Coach David Sokolofsky has grown up in the Wilmington swimming community. As an age group swimmer for the Waves of Wilmington, David was a State Champion and YMCA All-American. After graduating from E.A. Laney High School, David attended UNC-Wilmington where he studied Business Administration and swam for the Seahawks. During his tenure at UNCW, David helped lead the Seahawk Men to their first ever conference championship, was co-captain of the team his senior year, and held pool, school, and conference records.
Prior to becoming Head Coach of the Waves of Wilmington in April 2012, David's coaching experience included Master Swim Instructor for the UNCW Swim School, Head Age Group Coach for the Wilmington Y Navigators, and six years as the Head Coach and Director of Competitive Swimming for the Cape Fear Aquatic Club.
David completed his graduate studies through the California University of Pennsylvania, earning a Master of Science in Exercise Science and Health Promotion. He is also certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist.
Jack was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA where he fell in love with the sport of swimming at the age of 13. He swam, coached and graduated from Bloomsburg University in 2014 with a degree in Organizational Communications. From there, Jack went on to serve as Graduate Assistant at Nova Southeastern University where he earned his masters in College Student Affairs.
For the last 10 years, Jack has passionately coached at the summer league, club, and collegiate levels including DI Miami (OH) and Florida Gulf Coast University. He’s also held positions as Head Summer League Coach, Head Site Coach, and most recently Lead Coach for the Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg (ATOM), responsible for the advanced 9-10s and Senior 2 practice groups.
Jon grew up in Raleigh, swimming for YOTA. He moved to Wilmington in 2016 to swim for UNCW while studying Business Administration. Jon swam all four years and was a captain his Junior and Senior seasons.
Jon’s coaching career began with his summer league team, Lake Park, and was continued in Wilmington with Cape Fear Aquatic Club and UNCW Swim School. He moved to WOW in August of 2019. Jon has also spent the last two summers coaching for the YMCA Narwhals summer swim team. Following undergrad, Jon spent a year Graduate Assisting with UNCW Swim and Dive while getting his M.A.T in Physical Education and Health from UNCW.
Keri was born and raised in New Hampshire and made the move down south to Wilmington in the fall of 2019. For as long as she can remember, she always loved to swim and would take any opportunity she got to be surrounded by water. She began swimming competitively for her local team when she was 13 and swam year-round through high school. She then continued to compete for her college’s division II swim team. As both a high school and college student, her summer job was always to teach children swim lessons.
Keri attended Assumption College in Massachusetts where she earned her BA in Mathematics and Education. She graduated as a licensed teacher and then went on to earn her MAT in Mathematics through Providence College. She has worked as an elementary school teacher and has also taught both middle school and high school math. While teaching in New Hampshire, she began a swim club for her middle school students. She enjoyed sharing her passion for the sport with them while she created a positive and motivating environment for the students to improve their stroke technique and become stronger swimmers.
Keri is currently working as a tutor. She works one-on-one with students across all grade levels in various subjects, but mainly math. She enjoys spending any free time outdoors and still loves to swim. She hopes to train for and compete in a triathlon sometime in the near future!
Gianmichel grew up swimming in the NVSL summer league and joined the Potomac Marlins club team as a sophomore in high school. GM was recruited by UNCW spring of senior year and competed on the conference team for 5 years (thank you Covid!). Swam breaststroke and sprint freestyle and was conference champion in the 100 breast in 2019 and 2020. GM was the men’s team captain for 2021 and 2022 seasons and is now planning on being a graduate assistant coach for the UNCW Swim and Dive team in 2023 while completing his Masters in International Business.
Hi! My name is Anneliese Hohm, I’m a junior at UNCW and I’m majoring in psychology. I spent my past two school years at the University of Pittsburgh where I swam for the team there before deciding to be closer to home and to focus on school. I grew up in Charlotte, and competed with ATOM from the time I was 10. I’m very excited for my first year in Wilmington and to coach the sport that I love!
