Drexel University Men's Swimming

Howard enters her second year at Drexel in 2016-17. She was named the head mens and womens diving coach in August 2015.   In her first season at the helm, the mens diving team saw senior David Sanchez be named the CAA Mens Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet at the CAA Diving Championships as well as the CAA Mens Diver of the Year for the third time. Howard also helped produce the CAA Mens Rookie Diver of the Year in Michael Binkauskas.   Howard graduated with honors from Clemson University in 2014 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Psychology with a minor in Athletic Leadership.  She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in the Psychology of Human Movement from Temple University, where she also mentors student-athletes as a Graduate Extern in the Nancy and Donald Resnick Athletic Academic Center.    Howard began her diving career at age nine in her hometown of Lower Makefield, Pa.  As a collegiate athlete, Howard represented the Clemson women's diving program for four years, two of which she served as captain.  Howard competed all four years in both the ACC Championships as well as NCAA Zone B Championships. During her time at Clemson, Howard was twice named the team's most valuable diver and a recipient of the Weaver-James-Corrigan ACC Postgraduate Award.  Among other accolades and honors for her community service and leadership, Howard was awarded the MLK Excellence in Service award and the Undergraduate Outstanding Women Award.   Prior to this appointment, Howard served as an assistant coach for TNT Diving, a USA diving team training out of Fort Washington, Pa., and Clemson Diving Club, in Clemson, S.C.  She has also worked with junior and collegiate athletes providing mental skills training to improve performance.  

Braun enters his third year at the helm of the Dragons for the 2016-17 season after being named the head coach for mens and womens swimming and diving in June 2014. Prior to his appointment as head coach, Braun served as an assistant coach since joining Drexel Athletics in the fall of 2012. Drexel had an accomplishment campaign under Brauns watch during his second season as head coach. Combined, the men and women broke 19 team records and seven freshmen records, added 77 new all-time, top-five swims and won two CAA Swimmers of the Year and two Divers of the Year awards. The program earned the NCAA Academic Performance Program public recognition award for posting multiyear APRs in the top 10 percent of their sport as well as being honored as CSCAA Scholar All-American Teams for reaching a cumulative team GPA over 3.0. In the pool, the men finished in second place at the CAA Swimming Championships for the schools best ever finish since moving to the CAA in 2001-02. Braun helped produce Drexels first ever CAA Mens Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet and CAA Mens Swimmer of the Year, won by Joel Berryman in his senior season. He helped to guide fellow senior David Sanchez to his third CAA Diver of the Meet and CAA Diver of the Year awards. Mens diving also produced the Rookie Diver of the Year in Michael Binkauskas. On the womens side, Rachel Bernhardt became the first Dragon to win a gold medal at the CAA Swimming Championships, producing first-place finishes in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. In addition, the women put 31 new times in the all-time, top-five at the conference championships while breaking nine school records and four freshman benchmarks. Bernhardt was the first Drexel womens swimmer to be named the CAA Swimmer of the Year. Bernhardt also became the first Dragon swimmer to qualify and compete at the NCAA Swimming Championships under Brauns direction. Bernhardt also qualified for the same two events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. In his first season as head coach, Braun's Dragons earned four titles at the CAA Championship and finished fourth as a team at the conference meet to mark their highest finish in the last decade. Under Braun's direction, Joel Berryman earned conference titles in the 50 free and 100 free, the latter of which marked the fastest winning time in the history of the CAA for that event. Braun also helped guide 2015 CAA Diver of the Year David Sanchez to his second-career gold medal in the three meter dive. On the whole, swimming and diving had eight individuals and three relay teams earn All-CAA honors during Braun's first full year as head coach. Braun joined the Dragon after serving as the Director of Competitive Aquatics for the Western YMCA Wahoos in Newark, Delaware for five years. During his tenure with the Wahoos, Braun doubled the number of swimmers on the team to 200 participants, led his swimmers to over 450 recording breaking swims and nearly quadrupled the number of points scored at their District Championship meet, guiding the women to a first place finish and the team to a second place overall finish in 2012. Braun made an immediate impact both in the pool and on the recruiting trail as an assistant coach. The men's and women's team combined to re-write the record books with 25 record breaking swims in the process of breaking 19 school records in his first season alone. On top of the broken records, the Dragons posted an astonishing 31 new times in the All-Time Top 5. Braun helped coach seven swimmers in achieving their first U.S. Senior National qualifying times. Within a shortened recruiting period Braun was able to sign nine women and six men, including two swimmers who have already achieved U.S. Senior National marks. Braun attended The Ohio State University from 2002-2006 where he graduated with a bachelors degree in coaching and management and a minor in business. While at Ohio State, Braun was a valuable member of the Buckeye swim team specializing in the 100 and 200 freestyle events contributing all four years at Big Ten Championships in individual and relay events. As a student-athlete, Braun was a four-time OSU scholar athlete and three-time academic All-Big Ten Athlete.  A native of Michigan, Braun began his swimming career for the South Oakland YMCA where he represented his team at multiple National meets.  

Mohring recently concluded his second season as an assistant at Drexel. Mohring was named the assistant mens and women's swimming coach in October 2014.   In his second season at Drexel, the mens swimming team produced a historic season which saw the squad finish second place at the CAA Championships for its best finish ever. Between the men and women, the program broke 19 team records and seven freshman records as Joel Berryman and Rachel Bernahrdt respective earned the CAA Mens and Womens Swimmer of the Year awards from the conference.   In his first season as an assistant, Mohring helped the Dragons earn four titles at the CAA Championship as the program as a whole had eight individuals and three relays teams earn All-CAA honors during the 2014-15 season.   Prior to his appointment at Drexel, Mohring served as an assistant coach at Parkland Aquatic Club and as head coach at Salisbury High School, both in Allentown, Pennsylvania.   At Parkland, Mohring assisted in the development of seven Junior National qualifiers, including a Junior National champion and two--time Olympic Trial qualifier. As the head swimming and diving coach at Salisbury High School, Mohring led the Falcon boys to their third straight District XI AA Championship, en route to a third place finish at the PIAA AA State Championships. Mohring was named the Pennsylvania Boys AA Coach of the Year.   Mohring graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2009 with a bachelor's of science degree in sports management and a minor in business. As a student-athlete for the Crimson Hawks, he was a four-time letter-winner and three-time IUP scholar-athlete.   Mohring served as a graduate assistant coach to the mens and womens swimming teams at Salisbury University. He graduated from Salisbury in 2011 with a master's of science degree in applied health physiology.   A native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Mohring currently resides in Philadelphia.