Grand Valley State University Women's Swimming

Andy Boyce enters his 18th year as head swimming and diving coach at Grand Valley State. Andy joined the staff as an assistant coach in August of 2004 and then became head coach in 2007 after the retirement of Dewey Newsome. Newsome is the only other head coach in the program's history. Boyce has led the Lakers to new heights since taking over as head coach, evidenced by the breaking of every individual swimming record kept by the program. In addition, GVSU's top-10 performance lists are dominated by student-athletes under Boyce's tutelage and the Lakers have earned 712 All-America honors since the 2007 campaign. While enjoying outstanding individual success, the Lakers have excelled as a team under Boyce with the Laker men having won 14 GLIAC titles (2005, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) under Boyce and have never finished lower than second in the team standings. In addition, GVSU has 3 National Champions, 2 relays and 1 individual. On top of that, 22 NCAA top 10 finishes, including a program-best, fourth-place finish during the 202-2025 campaign, and five top five finishes. The Laker women have won seven GLIAC titles (2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025) under Boyce, while finishing among the top two 11 times. The women also have seven top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championships. Boyce has mentored seven individuals that have earned GLIAC Men's Swimmer of the Year and seven that have been named GLIAC Men's Freshman of the Year, while seven women have earned the GLIAC Women's Swimmer of the Year honor and five have been named the GLIAC Women's Freshman of the Year. Grand Valley State has been dominant in dual meet action under Boyce. The men are 119-27 overall, while the women are 124-1-66 for a combined program mark of 243-1-66 (.782). Boyce has been named the GLIAC Men's Coach of the Year 11 times and the Women's Coach of the Year six times. In addition, Andy has received the CSCAA Award of Excellence after each of his 17 years as head coach. The Lakers have excelled academically as well, having earned Scholar All-America team plaudits for both the men and women by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America 17 times under his direction. Prior to arriving at Grand Valley State Boyce served as a graduate assistant coach at Ball State University from August of 2002 through May of 2004. While at Ball State, Andy earned his Master's degree in Sports Management. He also coached high school and several club teams. He was a four-year letter winner for the Cardinals in the pool and a member of the 200 medley and 400 medley relays that established school records during his time in Muncie. Boyce was a two time, all-state selection at Grand Rapids Northview High School where he was named Most Valuable Swimmer three times. Andy was also a three-time all-area honoree. All-Americans (Men): 403 All-Americans (Women): 332 *Out of a total of 82 GVSU Swimming Records tracked (41 Men, 41 Women), all have been set under Andy Boyce    Dual Meet Record 2008-2009 Men: 4-2        Women: 6-1 2009-2010 Men: 6-1        Women: 5-3 2010-2011 Men: 7-2        Women: 7-3 2011-2012 Men: 7-3        Women: 8-3 2012-2013 Men: 8-2        Women: 8-3 2013-2014 Men: 6-1        Women: 6-3 2014-2015 Men: 8-2           Women: 7-1-4 2015-2016 Men: 8-0         Women: 8-1  2016-2017 Men: 8-1         Women: 7-3 2017-2018 Men: 8-3         Women: 7-5 2018-2019 Men: 7-2         Women: 10-1 2019-2020 Men: 10-1       Women: 10-3 2020-2021 Men: 5-1        Women: 5-1 2021-2022 Men: 6-2          Women: 5-3 2022-2023 Men: 7-3             Women: 10-2 2023-2024 Men: 7-1        Women: 8-0 2024-2025 Men: 7-0       Women: 7-0   Totals   Men: 118-27   Women: 124-1-39   Combined 242-1-66 (.723)   NCAA Finishes 2008-2009 Men: 9th          Women: 9th 2009-2010 Men: 4th          Women: 8th 2010-2011 Men: 7th          Women: 9th 2011-2012 Men: 5th          Women: 6th 2012-2013 Men: 11th       Women: 14th 2013-2014 Men: 10th       Women: 10th 2014-2015 Men: 6th          Women: 20th 2015-2016 Men: 7th          Women: 5th 2016-2017 Men: 5th          Women: 11th 2017-2018 Men: 11th          Women: 15th 2018-2019 Men: 5th          Women: 11th  2019-2020 No NCAA Championships 2020-2021 Men: 8th          Women: 5th 2021-2022 Men: 10th          Women: 21st 2022-2023 Men: 6th          Women: 14th 2023-2024 Men: 6th     Women: 16th 2024-2025 Men: 4th        Women: 8th   GLIAC Finishes 2008-2009 Men: 2nd         Women: 1st  2009-2010 Men: 1st          Women: 2nd 2010-2011 Men: 1st        Women: 2nd 2011-2012 Men: 2nd         Women: 2nd 2012-2013 Men: 2nd         Women: 4th 2013-2014 Men: 2nd         Women: 2nd 2014-2015 Men: 1st          Women: 2nd 2015-2016 Men: 1st          Women: 2nd 2016-2017 Men: 1st          Women: 1st 2017-2018 Men: 1st          Women: 2nd 2018-2019 Men: 1st          Women: 1st 2019-2020 Men: 1st          Women: 3rd 2020-2021 Men: 1st          Women: 1st  2021-2022 Men: 1st          Women: 3rd 2022-2023 Men: 1st          Women: 1st 2023-2024 Men: 1st        Women: 1st  2024-2025 Men: 1st        Women: 1st  

Steve Burciaga, who is widely recognized as one of the top diving coaches in the Midwest, will begin his 13th year as the diving coach at Grand Valley State. Burciaga has guided GVSU to a record-setting pace in terms of recording the top diving scores for both the men and women on the 1 and 3-meter boards. Grand Valley State divers has established record-setting scores since his arrival on the staff in 2012. His divers are re-writing the GVSU top-10 dive list and earning over 103 All-American honors and six individual National Champion honors. He has been named CSCAA National Diving Coach of the Year in 2016, 2017 and 2020. Burciaga has coached and developed his divers to success at every level during his career. He has tutored his divers to Conference Championships, State Championships, AAU National Championships, Junior Olympic National Finalist and NCAA National Championships on both the 1 and 3-meter boards. Burciaga was named the Michigan Boys Division 3 Diving Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2011 at Grand Rapids West Catholic High School. In addition, he is a USA Diving Certified Coach.