Indiana University of Pennsylvania Men's Swimming

Villa enters his 11th season as head coach at IUP in 2016-17 as both the mens and womens teams finished in the top three of the PSAC Championships for the third straight year. Throughout Villas 11 years with the program, the Crimson Hawks have rewritten the school record book, setting over 80 new marks. On the mens side, freshman Noah Brockway won the individual title in the 200 backstroke while setting freshman records in both the 100 and 200 back. Classmate Colter Long set a freshman mark in the 100 butterfly. Villa also helped coach rookies Brita Otwell and Taylor Cisik to a pair of program freshman records. Otwell set marks in the 500 and 1000 freestyle while Cisik holds the mark in the 200 free and 100 backstroke. In 2014-15 Villa was named the PSAC Mens Coach of the Year after leading the Crimson Hawks to a second place finish at the 2015 conference championship. It marked his third career conference coach of the year award. Yuri Fernandes and Brandon Hopkins each earned individual titles while the team recorded 35 top-10 finishes at the league championship. The second place finish was the best program finish in more than 16 years. Fernandes capped off his season with a 10th place finish in the 400 yard IM at the NCAA Division II Championship to earn All-American honors. For the IUP women, Aniella Janosky set the school record in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.32 at the NCAA championship while earning All-American laurels. She also earned PSAC Freshman of the Year honors. Villa helped guide the women to a third place finish while 23 individual swimmers earned top-10 finishes at the PSAC championship. The IUP women had three individual champions (A. Janosky, Snyder, Mitidieri) and five second place finishes at the 2013-14 PSAC Championships. The Crimson Hawks finished the season with a 16th place finish at the NCAA Championships, including nine All-American honors and five new school records. The women's team finish was the best since coming in 14th during the 2003 season. 13 school records were broken this past season, including eight individual marks and five relay records. Senior All-American Allyson Mitidieri finished her career at IUP with nine total All-American nods, including four during the 2013-14 NCAA championships and holds seven school records. Freshman Aniella Janosky was named the PSAC Women's Swimming Freshman of the Year after a season in which she won an individual title at the PSAC championships and earned two All-American nods at the NCAA championships.  The IUP men's team finished in third at the 2013-14 PSAC Championships, which was the program's best since finishing third in 2005. The Crimson Hawks were led by Steve Long, who earned honorable mention All-American honors in the 100 yard butterfly at nationals, and Brandon Hopkins, who broke school records in the 500 freestyle, 1000 freestyle, and 1650 freestyle. In all, the men broke six school records and two pool records this past season.  The swim team also excels in the classroom, consistently placing athletes on the deans list and achieving 4.0 GPAs. In 2013-14, Vincent Hall was named the PSAC Men's Swimming Champion Scholar Athlete for having the highest cumulative grade point average of all men competing at the PSAC Championships. In the 2011-2012 season, IUP senior Jackie Hynson won her first NCAA title in the 200 butterfly in a time of 1:58.84. The IUP women garnered 8 All-American accolades and placed 15th in the nation under Coach Villas direction. In 2010, Chris was recognized as PSAC Coach of the Year. In 2009-10, sophomore Jackie Hynson became the first IUP woman to earn All-America honors in four years, taking third place in both the 200 butterfly and 200 backstroke while also finishing 11th in the 100 butterfly and setting school records in all three events. Pawel Glowiak earned All-America honors five times, including three times in the 100 backstroke and once each in the 200 backstroke and 100 butterfly. Glowiak was also a two-time recipient of the PSAC Top 10 award which combines athletic and academic excellence. The women's 800 freestyle relay team of Jen Price, Melissa Kucharczuk, Bethany Johnston and Brittany Watkins qualified for nationals in 2009 and finished 12th at the NCAA meet while setting a school record. Villa came to IUP after spending the previous three seasons as the women's assistant coach at the United States Naval Academy. He helped coach the Navy women to top three finishes at the Patriot League championships all three seasons as well as producing two conference MVPs. He coached two swimmers who met the Division I provisional time standards. In addition to his duties with the Navy swimming program, Villa served as a physical education instructor and was the officer in charge of the plebe summer swim program. Prior to joining the staff at Navy, Villa spent three years at Juniata College and was the women's head coach from 2001-03. He recruited and coached a national qualifier both seasons, and the team broke five school records during his tenure. As an assistant at Juniata in 2000-01, he was on the staff of the Middle Atlantic Conference coach of the year and helped an Eagle athlete earn All-America honors at the Division III national meet. Villa began his career as an assistant coach at Hartwick College during the 1999-00 season. In his one season at Hartwick, the men's team had five national qualifiers and finished in 16th place at the Division III national meet while the women had two athletes advance to nationals. He has consistently emphasized academic success in the classroom, and his Navy team registered a 3.1 cumulative grade point average for the fall 2005 semester. Villa has swimming experience outside of his coaching positions, including serving as meet director of the Speedo Champions Series in Annapolis, Md. In that capacity, he organized all the operations of a national competition which consisted of more than 100 teams and 700 swimmers. Villa was commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade and Human Resource Officer at the Naval Academy based on his prior professional experience in the coaching industry. He has also been a guest swim coach at camps conducted at Navy, Rutgers, Lehigh and Hartwick. A 1999 graduate of Hartwick, Villa earned his bachelor of arts degree in psychology. Villa and his wife, Jen, are the parents of daughter Elizabeth and son Conner.   Chris Villa Head Coach Chris Villa enters his 11th season as head coach at IUP in 2016-17 as both the mens and womens teams finished in the top three of the PSAC Championships for the third straight year. Throughout Villas 11 years with the program, the Crimson Hawks have rewritten the school record book, setting over 80 new marks. On the mens side, freshman Noah Brockway won the individual title in the 200 backstroke while setting freshman records in both the 100 and 200 back. Classmate Colter Long set a freshman mark in the 100 butterfly. Villa also helped coach rookies Brita Otwell and Taylor Cisik to a pair of program freshman records. Otwell set marks in the 500 and 1000 freestyle while Cisik holds the mark in the 200 free and 100 backstroke. In 2014-15 Villa was named the PSAC Mens Coach of the Year after leading the Crimson Hawks to a second place finish at the 2015 conference championship. It marked his third career conference coach of the year award. Yuri Fernandes and Brandon Hopkins each earned individual titles while the team recorded 35 top-10 finishes at the league championship. The second place finish was the best program finish in more than 16 years. Fernandes capped off his season with a 10th place finish in the 400 yard IM at the NCAA Division II Championship to earn All-American honors. For the IUP women, Aniella Janosky set the school record in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.32 at the NCAA championship while earning All-American laurels. She also earned PSAC Freshman of the Year honors. Villa helped guide the women to a third place finish while 23 individual swimmers earned top-10 finishes at the PSAC championship. The IUP women had three individual champions (A. Janosky, Snyder, Mitidieri) and five second place finishes at the 2013-14 PSAC Championships. The Crimson Hawks finished the season with a 16th place finish at the NCAA Championships, including nine All-American honors and five new school records. The women's team finish was the best since coming in 14th during the 2003 season. 13 school records were broken this past season, including eight individual marks and five relay records. Senior All-American Allyson Mitidieri finished her career at IUP with nine total All-American nods, including four during the 2013-14 NCAA championships and holds seven school records. Freshman Aniella Janosky was named the PSAC Women's Swimming Freshman of the Year after a season in which she won an individual title at the PSAC championships and earned two All-American nods at the NCAA championships.  The IUP men's team finished in third at the 2013-14 PSAC Championships, which was the program's best since finishing third in 2005. The Crimson Hawks were led by Steve Long, who earned honorable mention All-American honors in the 100 yard butterfly at nationals, and Brandon Hopkins, who broke school records in the 500 freestyle, 1000 freestyle, and 1650 freestyle. In all, the men broke six school records and two pool records this past season.  The swim team also excels in the classroom, consistently placing athletes on the deans list and achieving 4.0 GPAs. In 2013-14, Vincent Hall was named the PSAC Men's Swimming Champion Scholar Athlete for having the highest cumulative grade point average of all men competing at the PSAC Championships. In the 2011-2012 season, IUP senior Jackie Hynson won her first NCAA title in the 200 butterfly in a time of 1:58.84. The IUP women garnered 8 All-American accolades and placed 15th in the nation under Coach Villas direction. In 2010, Chris was recognized as PSAC Coach of the Year. In 2009-10, sophomore Jackie Hynson became the first IUP woman to earn All-America honors in four years, taking third place in both the 200 butterfly and 200 backstroke while also finishing 11th in the 100 butterfly and setting school records in all three events. Pawel Glowiak earned All-America honors five times, including three times in the 100 backstroke and once each in the 200 backstroke and 100 butterfly. Glowiak was also a two-time recipient of the PSAC Top 10 award which combines athletic and academic excellence. The women's 800 freestyle relay team of Jen Price, Melissa Kucharczuk, Bethany Johnston and Brittany Watkins qualified for nationals in 2009 and finished 12th at the NCAA meet while setting a school record. Villa came to IUP after spending the previous three seasons as the women's assistant coach at the United States Naval Academy. He helped coach the Navy women to top three finishes at the Patriot League championships all three seasons as well as producing two conference MVPs. He coached two swimmers who met the Division I provisional time standards. In addition to his duties with the Navy swimming program, Villa served as a physical education instructor and was the officer in charge of the plebe summer swim program. Prior to joining the staff at Navy, Villa spent three years at Juniata College and was the women's head coach from 2001-03. He recruited and coached a national qualifier both seasons, and the team broke five school records during his tenure. As an assistant at Juniata in 2000-01, he was on the staff of the Middle Atlantic Conference coach of the year and helped an Eagle athlete earn All-America honors at the Division III national meet. Villa began his career as an assistant coach at Hartwick College during the 1999-00 season. In his one season at Hartwick, the men's team had five national qualifiers and finished in 16th place at the Division III national meet while the women had two athletes advance to nationals. He has consistently emphasized academic success in the classroom, and his Navy team registered a 3.1 cumulative grade point average for the fall 2005 semester. Villa has swimming experience outside of his coaching positions, including serving as meet director of the Speedo Champions Series in Annapolis, Md. In that capacity, he organized all the operations of a national competition which consisted of more than 100 teams and 700 swimmers. Villa was commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade and Human Resource Officer at the Naval Academy based on his prior professional experience in the coaching industry. He has also been a guest swim coach at camps conducted at Navy, Rutgers, Lehigh and Hartwick. A 1999 graduate of Hartwick, Villa earned his bachelor of arts degree in psychology. Villa and his wife, Jen, are the parents of daughter Elizabeth and son Conner.  

Stoner enters his second year as an assistant coach for the IUP men's and women's swimming teams in 2016-17. Stoner brings six years of collegiate coaching experience to the Crimson Hawks, including two seasons at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.   While at TCU, Stoner was responsible for coaching the sprinters and was also the program's director of operations. During the 2013-14 and the 2014-15 seasons, Stoner coached numerous men's and women's All-Big 12 first and second team honorees, as well as several record breaking performances. Stoner is making a return to his home state of Pennsylvania, as he was a four-year student assistant coach at Lock Haven prior to his time at TCU. While with the Bald Eagles, Stoner helped mentor seven-time All-American Brittany Rehrig, one of the most successful swimmers in program history, while also helping the women's team to a No. 21 national ranking during the 2012-13 season.   Stoner also has four years of experience as an assistant coach for Tennessee Swimming Camps and spent summers as the Waterfront Director of Brant Lake Camp in Brant Lake, N.Y.   A four-year letterwinner at Big Spring High School in Newville, Pa., Stoner served as team captain as a senior in 2008-09.   A native of Walnut Bottom, Pa., Stoner earned his master's in liberal arts at TCU.