Lycoming College Women's Swimming

Hammaker, who also serves as the school's director of aquatics, has rewritten the school's record book. Entering his 16th year at the College in 2015-16 he already holds the program record for overall career dual meet wins (202), most wins with the men's program (98) and most wins with the womens program (104). The high-water mark for Hammaker and the swim program, though, may have come in 2009-10 when a young Lady Warriors squad took the schools first team title since 1997 and Lindsay Hunsicker was named the first MAC Swimmer of the Year in school history. Academic success has also been paramount for the swimmers, as four of Hammakers student-athletes have earned CSCAA Scholar All-American status and two others were Capital One Academic All-Americans. He has drastically increased both the talent and depth of the teams. Lycoming swimmers have set 87 new school records over the past 15 years, including marks dating back to the early-1980s. Outside the pool, the womens swim team has won CSCAA Scholar All-American Team honors for posting a team GPA better than 3.0 in at least one semester in each of the last 12 years. The mens swim team has earned the honor in eight of the last 12 seasons. Lycoming has also been represented at the NCAA Championships with swimmers placing as high as second at the national meet. In 2015-16, Hammaker reached a pair of milestones, winning his 100th dual meet with the women's program in a 129-102 win over Stevenson and then reached 200 combined dual meet wins with a double-dual meet sweep of King's and FDU-Florham. Lycoming set two school records throughout the season. The 2014-15 Warriors set five school records at the MAC Championships. Dan Woods won his second straight MAC title in the 100-yard butterfly and Danielle Loiseau won both the college's Female Athlete of the Year and MAC's Giant Steps Award. In 2013-14, the Warriors finished the season by setting eight school records at the MAC Championships, tied for the most in Hammaker's tenure, as the squad also set eight records at the 2013 championships. Dan Woods capped the season for the Warriors by winning the first men's conference title since 2006, setting the school record in the 100-yard butterfly in the process. The program enjoyed another banner year in 2012-13, as the program tied the best mark in Hammaker's tenure by breaking eight school records at the MAC Championships. The men's team enjoyed one of the finest seasons in program history, posting an 8-1 dual meet record, including an eight-meet winning streak, both the best marks since the 1964-65 team went 11-1. The team also tied its high-water mark by finishing third at the conference meet thanks to 14 all-conference selections. The women's program, meanwhile, won its final four dual meets to finish 7-3. The 2011-12 Warriors, despite relying heavily on youth, still managed to post 14 individual all-conference efforts at the MAC Championships. Freshmen also knocked down four school records, with Dan Woods setting the 100-yard butterfly mark, T.J. Guminski setting the 100-yard breaststroke record and BethAnn Schwoyer breaking the 100- and 200-yard backstroke marks. The women's team also posted its 11th straight winning season, notching a 6-4 mark. On the men's side, Joe Andrie became the second Warrior to earn the MAC Scholar Athlete award and he also earned the school's highest honor, the Chieftain Award, for his impact on the College during his four years. In 2010-11, with an extremely young men's team, he still guided the group to a 6-3 overall dual meet record. In addition, Andrie earned two All-MAC nods while setting school records in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke and all five relay teams also earned All-MAC accolades at the conference meet. On the women's side, Stacy Flick wrapped up her career by winning two MAC titles in the breaststroke and setting school records in each as well. The Warriors finished 6-3-1 in dual meet action and 12 individual All-MAC honors and five relay All-MAC honors at the conference meet. In 2009-10, the Warrior womens swimmers had a breakthrough year, winning their first MAC title sinc 1997. The team won four individual titles and one relay race at the MAC Championships and Flick earned Scholar All-American honors at the end of the year. In 2008-09, Hammaker coached the teams to one of thier best seasons of his career. At the Middle Atlantic Conference meet, two female swimmers finished their careers atop the podium, as the womens team finished third in the conference and the men took fourth. In 2007, senior Jessica Gough was given Lycomings highest honor, the Chieftain Award, at the Colleges honors convocation. Lycoming swimmers have been represented at Lycomings commencement by a class valedictorian, a class speaker, and by numerous academic and athletic award honorees. Hammaker came to Lycoming College with over 18 years of coaching experience. He served as an interim assistant coach for the Lycoming swim teams during the 2000-01 season. In that season, he headed up the recruiting program and the sprint-training group while assisting with all other coaching duties. He was named the head coach of mens and womens swimming at the conclusion of 2000-01. Prior to returning to his hometown of Williamsport, Hammaker served as head coach & CEO of the 100-plus member age group team, Hilton Head Aquatics Club (H2A), in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Hammaker was also head coach of the competitive adult masters swim team and the boys and girls swim teams at Hilton Head High School. He was Age Group chairperson for the South Carolina LSC, a South Carolina Zone Team coach, and was nominated for Age Group Coach of the Year twice during his tenure at H2A. Born and raised in the Williamsport area, Hammaker began his own swimming career at the age of four in the local Williamsport area summer swim league. He continued through age group swimming at the Williamsport YMCA where he was a team, district, and state record holder. He also swam at the Williamsport Area High School, where he was a 10-time district champion and multi-event school record holder. Hammaker still holds many team and pool records throughout the Williamsport area. Hammaker began his coaching career at age 15, as an assistant coach for the South Williamsport and then the Williamsport swim teams. He earned his first head coaching position in 1986 with the Montoursville Summer Swim Team. While attending graduate school at Penn State, Hammaker founded and coached the XL Aquatic Club which was a USA Swimming team based in Williamsport. Upon conclusion of his studies at Penn State, he coached at Bishop Neumann and South Williamsport High Schools, both of which practiced at Lycoming Colleges pool. Before moving to South Carolina, Hammaker was head coach of the YMCA/USS swim team at the Williamsport YMCA, where he coached numerous district, state, and national qualifiers. In addition to his coaching experience, Hammaker is a member of the American Swim Coaches Association (Level III) and the College Swimming Coaches Association of American (CSCAA). He has worked as a swim camp coach and counselor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania and has attended the Age Group Coaches College held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He is also a Certified Aquatic Facilities Operator. Hammaker is a 1989 graduate of The College of Wooster (Ohio), where he earned a B.A. in speech communications with a philosophy minor. He was a four-year letter winner and a school-record holder in the 400-yard individual medley for the Fighting Scots.  

Burkman was the head coach at Schuylkill Valley High School for  14 seasons, compiling a record of 202-150-2. He coached swimmers to 381 district medals, six individual district Championships, two relay district championships and four team district championships. Burkman coached 113 of the 160 swimmers on the schools all-time top-10 times list. Burkman's Schuylkill Valley teams also experienced success on the state level, earning 70 PIAA Class AA medals, two individual state championships and he also coached one PIAA Class AA state championship record holder.  In all, he coached his athletes to 170 all-state honors and 14 went on to earn All-American honors. His teams finished in the top-five at the district meet 17 times, the top 20 at the state meet 11 times and the top 10 in the NISCA National Power Points rankings (enrollment under 900) 10 times. His teams achieved the NISCA Team Scholar Award Bronze Level 5 times. He was also named Coach of the Year four times. While at Schuylkill Valley, he also served as the president of the Pennsylvania High School Swimming Coaches' Association from 2009-11. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Aquatic Hall of Fame committee and is the president of the Berks County Swimming Association. Also with a long set of experience in coaching club swimming, he has worked with the Maple Springs summer team, the Boyertown YMCA, Antietam summer team, the Reading Mini-Knights, Crestwood summer team, College Manor summer team and he currently coaches the Bern Township summer team. Burkman, who served for six years in the U.S. Marine Corps,  also was the director of community aquatics for the Schuylkill Valley School District.  

Rauff began his career with the Warriors in 1973, when he took the reins of the men's swimming team from his father, Mort, who posted an 81-69-2 record in 13 seasons as the head coach from 1960-73. A 1972 graduate of Lycoming College, Rauff's first stay with the program lasted just one year, but he stayed connected with the athletic program during his professional career, where he worked as a partner with the Hartman Group for 28 years. In 2003, 30 years after his first tenure with the program, Rauff returned to the Warriors and he left the sidelines for just one season during that time. He even returned to the pool in 2012-13, just months after a bicycling accident left him in critical condition with a broken pelvis, tailbone and sacrum, 12 fractured ribs, two punctured lungs and bleeding in his brain. Rauff's impact on the Warriors was increasingly evident during that trying time, as many current and former student-athletes reached out to him and helped during that period. Characteristically, Rauff made a quick recovery and the men's swimming team went on to have its best season, posting an 8-1 record, since Jeff's father, Mort, was the head coach of an 11-1 team in 1964-65. Rauff resides in Montoursville with his wife, Christine. Their daughter, Erica, graduated from Susquehanna University and earned a Ph.D. in kiniseology from Penn State in 2013.

Robinson is active in all aspects of the program, including recruiting, practice and meet coaching. In her first three years with the Warriors, Robinson has helped mentor 33 individual all-conference selections and 20 relay squads that earned all-conference accolades.   A sprinter for the Dutchmen, Robinson qualified for the conference championships in all four years of her career in the 50-yard freestyle and also qualified three times in the 100-yard freestyle. She also served as the football team manager for one season and participated in the inaugural season of the womens golf team in 2013.   A native of Avis, Pa., Robinson has spent three summers serving as a life guard at both the Williamsport and Jersey Shore YMCA. She graduated with a bachelors in sociology from Lebanon Valley in 2013.

Brower enjoyed a decorated career with the Warriors from 2010-14, earning All-MAC honors 15 times as a member of relay squads and once as an individual. One of the team's top sprinters during his career, Brower swam the anchor leg on a school-record breaking 400-yard medley relay team twice, which set the current school record in 3:36.04 during his senior year. He also finished sixth in the 100-yard freestyle to earn Second Team All-MAC honors with a time of 48.93 as a sophomore in 2012. A three-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll and a member of the inaugural Academic All-MAC squad as a senior in 2014, Brower graduated Lycoming with a bachelor of arts in political science and history. He is currently an admissions counselor at the college.