Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Swimming

Hawes will look to return Ohio Wesleyan swimming & diving to national prominence this season. The Battling Bishop women's team tied for 30th place at the 2013 NCAA Division III championship meet. Under Hawes' guidance, the Bishop men's team has placed in top 20 at the NCAA Division III championship meet 3 times. Ohio Wesleyan finished 17th at the 1995 Division III meet after finishing eighth in 1994 and tying for 13th place in 1993. In his first season at the Bishop helm, Hawes piloted the men's team to a fifth-place North Coast Athletic Conference finish and the women's team to a sixth-place finish with only 9 swimmers on the roster. In 2014-15, the Bishop men's team placed seventh and the women's team placed eighth in the NCAC. Hawes has coached 23 All-Americans and 14 All-America relay teams at Ohio Wesleyan. His teams also have performed well in the classroom, with both men's and women's teams receiving CSCAA academic team honors for 32 consecutive semesters. The Ohio Wesleyan men's team ranked second among NCAA Division III teams in overall grade point average in 2008-09, while the Bishop women's team was tied for seventh place. Hawes came to Ohio Wesleyan after 4 years as an assistant coach at Illinois State University. While with the Redbirds, he worked primarily with sprint and middle distance swimmers while assisting with on-deck coaching, designing workouts and recruiting student-athletes. A 1982 Illinois State graduate, Hawes received his bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in chemistry before returning to ISU in 1987 to complete a second bachelor's degree in biology education with a minor in coaching. He was a 4-year letterman as a sprint freestyler for the Redbird swimming team and assisted head coach Steve Paska while earning his education and master's degrees. Hawes received his master's degree in exercise physiology and coaching from Illinois State in 1991. A native of Mount Prospect, Illinois, Hawes began his coaching career at the River Trails Park District during his high school days. A professor of physical education at Ohio Wesleyan, Hawes teaches exercise physiology. During a 2004 sabbatical from teaching, he worked one semester at the Australian Institute of Sport, developing a 3-D video analysis system for above- and below-water stroke and race analysis for the AIS biomechanics department. He also worked with the AIS biomechanics team at the 2004 Australian Olympic swimming trials. Hawes founded and serves as head coach for the Delaware (Ohio) Racing Club, a United States Swimming program for competitive age group swimmers. He has coached one age group state champion and one nationally ranked top-16 age group swimmer.   Dick Hawes Head Coach Twenty-fifth-year head coach Dick Hawes will look to return Ohio Wesleyan swimming & diving to national prominence this season. The Battling Bishop women's team tied for 30th place at the 2013 NCAA Division III championship meet. Under Hawes' guidance, the Bishop men's team has placed in top 20 at the NCAA Division III championship meet 3 times. Ohio Wesleyan finished 17th at the 1995 Division III meet after finishing eighth in 1994 and tying for 13th place in 1993. In his first season at the Bishop helm, Hawes piloted the men's team to a fifth-place North Coast Athletic Conference finish and the women's team to a sixth-place finish with only 9 swimmers on the roster. In 2014-15, the Bishop men's team placed seventh and the women's team placed eighth in the NCAC. Hawes has coached 23 All-Americans and 14 All-America relay teams at Ohio Wesleyan. His teams also have performed well in the classroom, with both men's and women's teams receiving CSCAA academic team honors for 32 consecutive semesters. The Ohio Wesleyan men's team ranked second among NCAA Division III teams in overall grade point average in 2008-09, while the Bishop women's team was tied for seventh place. Hawes came to Ohio Wesleyan after 4 years as an assistant coach at Illinois State University. While with the Redbirds, he worked primarily with sprint and middle distance swimmers while assisting with on-deck coaching, designing workouts and recruiting student-athletes. A 1982 Illinois State graduate, Hawes received his bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in chemistry before returning to ISU in 1987 to complete a second bachelor's degree in biology education with a minor in coaching. He was a 4-year letterman as a sprint freestyler for the Redbird swimming team and assisted head coach Steve Paska while earning his education and master's degrees. Hawes received his master's degree in exercise physiology and coaching from Illinois State in 1991. A native of Mount Prospect, Illinois, Hawes began his coaching career at the River Trails Park District during his high school days. A professor of physical education at Ohio Wesleyan, Hawes teaches exercise physiology. During a 2004 sabbatical from teaching, he worked one semester at the Australian Institute of Sport, developing a 3-D video analysis system for above- and below-water stroke and race analysis for the AIS biomechanics department. He also worked with the AIS biomechanics team at the 2004 Australian Olympic swimming trials. Hawes founded and serves as head coach for the Delaware (Ohio) Racing Club, a United States Swimming program for competitive age group swimmers. He has coached one age group state champion and one nationally ranked top-16 age group swimmer.  

Stanley is in her first season as assistant swimming coach and pool manager at Ohio Wesleyan University. Stanley comes to Ohio Wesleyan after serving as head coach at College of St. Mary (Neb.) for 2 years.  During her 2 years there, the Flames ranked second nationally among all divisions in team grade point average during all 4 semesters. She began her coaching career at Wheeling Jesuit University, serving as a graduate assistant there while earning her master's degree in organizational leadership.  Stanley helped guide the Cardinal men's team to a pair of Appalachian Swimming Conference championships and was part of the ASC Coaching Staff of the Year. Stanley is a 2009 graduate of Fairmont State University, where she swam for 4 years.  She was a conference finalist in relay events, and was a part of the team's winning Scholar All-America honors and leading the nation in overall grade point average.  Stanley majored in exercise science and communications at Fairmont State. She is a native of Glendale, W.Va.  

Russell is a 2010 Ohio Wesleyan graduate.  He was a 4-year letterman during his Battling Bishop career and served as team captain his senior year. He majored in politics & government and journalism at Ohio Wesleyan.  Russell is a native of Delaware, Ohio.