Acceptance Rate
96%
Avg SAT
1,213
Enrollment
3,172
Sport
Swimming
Gender
Women's
Division
NCAA Division 3
Location
Erie, PA
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Jennifer Wallace
Head Coach
Wallace is also the aquatics director and a lecturer in kinesiology. In her 12 seasons, she led her team to nine straight AMCC Swimming and Diving Championships for the men, while the women have won eight of the last nine. Wallace has been named AMCC Coach of the Year 10 times, while mentoring 14 Divers of the Year, nine Newcomers of the Year and 11 Swimmers of the Year. During this AMCC dominance, the men have posted a 53-34-2 overall record and the women were 40-56. Wallace has also mentored three-time All-American and four-time Academic All-American, Dan Simon. In 2014-15, Wallace won the AMCC Coach of the Year on the women's side. 11 men and seven women earned All-AMCC honors, while the men captured their ninth straight AMCC title. Wallace was a standout swimmer at the University of Pittsburgh. She was a NCAA qualifier in the 500 and 1650 freestyle. Wallace's accolades include being named the team's most improved swimmer as a sophomore, a Big East Scholar Athlete, and the University's Bell Atlantic Scholar. Wallace earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pittsburgh in 1999. She completed her master's degree in education the following year. In 2007, Coach Wallace led the men's and women's swimming & diving teams to their first AMCC Championship. Wallace was a staff member at the Nike Swim Camp at Pittsburgh, and was an assistant at Franklin Regional High School during the 1999-00 season.
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Joe Tristan
Head Coach
Tristan enters his 14th season as the head women's water polo coach at Behrend. Tristan is committed to constantly improving the program through both academic and athletic success. During the 2014 season, the Lions broke the program record for most wins in a season and had two players selected All-Conference, including the team's first Rookie of the Year. Tristan led the 2007 men's team to the third most wins in school history. The blue and white were ranked eleventh in the nation in goals per game. Through Tristan's leadership the Behrend Lions tallied 10.5 goals per game. Tristan led his 2004 team into Behrend history with a fourth place finish at the Division III Eastern Championships and guided two players to the All-Tournament team. He also led Anthony Spoto to the Division III All-America Team and was able to take Spoto to the USA Senior Men's National Team Tryouts in Southern California. Last season the men finished fourteenth in the academic national poll, the highest the team had reached since the program began. Coach Tristan is a member of USA Water Polo where he is currently a Level III coach. He is also a member of the American Water Polo Coaches Association. Tristan joined the Behrend Lions after leading the women's club water polo program at Eastern Michigan University. He also was an assistant coach for the Great Lakes Water Polo Club in Ann Arbor, MI. At EMU he coached a pair of all-conference players and directed the team to earn all-academic honors. From 1997-2002, Tristan was the head boy's junior varsity coach for Huron High School. A native of Southern California, Tristan played water polo and swam for Earl Warren High School. He also played water polo for Tulare Water Polo Club and for Eastern Michigan in 1995-96. In 2000, Tristan competed and finished twenty-second in the United States Olympic swimming trials in the 200 meter freestyle. From 1998-2000 Tristan was ranked in the FINA Top 20 and the top 100 in the World in the 200 meter and 100 meter freestyle events. He currently is EMU's record holder in the 800 freestyle relay. Tristan was a vital part of a pair of EMU Mid-American Conference Swimming and Diving Championship teams. While serving as a coach at Behrend Tristan will also serve as the assistant men's and women's swimming coach and instruct in the health and physical education department.
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