Susquehanna University Women's Swimming
Academic Snapshot
Acceptance Rate
79%
Avg SAT
1,211
Enrollment
2,120
Team Information
Sport
Swimming
Gender
Women's
Division
NCAA Division 3
Location
Selinsgrove, PA
Coaching Staff (4)
Jerry Foley
Head Coach
Foley has coached the Sunbury YMCA team since 2007 where his team has placed in the top 10 at nationals, including a national championship in 2013. Prior to coaching at Susquehanna, Jerry was the head coach at Bucknell University from 1998-2006 where he won five conference titles and was Patriot League Coach-of-the-Year five times. Prior to that, Coach Foley was an assistant at the United States Military Academy (1994-1998), the head coach at both Adelphi University and Long Island Aquatic Club (1989-1994), and an assistant at Deer Park High School (1986-1989) and head coach for Deer Park Aquatics. Jerry earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Merchant Marine Academy in 1984, and his Master of Art in Physical Education from Adelphi in 1990.
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Josh Powell
Assistant Coach
Powell finished his first season as the Susquehanna mens and womens diving coach in 2015-16, a season in which he started the three-meter diving program and saw his divers break every SU record. Powell came to Susquehanna after coaching age group diving and serving as a coach at Lewisburg High School and in the area. During his time at Lewisburg, Powell has coached district champions and state qualifiers. During the summer, Powell helps facilitate diving programs throughout the state of Pennsylvania. In 2006, Powell graduated from Penn State with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art.
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Brandi Perkovich
Assistant Coach
Perkovich has also served as a head age group swimming coach at Lehigh Valley Aquatics, an Aquatics Coordinator at Aquatic and Fitness Center in Tonawanda, N.Y., and an Age Group Swim Coach/Stroke Development Coordinator for the Tonawanda Titans. In April of 2014 she was a featured expert in a major trade magazine (Club Solutions Magazine) in their Ask the Expert section. Perkovich is a 2003 graduate of Canisius College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a 2005 graduate from State University College at Buffalo with a certification in social studies education. Perkovich has experience as a high school teacher in U.S. History, Government, and Economics classes. Perkovich is Red Cross certified as a Lifeguard instructor and in Lifeguarding first aid and CPR/AED, O2. She is a certified pool operator and USA Swimming Coach.
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Katie Robbins
Assistant Coach
Robbins '96 completed her 19th season as an assistant men's and women's swimming & diving coach in 2014-15. Robbins is one of the women's program's best success stories. Coming from a high school that had no swimming team, she became one of Susquehanna's top distance swimmers and a team captain by her senior season. Robbins graduated from SU with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and earned a master's degree in education from Bucknell in 1998. She has been teaching science at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Area High School since 1998. In the summer, Robbins is a very successful age-group coach. She took her former hometown team from the bottom of the Susquehanna Valley Swimming and Diving League to being a top contender within five years.
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