Acceptance Rate
15%
Avg SAT
1,443
Avg ACT
32
Enrollment
7,759
Sport
Swimming
Gender
Women's
Division
NCAA Division 1
Location
New Orleans, LA
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Katie Robinson
Head Coach
Robinsons watch, the overall effort in the classroom has been just as impressive as Tulane earned Scholar All-America status from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America each of the last seven semesters. The honor is granted to teams with a GPA over 3.0, and the Green Wave ranked in the top 40 in the nation through 2015-16. Success athletically and academically, however, are nothing new for Robinson as she has achieved this both as a student-athlete herself and during assistant coaching stints at Rutgers, Virginia and the University of the Pacific. At Rutgers from 2011-13, Robinson was responsible for the development and training of female swimmers, recruiting top-ranked student-athletes, preparing NCAA recruiting paperwork and official visits, managing team travel, tracking the program's recruiting budget, as well as preparing and delivering the alumni newsletter. During her time in Piscataway, N.J., Robinson helped the Scarlet Knights post consecutive 9-2 dual-meet records while finishing eighth in the Big East Championship in 2012 and fifth in 2013. During the 2012-13 season, Rutgers swimmers combined to post 41 lifetime-best showings. For her work, Robinson was the recipient of the 2012 Inaugural CSCAA Jean Freeman Scholarship and the 2012-13 Big East SWA Professional Development Grant. Her first full-time collegiate assistant post came at Virginia from 2008-11 During Robinson's three years on the staff, the Cavalier men's and women's teams won the Atlantic Coast Conference titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships each year. The Virginia men posted a combined 30-3 dual meet record, finished ninth in the NCAAs in 2009, 10th in 2010 and eighth in 2011. The women's squad, meanwhile, tallied a cumulative 27-4 dual-meet mark while finishing 12th in the NCAAs in 2009, ninth in 2010 and 13th in 2011. Robinson's initial foray into collegiate coaching came as a graduate assistant at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., where she was responsible for aiding the head coach in both training and recruiting. The Tigers went 3-3 in dual meets during the 2008-09 season and finished fourth in the Big West Conference Championship. In addition to her responsibilities with the team, she also served as the school's Swim School Director, where she hired instructors, coordinated schedules for swimmers, handled payment and organized advertisements and promotions while raising over $75,000 in gross profit to aid the teams travel budget. Prior to her coaching career, Robinson was a star at the University of Texas from 2003-07 when she was an 11-time All-American, claimed the 200 yard fly title at the Big XII three times and served as team captain and recruiting coordinator in 2006-07. She earned a spot at the NCAA Championships every year as a Longhorn and helped Texas to four Top 10 finishes, including sixth-place showings in both 2005 and 2007. As a senior, Robinson earned first-team All-America honors in the 400 medley relay (5th place) and the 200 medley relay (7th place) at the 2007 NCAA Championship. She added honorable-mention All-America distinction in the 200 fly (9th place), 100 fly (10th place), 800 free relay (10th place), 400 free relay (13th place) and 200 free relay (14th place). She set a Big XII meet record in the 200 fly and 200 medley relay that season with respective times of 1:57.26 and 1:38.36, and completed her career as a six-time All-Big XII selection and a 13-time all-conference honoree. A standout away from the pool as well, Robinson claimed first-team Academic All-Big XII recognition in each of her final three seasons and was tabbed Texas Women's Swimming Team Academic MVP as a junior and senior. As a senior, she was named first-team ESPN The Magazine All-District VI and second-team Academic All-American, and was the Big XII nominee for NCAA Female Athlete of the Year. Robinson claimed the Jody Conradt Endowed Scholarship in 2005, the Houston Texas Exes Endowed Scholarship in 2006 and the V.F. "Doc" Neuhaus Endowed Presidential Scholarship, the Texas women's athletic department's highest endowed honor, in 2007. Following her collegiate career, Robinson was an aquatic coach for Weiss & Weiss in 2007 where she developed skill and training programs for children aged 5-16 and the master's program. In 2004, she reached the semifinals in the 100 fly at the Olympic Trials, and later competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials where she placed 22nd. An active member of the community throughout her career as a student-athlete and coach, Robinson currently volunteers with the Girls On The Run in New Orleans on a weekly basis. Prior to her time at Tulane, she volunteered with the Pepsi 10K Run for Special Olympics from 2009-11, the Alzheimer's Memory Walk from 2008-10, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in 2007 and Marathon Kids from 2003-06. A native of Dillsboro, Indiana, Robinson completed her bachelor's degree in kinesiology in December 2007, graduating with a 3.86 grade point average. She is a member of the CSCAA and the American Swimming Coaches Association.
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Sarah Woodbury
Assistant Coach
Woodbury has made an impact on the teams sprinters with stroke technique and unique training methods. In addition to her on-deck duties, she is also responsible for directing team travel, managing equipment and apparel budgets, coordinating recruiting, alumni affairs and directing dryland training. Woodbury has been instrumental in the teams recruiting efforts and the incoming talent, helping Tulane show steady improvement year in and year out. Woodbury helped lead the Green Wave to a second-place finish at American Conference Championships in 2016, and has guided the young team to a number of school record setting performances. Woodbury's position at Tulane marks her fourth stint as a collegiate coach as she previously served as an assistant and interim head coach at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, in 2010-11, as an assistant coach at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, from 2011-12, and as an assistant at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, during the 2012-13 campaign. Her collegiate coaching resume began at Southwestern University in July 2010 when she helped the Pirates establish nine school records, two national qualifiers, and the first All-American in school history. In addition to her college stops, Woodbury also served as head coach for the Huntington (West Virginia) Y Charleston Aquatic Team in 2012-13, head coach at Anderson Mill Swim Club from 2008-11 and youth coach for the North Shore Swim Club in Auckland, New Zealand from May through December 2008. During her time at Stevens Institute where she assisted with both the men's and women's programs, Woodbury directed a middle distance group of 18 student-athletes and each posted personal-best times that season. Along the way, the women's team finished fifth at the 2012 Division III NCAA Championship while the men posted an 11th-place showing. A total of nine student-athletes claimed All-America honors, eight earned honorable-mention All-America distinction and Brittany Geyer won the national title in the 200 breast with a mark of 2:15.55. With Marshall, Woodbury was instrumental in helping set or tie four school records as the team won five dual-meet competitions. Following a stellar prep career at Westwood High and with the Circle C Swim Club where she earned NISCA All-America honors, Woodbury earned an athletic scholarship to BYU and was a four-year letterwinner from 2003-07. As a college student-athlete, she helped the Cougars claim four consecutive Mountain West Conference titles, claimed the Scholar Athlete Award each year and earned All-MWC recognition three times. Following her time in Provo, Utah, Woodbury trained with the New Zealand National Team in 2008. A native of Austin, Texas, she completed her degree in advertising and marketing from BYU in 2007 and earned a master's in physical education from Texas State in 2010. Woodbury is currently pursuing a masters degree in business administration from Tulanes prestigious A.B. Freeman School of Business and is on pace to graduate in Spring 2017.
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Ryan Hogan
Assistant Coach
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Chris Devine
Coach
Devine worked exclusively with Carrillo and helped her set school records, two of which still stand. Since returning to Tulane, Devine has guided his divers to back-to-back NCAA zone appearances, and helped the Green Wave notch a second-place finish, their best since 2005, at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championships. He left the coaching profession after the 2004-05 season to focus on raising his family. Devine originally joined the Tulane staff from Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was the director and coach of Queen City Diving since 2003. He also served as head coach for Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Aquatics Center and was the sole diving coach for 10 Charlotte-Mecklenberg County high schools. During his tenure at QCD, Devine helped eight student-athletes qualify for the 2004 North Carolina High School State Championship. Prior to his stint in Charlotte, Devine was a coach and director for the Mission Viejo Nadadores from 2001-02 where he helped 21 athletes qualify for the Junior Olympic Zone Championships and sent six to the Senior National Championships. Before his initial stint with the Green Wave, Devine's spent a year as an assistant at Florida State in 1999-2000. He also spent the 1998-99 season with the Montgomery Dive Club in Rockville, Maryland, the 1997-98 season at Fort Lauderdale Diving in Florida, and was the assistant camp director of the Penn State Diving Camp from 1994-97. A gifted diver, Devine was a six-time member of the U.S. National Team and a three-time national champion. In 2000, he was named USA International 3-Meter Synchro Champion, and finished sixth in the Olympic Trials. Devine starred as a collegian at Penn State from 1990-95 where he was a five-time All-American and was named Big Ten Diver of the Year in 1994 after winning the league's 3-meter championship. He graduated with a degree in exercise physiology from Penn State in 1995, and holds certifications from U.S. Diving in Safety, Level I, Level II, Dryboard and Trampoline Spotting.
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