Wayne State University Men's Diving

Peters enters his 20th season at the helm of the Wayne State swimming program for the 2016-17 academic year. Peters has led the Warriors to arguably their best seasons in school history, winning 18 GLIAC Championships among the two squads and finishing in the top 10 nationally 21 times. He guided the 2011-12 women's team to the NCAA Championship and his women's squads have placed in the top five at the NCAA Championships the past seven seasons. The Wayne State women won the GLIAC title for the seventh straight year in 2015-16. Prior to the 2014-15 season, WSU had swept the the team titles four consecutive seasons. Both teams set GLIAC scoring records in 2013-14. At the 2015 GLIACs, Till Barthel was named conference Swimmer of the Year and Dylan Szegedi was named the GLIAC Diver of the Year. Wayne State has won 10 GLIAC Women's Championships in 11 years under Peters' watch, while the WSU mens team has earned nine conference titles in 14 years. Both teams finished inside the top five at the 2015 NCAA Championships. The men finished fourth and won three national titles. Szegedi (3M), the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay all took home national titles. In addition, the 200 free relay set a national DII record with a time of 1:18.89. The women finished fifth. The WSU women's team placed second, while the men's squad placed third at the 2014 NCAA Championships, marking the first time since 2011 that both teams have finished inside the top three at the national meet. Peters earned a ASCA Certificate of Excellence award for his team performance. The 2012-13 men's and women's squads swept the conference titles for the third consecutive year, with the women's team winning the GLIAC title for the fourth straight year.  The women's team was the national runner-up, placing in the top two for the fifth straight year at the NCAA Championships.  The men's team placed fifth at the national meet. The 2011-12 men's and women's teams successfully defended their conference titles, and the women's squad went on to earn the first NCAA Championship by any WSU team since 1989.  The men's team placed seventh at nationals in 2012. The 2010-11 women's team won its fifth GLIAC Championship and was the national runner-up for the third consecutive season.  The men won the conference title and placed third at the national meet for the second straight year. In 2011, the Warrior men posted its fourth top-three finish at nationals in the last five years, and seventh consecutive top-eight performance. The womens team has made great strides in its annual performance at the NCAA Championships, placing 24th in 2006, 10th in 2007 and sixth in 2008 prior to the seven (2009-15) consecutive top-five finishes. Wayne State has amassed 51 individual and relay swimming national championships in the last seven seasons, including four in 2015, six in 2014, five in 2013, 11 in 2012, eight in 2011, 10 in 2010 and seven in 2009, ending a drought which - but for Don Mason's 1982 three-meter diving title - dated back 68 years. Christer Tour became the first WSU national champion since Bill Prew in 1941 by winning the 100 breaststroke in 2008, setting school and national records. Duarte Mourao won three titles a season later, Sean Smith - the 2009 GLIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year - set a national record in the 100 back, and WSU has earned two men's relay championships. Joaquin Abascal Gallegos, the 2010 GLIAC Freshman of the Year, garnered two national championships in his rookie season.  Andrey Seryy won national titles in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles in 2011, and achieved the "three-peat" again in 2012. Ashley St. Andrew became the first NCAA champion in WSU women's swimming history in 2009, winning the 500 and 1000 freestyles. She successfully defended both titles in 2010 and added the 1650 free to her list of national championships.  Courtney Roberts won consecutive 100 breaststroke national titles in 2009 and 2010, while Cassie Chetosky became the first female diver in WSU history to win a national title as she took first place on the three-meter board.  In 2011, Franklin earned her second consecutive national title in the 100 backstroke, as did Gonzalez Pena in the 200 breaststroke. Gonzalez Pena also won the 100 breaststroke and set NCAA meet records in both swims.  Franklin and Gonzalez Pena were part of the NCAA champion and record-setting 200 and 400 medley relays. In addition to earning four relay titles in 2012, the WSU women's team accumulated four individual NCAA championships including two for Carol Azambuja (200 free, 200 back). In 2013, Piotr Jachowicz won two national titles (200 IM, 400 IM), while the women's 200 medley relay successfully defended their title. Divers Paige Kortman and Dylan Szegedi each won on the one-meter board as well. Azambuja added two more individual titles in 2014, winning at both spring distances (50 free, 100 free). Kayla Scott (100 breaststroke), Kristina Novichenko (400 IM) and two relays also earned national titles in 2014. Wayne State claimed back-to-back GLIAC titles with both the men's and women's programs in 2006 and 2007, joining Oakland University - which did it seven times between 1989-97 - as the only schools in GLIAC history to win both titles in consecutive years. The 2008 women's squad went on to "three-peat" as champions and Elaina Hogle was named GLIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year, a feat she would achieve again in 2009 and 2010. The men's team finished sixth at the 2008 NCAA Division II Championship, marking Wayne State's fourth straight top eight finish, one year removed from its third-place performance in 2007, which was its highest D-II finish ever prior to 2009. Peters added to his growing list of All-Americans, which now stands at 289, including 182 First Team All-Americans, 110 All-America Honorable Mention individual recipients, 74 First Team All-America relays and 48 All-America Honorable Mention relays. A 10-time GLIAC Men's Swimming Coach of the Year (2002, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '09, '11, '13, '14), Peters earned both the GLIAC Men's and Women's Coach of the Year award for the fourth time in 2014. He is an eight-time GLIAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year having earned the award in 2006-07-08-10-11-12-14-15, and has garnered one or both of the awards every year since 2002. Peters is also a five-time CSCAA Division II Coach of the Year, having earned the CSCAA Women's Coach of the Year honor four times (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014) and receiving the CSCAA Men's Coach of the Year accolade in 2009. In 2005, the two-time reigning GLIAC champs finished second to Grand Valley State, 689 to 671.5, yet swept the postseason awards as David Lutz was named GLIAC Athlete of the Year and A.J. Erard the league's top freshman. Since Peters' arrived at Wayne State, every men's and women's varsity swimming record has been broken. Peters came to WSU after serving as an assistant coach for the men's and women's teams at Oakland University, where the Pioneers were Division II national champions in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Prior to his coaching career, Peters swam at Oakland from 1991 to 1994, where he was a four-time NCAA National Champion , earning his first titles as part of the 200 and 400 Free Relay teams in 1993. In 1994, Peters served as captain and led the Pioneers to the national title. He anchored the championship winning 200 Medley Relay with a split time of 19.87 and his 400 Free Relay team defended its title. Peters also finished as national runner-up in the 50 Freestyle to an OU teammate. In total, Peters earned 13 All-America honors during his collegiate career. Peters received his bachelor of science degree in environmental health from Oakland University. A native of Clinton Township, Peters is a 1990 graduate of Fraser High School. He and his wife, Kelly, were married in August 2004 and reside in Beverly Hills with their daughter, Claire.   Return to Staff SEAN PETERS' WSU COACHING RECORD

Pitters enters his 13th year as aquatics director at the Matthaei pool and 14th season as an assistant swim coach for the Warriors during the 2016-17 academic year. He assumed additional duties as recruiting coordinator for the 2005-06 season. As aquatics director, Pitters is responsible for coordinating many contests hosted at the Matthaei pool, both for Wayne State and events such as high school invitationals and league meets. Pitters has helped guide some of the most successful campaigns in school history. In 2006, Wayne State became just the second school in GLIAC history (Oakland) to win both the men's and women's conference championships in the same season. Both teams repeated in 2007 to join Oakland University - which did it seven times between 1989-97 - as the only schools in GLIAC history to win both titles in consecutive years. The WSU women's team made it three in a row in 2008. After placing second at both GLIACs and NCAAs in 2009, the women's squad has won the GLIAC title the last four years (2010-13) and after placing second at nationals in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Warriors won the 2012 NCAA team title by edging three-time defending national champion Drury. The women's team went on to finish runner-up in 2013, making it five straight top two finishes at the NCAA Championships. In 2013, the men's squad won its eighth GLIAC title in 11 years, and finished in the top eight at NCAAs for the ninth consecutive season. Pitters helped the men and women sweep the GLIAC titles in 2014 for the fourth straight season as both teams set scoring records. Both Wayne State teams placed in the top three at the 2014 NCAA Championships for the first time since 2011. The men's squad earned its best finish since that year and accumulated its highest point total (358.5 points) since the 2009 season. The Warrior women finished second to Drury University for the second straight year and finished inside the top two for the sixth straight season. The Warrior men have also finished as one the top three teams in four out of the last six seasons and placed in the top eight for the past 10 years. In 2015, the women won the GLIAC championships for the sixth consecutive season and the men finished second. The men scored 285 points to secure their fourth-place finish and finish inside the top eight for the 11th consecutive season.The women collected 211 points, which was good enough to place fifth out of 40 teams. The women have finished in the top six each the previous eight seasons. Prior to 2014-15, WSU finished either first or second for six straight years (2009-14). Since Pitters joined the WSU coaching staff, he has helped mentor 129 individual All-Americans, 104 Honorable Mention All-Americans, 47 All-America relays and 22 Honorable Mention All-America relays. Pitters began his coaching career in 1998 when he took over the St. Clair Shores Sea Serpents recreational swim team of the Lakefront Swimming Association. He coached the Sea Serpents from 1998-2000 and again for the 2002 season. In 2001, Pitters was named an assistant coach with the Lakers Aquatic Club, the USA Swimming club from the St. Clair Shores and Harrison Twp. area. Pitters was promoted to head coach in 2002, a position he held until April of 2004. In 2007 he was once again named head coach of the Lakers Aquatic Club. His first season back with the club was successful as his 12 & Under team finished 14th at the 2008 Michigan State Championships, which was highlighted with a state championship win by one of his swimmers in the Boys 12 & Under 100 breaststroke. The 2008-09 season was even better as Pitters coached a 10 & Under girl to a Michigan State Championship swim in the 500 freestyle which was also a new state record by over 5 seconds. That same 10 & Under girl went onto to later win the 200 freestyle title while his 12 & Under boy also went onto recorder another state title in the 50 freestyle. The 12 & Under squad ended up finishing in 15th place at the 2009 Michigan State Championships. In May of 2004, Pitters was named the head coach of Red Run Golf Club in Royal Oak, where he worked until 2007. During his tenure he guided the team to an 18-4 overall dual meet record, including a 6-0 mark in 2006 while capturing the MISCA White Division Championship, Red Run's first title since 1998. Red Run also won an impressive 12 straight meets under Pitters. Pitters was a four-year letterwinner at WSU and served as team captain during the 1999-2000 campaign. At the 2000 GLIAC Championship, he was part of the 200 free relay quartet that set a then-school record (1:27.59). Pitters, a 1999 graduate of WSU with a degree in communications (radio and TV), earned his master's degree in sports administration from WSU in 2001. The St. Clair Shores Lakeview graduate (1996) also was named to the athletic director's honor roll while at WSU. Pitters is single and resides in St. Clair Shores. Bryce Pitters Aquatics Director/Assistant Coach Twitter: Former Wayne State University swimmer Bryce Pitters enters his 13th year as aquatics director at the Matthaei pool and 14th season as an assistant swim coach for the Warriors during the 2016-17 academic year. He assumed additional duties as recruiting coordinator for the 2005-06 season. As aquatics director, Pitters is responsible for coordinating many contests hosted at the Matthaei pool, both for Wayne State and events such as high school invitationals and league meets. Pitters has helped guide some of the most successful campaigns in school history. In 2006, Wayne State became just the second school in GLIAC history (Oakland) to win both the men's and women's conference championships in the same season. Both teams repeated in 2007 to join Oakland University - which did it seven times between 1989-97 - as the only schools in GLIAC history to win both titles in consecutive years. The WSU women's team made it three in a row in 2008. After placing second at both GLIACs and NCAAs in 2009, the women's squad has won the GLIAC title the last four years (2010-13) and after placing second at nationals in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Warriors won the 2012 NCAA team title by edging three-time defending national champion Drury. The women's team went on to finish runner-up in 2013, making it five straight top two finishes at the NCAA Championships. In 2013, the men's squad won its eighth GLIAC title in 11 years, and finished in the top eight at NCAAs for the ninth consecutive season. Pitters helped the men and women sweep the GLIAC titles in 2014 for the fourth straight season as both teams set scoring records. Both Wayne State teams placed in the top three at the 2014 NCAA Championships for the first time since 2011. The men's squad earned its best finish since that year and accumulated its highest point total (358.5 points) since the 2009 season. The Warrior women finished second to Drury University for the second straight year and finished inside the top two for the sixth straight season. The Warrior men have also finished as one the top three teams in four out of the last six seasons and placed in the top eight for the past 10 years. In 2015, the women won the GLIAC championships for the sixth consecutive season and the men finished second. The men scored 285 points to secure their fourth-place finish and finish inside the top eight for the 11th consecutive season.The women collected 211 points, which was good enough to place fifth out of 40 teams. The women have finished in the top six each the previous eight seasons. Prior to 2014-15, WSU finished either first or second for six straight years (2009-14). Since Pitters joined the WSU coaching staff, he has helped mentor 129 individual All-Americans, 104 Honorable Mention All-Americans, 47 All-America relays and 22 Honorable Mention All-America relays. Pitters began his coaching career in 1998 when he took over the St. Clair Shores Sea Serpents recreational swim team of the Lakefront Swimming Association. He coached the Sea Serpents from 1998-2000 and again for the 2002 season. In 2001, Pitters was named an assistant coach with the Lakers Aquatic Club, the USA Swimming club from the St. Clair Shores and Harrison Twp. area. Pitters was promoted to head coach in 2002, a position he held until April of 2004. In 2007 he was once again named head coach of the Lakers Aquatic Club. His first season back with the club was successful as his 12 & Under team finished 14th at the 2008 Michigan State Championships, which was highlighted with a state championship win by one of his swimmers in the Boys 12 & Under 100 breaststroke. The 2008-09 season was even better as Pitters coached a 10 & Under girl to a Michigan State Championship swim in the 500 freestyle which was also a new state record by over 5 seconds. That same 10 & Under girl went onto to later win the 200 freestyle title while his 12 & Under boy also went onto recorder another state title in the 50 freestyle. The 12 & Under squad ended up finishing in 15th place at the 2009 Michigan State Championships. In May of 2004, Pitters was named the head coach of Red Run Golf Club in Royal Oak, where he worked until 2007. During his tenure he guided the team to an 18-4 overall dual meet record, including a 6-0 mark in 2006 while capturing the MISCA White Division Championship, Red Run's first title since 1998. Red Run also won an impressive 12 straight meets under Pitters. Pitters was a four-year letterwinner at WSU and served as team captain during the 1999-2000 campaign. At the 2000 GLIAC Championship, he was part of the 200 free relay quartet that set a then-school record (1:27.59). Pitters, a 1999 graduate of WSU with a degree in communications (radio and TV), earned his master's degree in sports administration from WSU in 2001. The St. Clair Shores Lakeview graduate (1996) also was named to the athletic director's honor roll while at WSU. Pitters is single and resides in St. Clair Shores.