Wayne State University Women's Swimming

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

LaCroix will direct the WSU diving program for the 22nd season in 2016-17.  LaCroix served as diving coach from 1993-97, and returned in 1999. During her tenure, LaCroix has guided several divers to All-American status (see list below), including Erika Barczak for four consecutive seasons (2005-08) along with Cayce Bolt (2007-10), Cassie Chetosky (2008-11) and Carly Sevald (2010-13).  In 2005, Barczak became the first WSU All-American female diver since Susan Gierschick in 1986.  Chetosky became WSU's first female national diving champion in 2010, and Carly Sevald won the three-meter board in 2012 as well as being named Female Diver of the Meet. Wayne State won two national diving titles in 2013.  Paige Kortman and Dylan Szegedi each won national championships in the one-meter diving competition.  LaCroix was selected as the Female Diving Coach of the Meet at the NCAA Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2015. In 2014, Kortman finished second on the three-meter board while Elizabeth Rawlings placed third and Alex Geddis-McCririe finished sixth. On the one-meter board Kortman finished second,  Geddis-McCririe placed seventh and Rawlings finished eighth.  Szegedi placed fourth in the one-meter diving competition and second on the three-meter board. Szgedei won the three-meter board in 2015 and finished third on the one-meter board. Rawlings set a school record (499.40) on the one-meter board to finish second on the one-meter board. Rawlings won a national title on the three-meter board with a national record score of 555.70.  Geddis-McCririe placed seventh. In addition to her duties at the collegiate level, LaCroix has also coached at numerous high schools and the Western Aquatics Club in the summer over the last 32 years. She was also named to the NCAA Division 2 Swimming and Diving Committee as the diving representative in July 2013. LaCroix received her bachelor's degree in marketing from Eastern Michigan University in 1988. She and her husband, Paul, reside in Taylor with their two children, Rachael and Erik. WSU All-America Divers Under LaCroix 1994 Damian Pulliam One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving 1995 Jason Kupser One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 1996 Jason Kupser One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Michael Samfilippo One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 1997 Jason Kupser One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2001 Chris Totten One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving 2002 Chris Totten One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving 2003 Chris Totten One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Brandon Peaney Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2005 Erika Barczak Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2006 Erika Barczak Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2007 Erika Barczak One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Cayce Bolt Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Dan Fleming One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Venessa Torres Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Chris Totten Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2008 Erika Barczak One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Cayce Bolt One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Cassie Chetosky One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2009 Cayce Bolt One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Cassie Chetosky One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Mike Elliott Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Meghan Jaworski Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2010 Cayce Bolt One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Cassie Chetosky One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving (NATIONAL CHAMPION) Mike Elliott Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Jeff Grant Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Meghan Jaworski Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Carly Sevald Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Lena Wileczek One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving 2011 One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving (NATIONAL CHAMPION) One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2013 Darrin Driesenga One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Alex Geddis-McCririe One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Jeff Grant One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Paige Kortman One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Emily Mitzelfeld One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Carly Sevald One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Dylan Szegedi One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Kevin White One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) 2014 Paige Kortman One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Holly Krill Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Alex Geddis-McCririe One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Adam Littell One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Elizabeth Rawlings One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Dylan Szegedi One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving 2015 Elizabeth Rawlings One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving   Alex Geddis-McCririe One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Dylan Szegedi One-Meter Diving   Three-Meter Diving 2016 Elizabeth Rawlings  One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving  Alex Geddis-McCririe One-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention) Three-Meter Diving (Honorable Mention)