West Virginia Wesleyan College Women's Swimming

Gitzen of Pittsburgh, PA begins her sixth year as Head Coach of the Mens and Womens swimming teams. April has a Master of Science degree (2010) in Sports Management: Intercollegiate Athletic Administration from California University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science degree (2009) in Sports Management also from California University of Pennsylvania. Coach Gitzen brings a strong background in Stroke Technique and Sports Psychology to the Bobcats. She has gained her knowledge while acting as an Assistant Coach with the South Park Aquatic Club and the Associate Coordinator of the Mt. Lebanon Learn to Swim Program.  She spent 1 year as a Volunteer Swimming coach at her alma mater. She has spent the past 5 summers coaching at swim camps at California University of Pennsylvania and Hartwick College in New York working with young swimmers from the ages of 8 to 17.  In her five years here she has had outstanding success  through her unique coaching philosophy.  Swimming and all that it encompasses must be fun.  Training needs to be cutting edge and structured so that the student-athletes are constantly challenged but at the same time encouraged to have fun.  The mens & womens swimming program continues to be a notable program growing each year while achieving remarkable results. In the past five years every swimmer has achieved a personal best time in nearly every event he/she swam. Our program is truly one of a kind &  simply remarkable."