Wright State University Women's Swimming

Oaks is in his third season as head coach of the Wright State swimming and diving program and is in his sixth season overall with the program. Oaks joined the staff as an assistant coach in September, 2010, after serving as an assistant coach for two seasons at his alma mater, the College of Wooster. For his three years as the Raider assistant coach, he was involved in all aspects of the program, including meet practice and meet management as well as recruiting, alumni relations and budget preparation. He was promoted to the head swimming and diving coach position in July of 2013. The 2014-15 campaign saw increased improvement from Oaks first season at the helm as the mens team jumped from 6th to 3rd place and the women from 7th to 5th. Throughout the year the Raiders broke numerous pool records, nine within their own facility and six others while visiting their opponents. At the conclusion of their season, the teams combined for 11 new school records as well as 11 NCAA provisional time standards. During the 2014-15 regular season, the mens team was ranked as high as 33rd in the country by CollegeSwimming.com while the womens program was voted on to the top 25 most improved list by CollegeSwimming.com as the program was picked 10th overall. Both teams achieved CSCAA Academic All-American status in the fall of 2014 and the women achieved that standard again in the spring of 2015. From 2004-08, Oaks was one of the top sprint freestylers for the Fighting Scots as well as a contributor in the 100 backstroke and on relays, regularly producing points at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships. In fact, he scored the maximum 12 times as an individual during his career with his most significant contributions being a pair of all-conference showings as part of the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays in 2007. Oaks also served as a tri-captain during his senior campaign. A Franklin, Indiana, native, Oaks earned a bachelor's degree from Wooster in 2008. He has completed two certifications in corrective exercise and performance enhancement with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, owns his master's in Human Movement through Andrew Taylor Still University and is presently pursuing a certification in Sports Management and an MBA through Wright State University. Oaks lives with his wife, Adrienne, and daughter, Evelyn, in Vandalia, Ohio.

Rougeux joined the staff as the assistant diving coach during the 2014-15 season.  A Louisville, Kentucky, native, Rougeux earned a bachelor's degree in Government and a minor in Art History from Centre College (Danville, KY) in 2013. Rougeux then moved to Dayton to attend the University of Dayton School of Law where he expects to graduate in 2016 with a Juris Doctorate degree.  While at Centre College, Rougeux was a four-year varsity diver. He was named SCAC First Team All-Conference for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons and SAA  First Team All-Conference for the 2012-2013 season. In 2013, Rougeux placed second on both one-meter and three-meter springboards at the SAA Conference Championships to help Centre College win its first ever conference title. He finished his diving career at Centre as a member of the 500 point club, scoring 646 points for the team in four seasons.

Dwyer, formerly of the Trent Swim Club and Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, became the assistant coach for Wright State's swimming & diving teams. Dwyer was a swimmer at Trent Swim Club from ages 10 to 19, and after leaving to swim and run cross country/track at the University of Indianapolis, he returned, first for six years as an assistant, and for the last eight as the programs head coach. During that time he also served as head coach for the Trent University Swim Team. Some of the most famous swimmers out of Trents history include sprinter Matt Rose, a 2002 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist and 2004 Olympian as well as Jill Savage, a 2008 Olympian in triathlon.  More recently, the club produced Indiana University All-American Cynthia Pammett. I am extremely pleased to have Sean on our staff, Oaks said.  He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be very useful to our athletes and to me. I am confident that Sean and his family are going to enrich the Wright State community to the fullest and certainly aid our program as we seek to develop two championship caliber teams. Dwyer is a fully certified NCCP Level three swim coach, Level two distance running coach, Level one triathlon coach and a certified ASCA Level four swim coach. During the summer of 2004, Sean was named head coach of the Canadian team competing at the Triathlon Long Course World Championships in Sweden.  He has received a number of coaching awards, including: 2002-2003 OUA Men's coach of the year award and 2008 CSCTA Domestic Excellence Award.