Head Coach Courtney Shealy Hart Courtney SHEALY HART Head Coach 1st Season (3rd overall at Tech) Georgia, 2001 Courtney Hart, a Georgia Tech assistant coach for two years, was named head coach of the Yellow Jackets' swimming programs on April 30, 2009. Hart is the eighth head coach in the history of the program. In two seasons as an assistant coach, Hart worked primarily with the middle distance free and stroke group and also served as recruiting coordinator. The Georgia Tech swimming programs enjoyed unprecedented success in the two year's since Hart's arrival and she has worked with multiple NCAA participants. In 2007-08, the women's team finished 30th at the NCAA Championships for the best finish in program history. In 2008-09, the men's squad turned in its best NCAA effort with a 19th-place finish. Gal Nevo was an All-American in both the 200-IM and 400-IM as well as being named ACC Swimmer of the Year. His mark in the 400-IM was the second-fastest in NCAA history and third-fastest in the world. Nigel Plummer was named the ACC Freshman of the Year, the first time a Georgia Tech swimmer earned either swimmer of freshman of the year awards in school history. All told, 24 school records were broken during the 2008-09 season and a school-record nine men's swimmers participated in the NCAA Championships. Hart spent one season (2006-07) as an assistant coach at North Florida prior to arriving on The Flats. She helped guide North Florida to a fifth-place finish at the Pacific Coast Swimming Conference Championships and led nine individuals to top-16 finishes at the meet. Hart guided one athlete to a top-eight finish in the conference championship. Before heading into the coaching scene, Hart participated in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games for the United States. She took home a pair of gold medals in Sydney, Australia, in the 400-meter medley relay and 400-meter freestyle relay. Hart also competed on the international scene in the Pan-Ameri-

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can Games (1999, 2003), Pan Pacific (2002) and the United States World Cup Teams (2000-04). At the University of Georgia, Hart led the Bulldogs to NCAA team championships in 1999 and 2000. She was named the 2000 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year after capturing individual national titles in the 50-free, 100-free and 100-back. She also captured NCAA titles as a member of the 400-free relay and 400-medley relay teams. She finished her NCAA career with 26 All-America honors the most in UGA history, plus two more honorable mention citations. Hart won nine individual Southeastern Conference titles, 10 SEC relay crowns and set five conference records. She was named SEC Female Swimmer of the Year in 2000. Hart played volleyball for the Bulldogs and lettered from 1997-99. She was named the team's most valuable player in 1998 and was the first NCAA Division I female student-athlete to compete in two sports on the same day, accomplishing that feat three times at Georgia. After graduating from Georgia in 2001 cum laude with a degree in sports studies/communications, Hart worked as a motivational speaker for the NCAA, Coca-Cola, Healthsouth and Arby's, and served as the director of the Golden West Swim Lessons Program in Huntington Beach, Calif., before heading to North Florida. Hart earned her master's degree from UGA in sports management in 2005. A native of Columbia, S.C., Hart, and her husband Justin, reside in Atlanta.

THE HART FILE... Husband: Justin Education: Georgia, 2001 (B.A., Sports Studies/Communications); Georgia, 2005 (Master’s, Sport Management)

COACHING HISTORY... 2006-07: Assistant Coach, North Florida 2007-2009: Assistant Coach, Georgia Tech 2009-present: Head Coach, Georgia Tech

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Assistant Coaches John AMES

Marty HAMBURGER

Diving Coach 9th Season •Ohio, 1993

Assistant Coach 5th Season • Iowa, 1991

John Ames is in his eighth season as diving coach for the Yellow Jacket swimming and diving program. Last season, he coached Tech’s first female diving All-American as then-sophomore Hannah Krimm finished seventh on the three-meter springboard. Krimm was also recognized as a honorable mention All-American on the one-meter board, while then-senior Stephanie England was a honorable mention All-American in the three-meter and platform events. The Tech divers accounted for all 21 of the Jackets’ total points at the NCAA Championships helping them to a 30th-place finish -- it’s highest in program history. At the 2007-08 ACC Championships, Ames led Krimm to a second-place finish on the one-meter board, while England was second in the platform and third in the three-meter. Krimm, England and then freshman Michele Bertolino all qualified for the NCAA Zone Championship, with Krimm and England moving on to NCAA’s in Columbus, Ohio. Under Ames’ tutelage, Evan Stowers became the first Tech diver to qualify for the NCAA Championships in 2006. In the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Stowers again made history by finishing seventh on the men's platform, becoming the first Tech diver to garner All-America honors. In 2007, Stowers returned to the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors for the second consecutive season. At the 2006 ACC Championships, Stowers became just the second GT diver, first under Ames, to win an ACC championship as he captured the men's three-meter springboard. He also became the first diver to earn All-ACC honors on both springboards Besides Stowers, Krimm and England, two other Tech divers have garnered allconference honors under Ames' guidance. Former men's diving standout Paul McCarty (2001-04) earned All-ACC honors on the one-meter springboard in 2002, while former diver Tony Burkhardt accomplished that same feat at the '05 ACC Championships. In 2005, the women's diving program took its first steps towards being a force at the ACC Championships, as junior Laurissa Prystaj and England both finaled on the three-meter board, making it the highest scoring event for Tech in women's diving history. The duo of England and Krimm trumped that performance when both Yellow Jacket divers qualified for the finals in all events. The duo then took another step forward when they combined to garner All-ACC in every diving event at the 2008 conference championships, and followed that up with All-American honors. Along with his coaching duties at Tech, Ames also mentors the Atlanta Diving Association, which has quickly become the top United States Diving program in the state of Georgia. This season, his divers won three individual National Championships, while one went on to qualify for Junior World Championships. Hired in August 2001, Ames came to Tech from George Washington University and the Montgomery Dive Club, one of the largest diving programs in the nation. Prior to his stint with Montomery and George Washington, Ames served as an assistant coach with the Northern Virginia Dive Club. He also worked as a graduate assistant and diving coach at Western Illinois University. Ames graduated from Ohio University in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in psychology after completing his collegiate diving career with the Bobcats. He earned a Master of Science degree in sport administration while at Western Illinois.

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Marty Hamburger enters his fourth season as assistant coach at Georgia Tech. Hamburger works with Alumni Relations and is in charge of fundraising while assisting with recruiting. In the pool, he works primarily with the sprint group. Last year, Hemburger saw Mickey Malul set a school record and win the ACC 100-breast title. He was also instrumental in helping Mauricio Sousa set a school record and “B” cut in the 50-free. Under the guidance of Hamburger, Sousa and Malul were part of the record-setting 200-medley relay team while Sousa, Jacob Kwasnik and Garrett Robberson were part of the record-setting 400-free relay team. Malul was also the 400-medley relay team that set a new school record. Hamburger also coached Lisa Pucci who was part of two record-setting relays (400-medley and 400free) and two more (200-medley, 200-free) that recorded the second-best times in school history. In 2006-07, Hamburger helped Ryan Bishop to an All-ACC finish and an NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 400 IM. He was also instrumental in guiding the group of Jason Bourgeois, Jacob Kwasnik and Mauricio Sousa to the school record in the 200 freestyle relay. During his first season, Hamburger guided Bishop and Alex Williams to NCAA 'B' qualifying standards. Bishop clocked NCAA 'B' cut times in the 200 IM and 400 IM events for the Jackets. He also qualified for the championship finals of the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breaststroke for Tech at the ACC Championships. Williams posted a personal-best and first ever NCAA 'B' standard in the 100 breast at the ACC meet, finishing a career-best fifth in the finals. Hamburger worked with the Dynamo Swim Club from 1999-2004, charged with all aspects of daily operations, administration and marketing for the Masters program. While at Dynamo, Hamburger produced over 100 nationally-ranked, national champion and All-America swimmers, four World record holders and five American record holders. Hamburger's Dynamo Masters led the Georgia Masters team to a National Championship in 2000. Along with working with the Dynamo Swim Club, Hamburger also assisted with three-time defending NCAA men's national champion Auburn and its Tiger Masters Swim Camp from 2000-04. He was part of the development of Master swimmers, covering topics of race strategy and developing a successful lifestyle as a competitive athlete. Hamburger has also worked with U.S. Olympic coaches Eddie Reese and Mark Schubert at the Texas Longhorn Swim Camps in Austin, prior to coming to Tech. Hamburger, a native of Fort Dodge, Iowa, graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991. He resides in Decatur with his wife, Amanda Johnson and two sons: fouryear old Ellis, and one-year old Reese.

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Chris DeSANTIS

Assistant Coach 1st Season •NC State, 1996

Assistant Coach 1st Season • Colby College, 2006

Mark Toburen was named Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving Assistant Coach on August 3, 2009. A 1996 graduate of NC State, Toburen has been with the YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team (YOTA) since 1996 where he served as Head Coach and Director of Competitive Swimming since 2006.

Chris DeSantis has been named Georgia Tech swimming and diving assistant coach it was announced today by head coach Courtney Hart. DeSantis, a 2006 graduate of Colby College (Maine), has spent the last two years as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania and just completed his Master's Degree in Applied Positive Psychology.

"I have known Mark since high school and am excited that his first job in college athletics will be at Georgia Tech," Hart said. "He comes from a very successful YMCA program and will bring a lot of his experience and expertise to our program. Mark is going to focus on the distance group as well as academics and we're fortunate to have him here." As head coach at YOTA, Toburen oversaw a program consisting of 350 athletes at six separate training sites and was directly responsible for the training of their High Performance group. While at YOTA, Toburen managed a staff of five full-time and eight part-time coaches, was responsible for long-term athlete development planning, annual training plan development for all levels of the program, extensive dry land program development, new swimmer recruitment and budget management. Prior to being named head coach, Toburen served as the Assistant Director of Competitive Swimming (2005-06), Head Age Group Coach (2003-05), Assistant Senior Coach (1998-2003) and Assistant Age Group Coach (1996-1998). During his time at YOTA, Toburen helped coach and develop five 2008 Olympic Trials qualifiers, over a dozen US Open and US Junior National qualifiers, one National Junior Team member, over 75 YMCA National qualifiers and over 50 YMCA All-Americans. In 2006, YOTA won its first-ever combined YMCA National Team Championship and its first men's team title since 1988. Toburen graduated from NC State University in 1996 cum laude with a degree in Computer Engineering. He also received a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from NC State in 1999 and worked on his PhD until starting his full-time coaching career in 2003. Toburen was a three-year letter winner in swimming for the Wolfpack under ASCA Hall of Fame coach Don Easterling.

"I am very excited about Chris DeSantis coming on board with us," Hart said. "His expertise in the breaststroke and IM will be extremely helpful to our program. He brings a wealth of knowledge from the University of Pennsylvania in terms of recruiting gifted student-athletes and is going to be a great fit as we move forward and take this program to the next level." At Penn, DeSantis was involved in every aspect of the program including recruiting, on-deck coaching and administration. DeSantis' group of nine student-athletes was responsible for 10 of the 12 school records broken last year. Since January 2008, DeSantis has been a contributor to Floswimming.org where he writes weekly columns on a variety of swimming topics. In addition, he has developed and maintained connections with USA Swimming Olympic coaches, the top scientists at the Counsilman Center, as well as Russell Mark, biomechanics coordinator for USA Swimming. In 2006-07, DeSantis served as head coach of the Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pa. He was also a faculty member and taught classes in Modern World History and U.S. History. DeSantis spent the summers of 2007 and 2008 as an assistant director and coach at the Harvard Technique Swim Camp. At Colby, DeSantis was a four-year letterwinner culminating his career as captain of the team in 2005-06 and holds the Colby College pool record in the 400 freestyle relay. At Colby, he also served for three years as both captain and coach of the school's water polo club. In 2006, the club qualified for the Division III National Tournament. DeSantis is a native of Wellesley, Mass.

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Georgia Tech Administration Dr. G.P. ìBudî PETERSON

Dan RADAKOVICH

Institute President 1st Season • Kansas State, 1975

Director of Athletics 4th Season • Indiana (Pa.), 1980

In April 2009, following a unanimous vote by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, Dr. G. P. “Bud” Peterson became the 11th president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. In this capacity he oversees a top-ten public research university with more than 19,000 students and more than $500 million in sponsored funding. Throughout his career, Peterson has played an active role in helping to establish the national education and research agendas, serving on numerous industry, government, and academic task forces and committees. A distinguished scientist, Peterson was selected in 2008 by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Science Board through 2014. The Board oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF) and advises the President and Congress on national policy related to science and engineering research and education. Peterson earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1975, a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1977, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1980, all from Kansas State University. He also earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1985. In 1981 and 1982, Peterson served as a visiting research scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center. In 1985, he joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M, where he conducted research and taught courses in thermodynamics and heat transfer. In 1990 he was named the Halliburton Professor of Mechanical Engineering and in 1991 was named the College of Engineering’s Tenneco Professor. In 1993, Peterson was invited to serve as program director for the NSF’s Thermal Transport and Thermal Processing Division, where he received the NSF Award for Outstanding Management. From June 1993 through July 1996, he served as head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University and in 1996 was appointed executive associate dean of the College of Engineering, where he also served as associate vice chancellor for Engineering for the Texas A&M University System. Previous leadership positions Peterson has held include provost at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also has served as a member of a number of congressional task forces, research councils, and advisory boards, including the Office of Naval Research, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, the National Research Council, and the National Academy of Engineering. Most recently, Peterson served as a member of the Board of Directors and vice president for Education for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is currently serving on a number of national accreditation agencies including the American Association of Colleges & Universities, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, with a focus on improving and assessing outcomes for higher education. A fellow of both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the AIAA, Peterson is the author or co-author of 14 books or book chapters, 165 refereed journal articles, and more than 140 conference publications. He also holds eight patents. Having served as editor or associate editor for eight different journals, he is currently serving on the editorial advisory board of two others. He is a member of Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi. Professional society awards include the Ralph James and the O. L. “Andy” Lewis awards from ASME, the Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Pi Tau Sigma Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award from ASME, the AIAA Thermophysics Award, the ASME Memorial Award, the AIAA Sustained Service Award, and the Frank J. Malina Award from the International Astronautical Society. G. P. Peterson was born September 1, 1952, in San Francisco,California, and raised in Prairie Village, a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas. He and his wife, Val, have four adult children.

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In his fourth year as Georgia Tech’s Director of Athletics, Dan Radakovich has brought a new vision for excellence to the Yellow Jackets’ storied athletics tradition. In a relatively short amount of time since arriving in Atlanta, Radakovich has put his mark on Georgia Tech’s athletics program. The 2008-09 academic year at Georgia Tech wos one of unprecedented athletic success. One year after hiring Paul Johnson as head football coach, Georgia Tech suprised the experts by winning nine games, tying for the ACC Coastal Division title and playing in a 12th consecutive bowl game. The Yellow Jackets, who beat 13th-ranked Georgia and two other ranked teams in November, played in the Chick-fil-A Bowl and were ranked 22nd in the final national polls. The women’s basketball team registered its third straight 20-win season and earned an NCAA Tournament bid for the third consecutive year. The baseball team finished ranked in the top 25. The softball team swept the ACC regular season and tournament titles. The golf team captured the ACC championship and finished the season ranked seventh nationally. The men;s swimming and diving team enjoyed its best NCAA Championships finish ever (19th) and the women’s team broke 10 school records. The women’s tennis team finished ranked eighth nationally. In men’s track, Jerome Miller (high jump) and Steve Marcelle (shot put) turned in recordbreaking performances en route to earning All-American honors. Facilities received major upgrades in 2008-09. Shirley Clements Mewborn Field, the new home for Tech’s softball program, was unveiled prior to the start of the 2009 season and was ultimately showcased on ESPN when the Yellow Jackets hosted an NCAA Super Regional. The Zelnak Center, a new practice facility for Georgia Tech basketball, will be in place prior to the start of the 2009-10 season. Bobby Dodd Stadium will receive several cosmetic upgrades, featuring a new video board that will be in place this fall. The 2007-08 academic year featured the hiring of Johnson as head football coach, women’s basketball emerging as one of the top programs in the South, baseball advancing to the NCAA Regionals and women’s tennis advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Individually, Amanda McDowell won the NCAA singles title in women’s tennis. The 2006-07 year was highlighted by Tech’s women’s tennis team capturing the Institute’s firstever NCAA championship and its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference title. The football team won the ACC Coastal Division, the men’s basketball team earned its third NCAA Tournament bid in four years, the women’s basketball team posted its finest season with 21 wins and a berth in the NCAA Tournament, and the golf team won a share of the ACC title for the second straight year. Outside the competition venues, Radakovich has directed an overhaul of the annual giving and donation structure for Tech athletics, anchored by the new TECH Fund, which establishes minimum giving levels tied to season tickets in various seating areas of Bobby Dodd Stadium and Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Several facility upgrades have been completed, including the transformation of Tech’s former football locker room on the ground floor of the Edge Athletic Center into a new Technology Center, which benefits academic support services for all Yellow Jacket student-athletes. Radakovich also initiated the Athletic Director’s Initiative Fund, started in June, 2006, which has rasied in cash and pledges more than $12 million. A recent gift from the Henry F. McCarnish, Jr., family for the renovation of Alexander Memorial Coliseum, could be worth up to $15 million toward that project. Named Georgia Tech’s Director of Athletics on February 22, 2006, Radakovich possesses nearly two decades of experience in collegiate athletics management positions. He came to Georgia Tech after five years as senior associate athletics director at LSU (2001-06), and he previously served as the Athletics Director at American University in 2000-01. That followed stints as associate athletics director at South Carolina (1994-2000) and Long Beach State (1989-94) as well as two years as the athletics business manager at Miami (1983-85). Just the seventh Director of Athletics in Tech history, Radakovich was named by then Institute President Dr. Wayne Clough to succeed Dave Braine, who retired after nearly nine years in the post. Radakovich also follows in the footsteps of storied names such as John Heisman, Bobby Dodd and Homer Rice. A graduate of Center High School near Aliquippa, Pa., and a member of its Alumni Hall of Fame, Radakovich, 50, became a football letterwinner and student coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1980 with a bachelor of science degree in finance. He was enshrined into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame earlier this year. Radakovich added a master’s degree in business administration from Miami in 1982. He also completed the Sports Management Institute’s executive education program in 1992. He is married to the former Marcie McDonald, and the couple has two children, Christian, 19, and Grant, 15. Christian is a sophomore at Georgia Tech.

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Support Staff Theresa WENZEL

Will CONLON

Senior Women’s Administrator 5th Season • Marquette, 1991

Athletic Trainer 2nd Season • High Point, 2008

Theresa Wenzel enters her fourth season as the Senior Woman Administrator at Georgia Tech and also holds the title of Associate Director of Athletics. She oversees women’s basketball, volleyball, softball, golf, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track & field, men’s and women’s cross country and the men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams in her role. Wenzel is the athletic department non-academic liaison to the Office of Student Affairs. She is also a member of various committees including the Georgia Tech Women’s Resource Center Advisory Board, the Title IX Compliance Committee, the GTAA Compliance and Equity Committee, the NCAA Athletic Certification Steering Committee. Wenzel also serves on the ACC Student Athlete Welfare Committee, the ACC Women’s Basketball Committee, ACC Softball Committee and the ACC Women’s Tennis Committee. For her hard work, Wenzel was recognized by the United States Postal Service with the Sports Award at the 2008 “Women Putting their Stamp on Atlanta Luncheon”. Wenzel possesses a wide range of experience in athletic administration and coaching. She joined the Georgia Tech Athletic Association staff in October of 2005 after an eight-year stint at Siena College (N.Y.), where she served as Assistant and then Associate Athletics Director of business operations while also coaching the women’s golf team. While at Siena, Wenzel served one year as the school’s intramural director and assistant facilities director before being named Assistant Athletic Director for business operations and head women’s golf coach in 1998. In seven seasons as head golf coach, Wenzel led the Saints to five consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles from 2001-2005. She relinquished her coaching duties following the 2005 season when she was promoted to Associate Athletics Director. Prior to her time at Siena, Wenzel spent three years (1994-97) as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Canisus College in Buffalo, N.Y., and she also served an internship with the National Invitational Tournament. A basketball letterwinner at Marquette University, Wenzel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Marquette in 1991. She added a master’s degree in sport administration from Canisius in 2000.

Will Conlon enters his second season as a graduate assistant trainer at Georgia Tech and will work with the swimming and diving teams. Conlon, a native of Mebane, N.C., earned his B.S. degree in Athletic Training from High Point University in 2008. At High Point, Conlon was a student athletic trainer. His duties included practice and game coverage, emergency care of athletes, evaluation of athletic injuries, treatment and rehabilitation, athletic training room maintenance and administration for the teams he covered. He worked with the men’s basketball, men’s lacrosse, women’s soccer and men’s soccer teams at High Point. Conlon has also had an internship with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and is a NATABOC certified athletic trainer (ATC) and licensed athletic trainer (LAT) through the state of Georgia.

Courtney DENNIS Team Manager 3rd Season Courtney Dennis enters her third season as team manager for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. Dennis, a native of Spartunburg, S.C., was a member of her the Dorman High School swim team, as well as team captain her senior season. She also swam for the YSSC for ll years. This past summer, Dennis coached a Spartanburg summer league swim team. Born on April 29, 1989, the Georgia Tech sophomore intends to major in polymer and fiber engineering.

Ethan SHAPIRO Director of Operations 9th Season • Georgia Tech, 2001 Ethan Shapiro enters his ninth year at Georgia Tech and his sixth as Director of Operations for the men’s and women’s swimming

Trudy Wheeler Men’s Team Academic Advisor

Mary Brunk Women’s Team Academic Advisor

Caroline Jones Student Assistant Coach

Jason Benguche Strength Coach

Mickey Malul Student Assistant Coach

Leah Moore Thomas Nutritionist

and diving teams. Prior to working at this position, Shapiro was a graduate assistant for the men’s basketball team from 2002-04. He earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Georgia State Univesity in ‘04. A native of Newton, Mass., Shapiro earned a bachelor of science degree in management from Georgia Tech in ‘01 and was a manager for the men’s basketball team for two-plus seasons. He and his wife, the former Carrie Haskin, have a two-year-old son, Cameron.

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