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Blue Wave Coach Email Addresses
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Meet the Coaches!
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Blue Wave Coach Email Addresses
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| Name: | Huddie Murray-- Assistant Coach | |
| # Years Swimming Experience: | 45 | |
| # Years Coaching Experience: | 28 (18th summer with Blue Wave) | |
| Notable Swimming Achievements: | Competed at 17 Senior National Championships and two Olympic Trials. 5th place in 400 m. Individual Medley and 8th place in 200 Fly at 1976 Olympic Trials. (They took three per event then.) | |
| City Grew Up In: | Haverford, PA (outside Philadelphia) | |
| College Attended: | (I was on the 8 year plan!) Started at Cornell University. Took the next year off to train for Olympic Trials. When I returned to school in September, 1976, Title IX was changing the face of collegiate sports for women. I was able to attend Univ. of Florida on a swim scholarship. I eventually finished my degree (in Elementary Ed.) as a Longhorn after Meghen was born. Graduated in summer, 1982. | |
| About My Family: | My husband Kevin and I have seven beautiful children. I am the 7th of 15 children. (Funny how none of my siblings had more than three kids. Hmmm. They must know something that I don't. ;-) ) | |
| Hobbies/Interests: | Swimming (of course!). I also volunteer in many areas. | |
| The kids would be surprised to know that: | ...my real name is Hilary. | |
| Name: | Carol Imperial -- Assistant Coach | |
| # Years Swimming Experience: | 16 years (excluding Masters swimming) | |
| # Years Coaching Experience: | About 18 years, also. I coached with the Round Rock Dolphins and Pflugerville Piranhas in the Northwest Circuit. I coached with Texas Gold for about 7 years. (I actually coached some of Huddie' s children when they were younger and would like to claim all credit for their successes.:-) ). And I believe this is my 10th year to coach with the awesome Blue Wave | |
| Notable Swimming Achievements: | I believe that having taught thousands of kids how to swim has been far more fulfilling than any personal achievements. (O.K., that is a cop-out answer. I haven't been anywhere near an Olympic Trials like our wonderful Coach Huddie, and she can still mop up the floor with me, even after having 7 kids!!) | |
| City Grew Up In: | Lake Jackson | |
| College Attended: | University of Texas, I received a Bachelor's degree in Education and taught for 6 years. | |
| About My Family: | I will have been married to my husband Archie for sixteen years this July 31st. We have three sons...Josh, Luke and Jake. | |
| Hobbies/Interests: | Reading, jogging, sewing, gardening | |
| The kids would be surprised to know that: | I speak Spanish |
| Name: | Juli Ann Zamora - Coach 'Z' -- Head Coach | |
| # Years Swimming Experience: | 15 | |
| # Years Coaching Experience: | Around 9 total, including year-round club swimming and high school swimming. I currently coach Lost Creek and Anderson High School. | |
| Notable Swimming Achievements: | Unfortunately, anything I say will pale in comparison with our Olympic Trial finalist. ;) | |
| City Grew Up In: | Brownsville (and a little bit of South Padre Island) | |
| College Attended: | Hmmm... UT-Austin, UT-Brownsville and I graduated from Texas State University with a Bachelor's in English/ Education and a minor in Coaching Athletics. | |
| About My Family: | My wonderful parents, 25 year-old brother and 19 year-old sister all live in Brownsville. | |
| Hobbies/Interests: | SWIMMING!! Ok, I don't have much time for hobbies, but I do love the beach, the Astros, and the Spurs. | |
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Name: | Sandy Pobst -- Assistant Coach |
| # Years Swimming Experience: | Recreationally, for years, but I got serious about fitness swimming last year and took lessons to learn proper stroke technique. Swimming with the Masters group at Nitro gives me lots of opportunities to continue improving! | |
| # Years Coaching Experience: | Two years.! I've been working with kids for over 20 years, though, as a teacher, camp counselor, and scout leader | |
| Notable Swimming Achievements: | Successfully avoided all turtles and snakes in the lake where I learned to swim ;) | |
| City Grew Up In: | City? Haha! Moline, Kansas, population 550 | |
| College Attended: | Kansas State University (degree in Elementary Ed). Go Wildcats! | |
| About My Family: | Forrest and I have been married over 10 years and have 2 wonderful daughters, Samantha and Kelsey. | |
| Hobbies/Interests: | I enjoy many different activities: swimming, gardening, reading, sewing, camping, playing with Sunny (our yellow lab), sewing... I just wish I had the time to do them all! | |
| The kids would be surprised to know that: | .The only time I swam in a pool growing up was when we went on vacation. | |
| Name: | Lesley Murray -- Assistant Coach | |
| # Years Swimming Experience: | 15 | |
| # Years Coaching Experience: | 2 | |
| Notable Swimming Achievements: | I swam for Anderson High School and went to State freshman year (back in the glory days when we were 4A), and in 2007 on a relay. Now I swim for The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio and went to NCAA Nationals in 2008 for the 200 Butterfly. I also swim club and have since I was 11, was taught how to swim by Coach Carol and my Mom, Huddie, and was coached on club and high school by Coach Juli. | |
| City Grew Up In: | Austin | |
| College Attended: | The University of Incarnate Word (San Antonio) | |
| About My Family: | I am the middle of 7 children, and I can't get enough of them. | |
| Hobbies/Interests: | I love to bake, as well as draw and paint. I am also almost obsessed with The Office, 30 Rock, and Flight of the Conchords. | |
| The kids would be surprised to know that: | ...I am scared of whales. | |
| Name: | Rachel Beger -- Assistant Coach | |
| # Years Swimming Experience: | 12 | |
| # Years Coaching Experience: | 1 | |
| Notable Swimming Achievements: | I was one of the four captains on the Anderson Swim Team and was a District Finalist and Regional Qualifier for 4 years, Regional Finalist on a relay this past year. I’ve been on the Blue Wave team since I was 6. I have been on four club swimming teams… I was taught to swim by Huddie and a former coach - Jan. Coach Z has been my high school, club, and summer league coach - a triple threat! :) | |
| City Grew Up In: | Austin | |
| College Attended: | Texas A&M | |
| About My Family: | I have an older brother, Justin. My dad is the head timer this year for Blue Wave. | |
| Hobbies/Interests: | Swimming, hanging out with friends, watching basketball like the SPURS, going to Barton Springs | |
| The kids would be surprised to know that: | My hero is Optimus Prime | |
