Bryant University

Graham Beck

2011-15

Micah Ornelas

2018-19

Ben Schulte – 2014-18

 Ben Schulte represented Bryant at the 2016 Olympics in Rio as he held the flag for the opening ceremonies for his country of Guam. As a freshman he was the MAAC Swimmer of the Meet. Throughout his MAAC career Schulte accumulated 11 gold medals while helping a 400-medley team to a MAAC record in 2018. 

Canisius College

Men

Spencer Bray

2012-16

Cory Hull

1995-97

Scott Maybee

1990-94

Shawn Parkhurst

2010-12

Travis Wright - 2015-18

 The MAAC Diver of the Year three times, and the 2016-17 Canisius Male Athlete of the Year Award winner, Travis Wright is the only diver in Canisius history to win the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events in multiple years. The first Canisius diver to qualify for NCAA Zone A Championships, Wright is currently the head diving coach for the Golden Griffins.

Women

Melissa Griffin

1994-98

Tracey McDonald

1994-98

Vivian Mroz

2015-19

Marissa Oakley

2011-15

Rebecca Anthone – 2014-18 

A five-time MAAC Champion, Rebecca Anthone set four Canisius program records and four Koessler Athletic Center pool records during her time as a Griff from 2014-18. All four of her school records were set at the MAAC Championship. After graduating, she went on to her her master's degree in communications at Syracuse.

Fairfield University

Men

Connor Daly

2012-16

Evan Fair

2018-Present

Christopher McTague

1991-95

James Turney

1987-91

Daniel Pires - 2012-16

 Daniel Pires holds the program record on both the 1M and 3M diving boards. He is one of only two divers in Fairfield history to have topped 300 points (six dives) on either board, and the lone diver to do so from both the 1M and 3M boards. Pires was a MAAC All-Academic student and four-time MAAC Diver of the Week.

Women

Catherine Bassi-Desmarais

1989-93

Morgan Hansen

2017-Present

Kelly Steele Aldrich

2001-05

Michelle Yoshida

2009-12

Sara Ostensen– 2017-Present

Sara Ostensen is the only swimmer in MAAC history to be named Rookie Swimmer of the Meet and Most Outstanding Female Swimmer of the Meet, a feat she accomplished while leading the Stags to the 2018 MAAC Championship. Ostensen has been a part of three straight MAAC Championship teams, winning 10 MAAC golds (4 individual, 6 relay) in three seasons. She holds seven individual school records and seven relay records.

Coach Anthony Bruno

Bruno has won the MAAC Championship and MAAC Coach of the Year in all three of his seasons leading the Stags (2017-Pres.). His first team set a program record with 11 dual-meet wins and became the first MAAC team to defeat Marist in a dual since 2009.

Iona College

Men

Christian Foti

2014-18

David Gartman

2006-10

Seth Tasman

2007-11

Chris Yacobacci

2009-13

Justin Grigull – 2010-14

Grigull is the most decorated swimmer in Iona history. He was a two-time captain, earned three MVP Awards and is the program’s leading MAAC Championship Scorer of all time. At the 2012 MAAC championships, he won gold in the 200-free, silver in the 500-free and bronze in the 100-free. In 12 career MAAC Championship races, he has nine individual top-three appearances and was fourth in three other events. In addition to his 2012 gold, he anchored the Gaels to their only 400-yard freestyle relay win in history. At the time of his graduation in 2014, Grigull was the school record holder in the 200-free, 500-free and 1,000-free. He is also number one in Iona history in the 50-free and 100-free and was a four-time qualifier for the NIC and ECAC Championships.

Women

Aimee Bryers

1999-03

Alyssa Chain

2016-20

Theresa Harvey

2009-13

Elizabeth Kaczmarek

2014-18

Mary Ellen Mangione – 2012-16

Mangione has scored the most career points of any Iona swimmer in MAAC Championship history (199) and took gold in the 2014 400-yard individual medley. She also captured five combined silver medals at MAAC Championships in the 200-breaststroke, 200-individual medley and 400-individual medley. At the time of her graduation, Mangione held school records in the 200-individual medley and 400-individual medley and is in Iona’s all-time top-10 in the 100 and 200-breaststroke, as well as the 100-individual medley.

Coach Nick Cavataro

Head coach Nick Cavataro has been at the helm of the Iona men’s swimming and diving program since 1980. Cavataro has compiled a 233-205-1 (.531) record on the men’s side and is two wins shy of 400 (men’s and women’s combined). Cavataro led the Gaels to their first MAAC Championship in 1993. The championship was Iona’s fifth during Cavataro’s tenure, having won the Metropolitan Collegiate Swim Conference Championship in ’87, ’88, ’89 and ’91. The Gaels have placed in the top-five at MAACs 25 times with Cavataro at the helm. Under Cavataro’s guidance, the team has qualified over 100 for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Swim Championship Meet qualifiers and six Senior National qualifiers. In 2018, five members of the men's program took part in the CSCAA National Invitational. It was the Gaels first postseason appearance since 2013. The men’s program has earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors 17 out of the last 20 semesters, going back until the spring of 2010.

Manhattan College

Men

Mike Mackay

2011-15

Lance Neuendorf

2012-16

Dallan Treanor

2012-16

Timothy Valentine

2016-20

Robert Varieur – 2009-13

 Robert Varieur was a major factor in the return of the men’s swimming & diving program at Manhattan. As a junior in 2011-12, he placed second at MAAC's in the 100-freestyle qualifying for the ECAC's. During his time in Riverdale, he set school records in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle events, and was part of school record breaking 200, 400, and 800 free relay teams.

Women

Courtney Arduini

2003-07

Bridget Latino

2008-12

Kali Nembach

2016-20

Megan O’Keefe

2005-09

Alexandra Hutzler – 2014-18 

Alexandra Hutzler is one of the top performers in the history of the women’s swimming & diving programs, and was responsible for 12 school records at the time of her graduation. She paced the team in scoring at the MAAC Championships in each of her four campaigns. As a senior, Hutzler took fifth in the 100-yard butterfly and seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke at the MAAC Championships. As a junior, she recorded a pair of top-five finishes at the MAAC meet.

Marist College

Men

Christopher Blackwell 

1995-98

Mathew Castillo

2001-05

Danny Knoll 

2015-19

Keith Nichols

1997-01

David Dobbins – 1997-01

Besides holding the program record time of 45.35 in the 100-yard free, David Dobbins had a stellar all-around career. Dobbins was a four-time MAAC Athlete of the Year, winning 12 individual MAAC Championships throughout his Red Fox career.

Women

Meghan Duffy

2002-06

Jamie Falco

2004-08

Esabelle Gervasio

2017-Present

Meredith Wurtz

2013-17

Kate Conard– 2009-13

After the end of Kate Conard's career, she held MAAC records in the 500-yard free (4:50.97), 1,000-yard free (9:57.08), and 1650-yard free (16:40.23), as well as the 800-yard free relay (7:31.19). She holds program records in the same events, as well as the 200-yard free (1:50.12), 200-yard back (2:00.65), and 400-yard IM (4:25.84). She was a three-time MAAC Athlete of the Year, and won 11 MAAC individual championships. Conard was named an Academic All-American in 2013.

Coach Larry VanWagner

Larry VanWagner, who arrived at Marist in 1976, is the longest-tenured employee in the history of the Marist Athletics Department. He has led the Marist men's swimming & diving team to 12 MAAC championships. This includes eight straight championships to begin the Red Foxes' run in the MAAC (1996-2003), and included four more consecutive crowns from 2005-08. VanWagner has led the men’s team has a 270-143 (.654) dual meet record, including 103-20 (.838) in MAAC dual meets. VanWagner also serves as head coach of Marist's women's swimming & diving team, and has amassed over 400 career wins.

Monmouth University

Men

Callan Smith – 2018-20

In his first two seasons in the MAAC, Callan Smith has made an immediate impact on the conference. The 2019 MAAC Rookie of the Meet won the 500-yard freestyle and won two individual silver medals in the 200 free and 200 back. At the 2020 MAAC Championships, Smith won two gold medals in the 100 and 200 back, including setting the MAAC record in the 200 back. Smith also owns a pair of bronze medals as part of relay teams, with the 200 medley relay in 2020 and the 400 medley relay in 2019.

Women

Camryn McHugh – 2018-20

Through two seasons, Camryn McHugh has been Monmouth's top swimmer at the MAAC Championships. McHugh owns two gold medals, three silver medals and was part of a bronze medal winning relay team. McHugh won gold in the 200-yard backstroke in each of her first two collegiate seasons and has two runner-up performances in the last two years in the 100-yard backstroke. McHugh added a silver medal in the 100 fly and a bronze in the 400 free relay.

Niagara University

Men

Robert Brown

2013-17

Shawn Warner

2013-17

JaRom Williams

2013-17

Nicolas Winograd

2015-19

Ion O’Rourke – 2007-11

Ian O'Rourke is the most decorated diver in Purple Eagles history, qualifying for the NCAA Zone Championships three times. He was a five-time MAAC Champion and four-time ECAC Champion. He holds the Niagara program records in the 1-meter dive (6 dives and 11 dives) and the 3-meter dive (6 dives and 11 dives).

Women

Julia Casolo

2014-18

Ashley Jones

2008-12

Aubrey Kettrick

2009-13

Sydney Kligys

2013-17

Hannah Charlton– 2014-18 

Hannah Charlton was an integral part of the Purple Eagles women’s swimming team during her four years on Monteagle Ridge. She holds two individual program records (200 fly, 200 IM) and has been part of three record-setting relay teams (200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 800 free relay). She holds top-10 program times in the 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 back, 100 IM and 200 IM.

Rider University

Men

Rob Baier

1999-2003

Justin Carey

2016-20

Dylan Korn

2004-08

Brandon Modrov

2003-07

Zack Molloy – 2014-18

Molloy was a three-time MAAC Outstanding Male Swimmer in leading Rider to four-straight MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships. He also earned Rider Male Athlete of the Year three times. He owns the MAAC record in the 100, 200 and 500 free, while being a part of the relay teams that own the records in the 200, 400 and 800 free relays. He won 17 MAAC Championship gold medals in his four years with the Broncs.

Women

Melissa Michalov

1999-2003

Priscilla Modrov

2005-09

Jen O'Reilly

1997-2000

Kellyanne Tomasula

2006-10

Amanda Burke - 2006-10

Burke was a three-time Rider Female Athlete of the Year and a two-time National Champion in her post-graduate career. She became Rider's first-ever diver to qualify for Nationals and was a three-time NCAA qualifier. She earned three MAAC and ECAC Diver of the Year honors, taking home seven MAAC and seven ECAC gold medals. Burke owns all five Rider team diving records and all four Rider Pool diving records, as well as both MAAC diving records. She was named to the Mid-Major All-America Swimming and Diving Team by collegeswimming.com and continued her diving career for six years after college, earning National Champion honors in the one-meter dive at the 2011 AT&T National Championships, as well as three-meter synchronized diving at the 2014 AT&T National Championships with Ariel Rittenhouse. Burke reached the finals of the U.S. Diving Olympic Trials in the 3-meter springboard in 2016. In 2012, Burke also qualified in the 3-meter Synchronized Springboard dive and placed third, with the top two teams going to the Olympics. Burke competed as a member of the Olympic Performance Squad as a synchronized diver, representative of the top 25 divers in the nation. She placed seventh in the world at the 2013 FINA World Aquatic Championships in Barcelona, Spain, and placed third at the 2013 AT&T National Diving Championships in the 1-meter in Iowa.

Coach Steve Fletcher

 Fletcher has been the leader of Rider’s men’s swimming and diving dynasty, while also guiding the women’s team to consistent success. He’s the 11-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year on the men's side, while earning women’s Coach of the Year twice. In his 19 years, Fletcher has led his teams to 10 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles with the men (2004, 2012-20), one ECAC title with the men (2005), two MAAC titles with the women (2009, 2003) and has compiled 22 MAAC runner-up finishes. He has come home with 18 MAAC Diver of the Year awards and 17 MAAC Most Outstanding Performers.

Saint Peter’s University

Men

Jonathan Gomez

2014

Igual Oren

2017-18

Nicholas Riepe

2014-15

Karl Rose

1993-96

Lovro Bilonic – 2011-13

Lovro Bilonic was a member of the Saint Peter's University swimming & diving program. He holds two MAAC Championship records, including the 100-meter breast stroke in 2011 (53.74) and the 200-meter breast stroke in 2013 (1:57.59). He holds four school records in total, including the 200 IM and 200 freestyle. He was also named the Most Outstanding Male Swimmer at the 2013 MAAC Championships.

Women

Marie Fineron

2014-15

Anastasiia Mushtei 

2012-14

Alexandra Sisron

2013-14

Rachel Wuko

2014-15

Matea Samardzic – 2013-15

Matea Samardzic was a two-time Most Outstanding Female Swimmer at the MAAC Championships in both 2014 and 2015. She still holds or is part of four conference record performances at the league championships, including the individual record holder in the 500 free (4:50.46, 2015), the 100 back (55.45, 2015), the 200 back (1:56.52, 2014) and the 400 medley relay (3:46.90, 2014). She is part of eight school records, as well.

Siena College

Women

Hailey Beers

2012-16

Molly Chamberlain

2008-11

Brittany Pavolko

2007-11

Leah Serbalik

2001-05

Kelly Pangburn – 1999-03

A 2012 Siena Hall of Fame selection, Pangburn was a 10-time MAAC champion, including eight individual gold medals and two relay wins from 2001-03. The 2002 MAAC Outstanding Female Swimmer, she helped the Saints to a second-place finish in the MAAC during the 2002-03 season, and still holds program record in the 1650 freestyle to this day, after also graduating with the 1000 free record.

Former MAAC Members

Brennan Morris (Loyola) – 2011-12

Brennan Morris of Loyola University is the MAAC record holder for two events. In 2011, Morris set the record for the 400 IM. In 2012 he went on to set the record for the 1650 freestyle.