Alex de la Pena Hired as Assistant Coach at UNC-Wilmington

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, OCtober 22. UNCW head swimming and diving coach Jason Memont has announced the addition of former Brown University assistant coach Alex de la Peña to his coaching staff this season.

“I am excited to add Alex (de la Peña) to the swimming staff at UNCW,” said Memont. “Alex brings a wealth of college coaching experience and will immediately help us with his knowledge of training methods. He also will be a huge asset in recruiting and organizational skills. Alex is known for his work ethic which will be extremely important for us to continue the tradition of success at Wilmington.”

Prior to coaching at Brown, de la Peña served on the staffs at Monmouth College, Oberlin College and St. Lawrence University.

At Monmouth, he served as head coach of the Fighting Scots for two seasons and helped both the program to men and women’s programs to third-place finishes at the Midwest Conference championships.

Twenty-three athletes earned All-Midwest Conference honors and recorded 88 top-10 times over two seasons.

He served as graduate assistant at Saint Lawrence and later was an assistant at Oberlin.

de la Peña was a four-time letterwinnner at Baldwin Wallace, where he graduated with a degree in Sport Management and Business Administration. While competing for the Yellow Jackets he captained the men’s program his junior and senior seasons. During his career, he posted 20 All-Ohio Athletic Conference performances.

The Seahawks visit Duke on Oct. 25 at 11 a.m. in their next meet.

The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com.

 

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