Pepperdine’s Nick Rodionoff Joins Birmingham H.S. Hall of Fame

MALIBU, California, June 26. PEPPERDINE women's swimming and diving head coach Nick Rodionoff was inducted into the Birmingham (Calif.) High School Hall of Fame earlier this week.

Rodionoff coached the men's and women's teams at the Van Nuys school for more than 30 years before leaving there for his current job at Pepperdine. Birmingham previously honored Rodionoff in 1999 when it named its new pool after him.

Rodionoff was recognized as one of the top coaches in the country while at Birmingham, which boasted an astonishing dual-meet record of 324-3 (.991), 31 league titles, a record of 10 Los Angeles City Section boys' championships and four Los Angeles City girls' championships during his tenure.

He coached 36 high school All-Americans prior to his 1997 retirement.

In addition to being named to the Birmingham Hall of Fame, Rodionoff also was inducted into the International Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame in 1974. Additionally, he is one of only two swimming coaches to have received the honor of being invited to join the National High School Coaches Hall of Fame (2004).

A top choice for an Olympic coach, Rodionoff was honored in 1999 as the recipient of the Fred A. Cady Memorial Coaches Award. The award is presented biannually to coaches who have dedicated 25 or more years to diving, while developing outstanding talent in the U.S. National Diving program and international competition, including the Olympic Games.

A two-time PCSC Coach of the Year, Rodionoff's Pepperdine swimmers have broken 10 school records in 20 possible events and have recorded nearly 70 of Pepperdine's all-time best marks.

Rodionoff has guided a total of six women divers to conference championships, four of whom have qualified for the NCAA Championships. In 2009, senior and PCSC Diver of the Year Amanda Pond won the 3-meter diving event and placed second in the 1-meter competition to teammate Tiffany Martz.

Pond is Rodionoff's second conference Diver of the Year honoree, joining Michelle Barker, who earned this prestigious title in 2002. In 2008, senior Ali McLeod was named the meet's Division I Swimmer of the Year after winning the 100 fly and achieving an NCAA qualifying "B" time.

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