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LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) –<\/strong>\u00a0UNLV Swimming and Diving Head Coach Ben Loorz<\/strong> announced the newest coaching additions to the Rebel family on Wednesday<\/span>, as Patrick Ota, Karissa Kruszewski<\/strong> and Lara Jackson<\/strong> will all be joining the swimming and diving program. Ota will serve as head assistant coach, while Kruszewski and Jackson will both be assistant coaches. They will join returning Head Diving Coach Derek Starks<\/strong>, in his fourth year with the Rebels, in making up Loorz\u2019s first coaching staff as he took over at the helm of the program this past May.<\/p>\n

Ota comes to UNLV from Fresno State, where he was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 2011-16. While at Fresno State he helped the program post six individual school records, four relay school records, a Mountain West individual champion and an NCAA qualifier. Ota also coached a pair of Olympic Trial qualifiers during his five years with the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

His coaching career began in 2007 as the head assistant coach at Fresno Pacific, and oversaw a sprint group that featured nine individual national champions. The school won two national titles for the men and a runner-up finish for the women\u2019s team during his four years with the school. During that time, he also served as the national coach for the Raisin Country Aquatics club team in Selma from 2008-10, before being promoted to head coach for 2010-11.<\/p>\n

Ota swam collegiate at US Santa Barbara (2002-06), and was a seven-time Big West Champion while qualifying for the NCAA\u2019s in the 100 back in 2006. That same year he was selected as the Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Following his time at UCSB, Ota claimed the 50 and 100 back titles at the 2009 US Masters\u2019 National Championships. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in film studies in 2006 from UCSB.<\/p>\n

\u201cPat is one of the finest, most well-rounded young coaches in the Western U.S.,\u201d said Loorz. \u201cHe is innovative, experienced at the highest level, and very familiar with the Mountain West and the UNLV program.\u00a0 He is a proven coach, having trained athletes to the NCAA Championship meet and to U.S. Olympic Trials.\u00a0Pat will be instrumental in effectively implementing our vision of being a consistent impact player at these meets.\u201d<\/p>\n

This will be Kruszewski\u2019s second stint on a Loorz coaching staff, as she served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for him at Cal State East Bay since May of 2015. She helped see the program record four new school records, a second-place finish at the PCSC Championships and record a total of 17 NCAA \u2018B\u2019 marks. Her roles with the team included coaching the long spring, mid-distance and IM groups, while also overseeing the team\u2019s recruiting program.<\/p>\n

Prior to East Bay, Kruszewski began her coaching career as the Girls Head Swim Coach at Oregon High School in Oregon, Wis., from Aug. 2013-Nov. 2015, and also was the Boys Head Coach at Stoughton High School, also in Stoughton, Wis., from Nov. 2013-Feb. 2015.<\/p>\n

Kruszewski was a three-year letterwinner for the University of Wisconsin, and was named to the Big Ten Academic All-Conference team all six semesters. She began her collegiate career at UC Irvine during the 2008-09 season and was named a scholar-athlete as well.\u00a0 Kruszewski graduated from Wisconsin in 2013 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology.<\/p>\n

\u201cKarissa is passionate about coaching a university program that competes at the very highest level,\u201d said Loorz. \u201cShe is a tireless recruiter, and very well-connected to what is going on in the swimming world.\u00a0 I have worked with Karissa for over a year now and she continues to impress me with her drive and high expectations, both for herself and her athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson was a two-time NCAA Individual Champion while swimming for Arizona from 2006-09. She earned 13 All-America honors in her four years and set eight NCAA, US Open and American records. Professional swimming followed, as she competed with Finis Inc for the next four years, during which she was the 2011 US National Champion in the 50 free, while also setting the Pan American record that same year. Most recently, she spent a year training with the Auburn University Pro Team while serving as a volunteer assistant coach for the Tigers during the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n

Jackson graduated from Arizona in 2011 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in animal science.<\/p>\n

\u201cLara is the best short-course American sprinter in history, \u201csaid Loorz, as her American record in the 50 yard free stood for eight years until it was finally broken this past spring.\u00a0\u201cI have had the opportunity to work with Lara, and was immediately impressed with her keen technical mind and eye for detail.\u00a0I am excited for our sprinters to be able to learn from her expertise.\u00a0Her recent retirement from the professional ranks made this the perfect opportunity for her to enter the college coaching ranks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starks is in his fourth year as diving coach for the Rebels.\u00a0 \u201cOf course we are pleased that Derek will remain on staff as the leader of our diving program,\u201d said Loorz. \u201cHe is very involved with the diving community at multiple levels, and the success he is growing here in Las Vegas is grabbing attention nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the 2015 season, he coached Lucas James to three top-four finishes at the WAC Championships, including the conference title on the platform, which was the first conference title for the men\u2019s team in any event since 1988. James would go on to place 14th<\/sup>\u00a0at the NCAA Diving Zones, again one of the highest finishes in the past 28 years for the Rebels. The women meanwhile under Starks scored in three events at the MW Championships.<\/p>\n

Press release courtesy of UNLV Swimming & Diving<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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