{"id":393377,"date":"2019-09-08T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=393377"},"modified":"2019-09-07T20:22:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T03:22:35","slug":"swimming-world-presents-qa-with-lindsey-wilson-colleges-head-coach-alicia-kemnitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-qa-with-lindsey-wilson-colleges-head-coach-alicia-kemnitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Q&A with Lindsey Wilson College’s Head Coach: Alicia Kemnitz”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q&A with Lindsey Wilson College’s Head Coach: Alicia Kemnitz<\/span><\/h2>\n

By Michael J. Stott<\/span><\/p>\n

Since she started the Lindsey Wilson College swimming program in 2010, Alicia Kemnitz has placed the Blue Raiders in the Top 10 at the NAIA National Championships 11 times.<\/p>\n

Credentials:
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u2022 Hollins University, B.A., history, minor in women\u2019s studies, 2002; Old Dominion University, M.S. Ed., sport management, 2005
\n\u2022 Lindsey Wilson College men\u2019s and women\u2019s head coach, 2010-present
\n\u2022 Assistant women\u2019s coach at Lycoming College, 2009-10
\n\u2022 King\u2019s College men\u2019s and women\u2019s head coach, 2005-09 (at King\u2019s College, her teams won 8 Middle Atlantic Conference crowns in 8 attempts)
\n\u2022 Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year\u20142015, 2017 (men); 2017, 2018 (women)
\n\u2022 Coached LWC teams to 11 NAIA Top 10 finishes (women, 6; men, 5)
\n\u2022 Youngest inductee ever into Hollins University Athletics Hall of Fame (2007)
\n\u2022 Doctoral candidate in higher education leadership with a focus in sport management at Grand Canyon University<\/p>\n

Alicia Kemnitz serves as president of the NAIA Swimming Executive Committee. She is a member of various aquatic administrative bodies, including
\nD-III Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee, the NAIA Champions of Character National Committee and the NAIA National Swimming Rules Committee. Kemnitz also serves as chair of the Mid-South Conference\u2019s Women\u2019s Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n

Swimming World:<\/span><\/strong> What were major challenges in starting the Lindsey Wilson aquatics program from scratch?
\nAlicia Kemnitz:<\/strong><\/span> Rural Kentucky has few YMCA and similar organizations, so the people in this area have very little access\u2014and little knowledge\u2014of basic water safety, aquatic programming\u2014like swimming lessons\u2014or competitive swimming. It was, and still is, a challenge to educate the community about everything aquatics. We really had to start from the ground-up in terms of educating people.<\/p>\n

Columbia, Ky. is surrounded by lakes\u2014both Green River Lake and Lake Cumberland. So, when I first moved here and took over the role of aquatics director, I really wanted to promote water safety, especially through our swimming lesson program. We have been offering swimming lessons for nine years now, and started a water safety pledge initiative this summer. We have also grown the competitive swimming presence in this area through the college and now USA age group and high school team programs.<\/p>\n

To access our full interview with coach Alicia Kemnitz,<\/strong>
\ncheck out the September 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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