Shenandoah Sharks Swim Team — Registration Information

2011 Coaches

Head Coach Jeremy Whitt is the Head Coach of the Swimming & Diving program at College Park High School. Over the past 2 years, their team has produced a State Champion in 2 events and this year, the boys team had their best State Championship meet in school history, taking 5th place at the State Championships in Austin. In addition to coaching he also teaches Mathematics at College Park.

He began swimming in North Alabama at the age of 5. Over the course of the next 13 years, he earned many State titles, competed in meets in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and competed in southeastern championships. After graduating from high school, he joined the Navy for 4 years. Upon returning home from the military, he began swimming with a Master's program for 2 years before he started coaching the summer league program he used to swim for. When he took over the program it didn't have many swimmers and turned that program into a year round team increasing the team size by over 100 swimmers. He enrolled in the University of Alabama and began working as the Assistant coach of the Crimson Tide Aquatics club program for the next 4 years producing many State champions and Southeastern Champions. He graduated from Alabama with a Master's degree in Mathematics Education and took his current position at College Park.

He is looking forward to working with a summer league program again and working with younger children to teach them the joy of swimming. His goal for this season is to create a positive and fun team moral while teaching the finer, quality techniques of each stroke. He is sure that this year will be a very productive year with this program as he works with the children and teens from the Sharks to help them be the best swimmers that they can be while showing how much fun this sport can be.

Age Group Coach Jessica Houston is a Healthy Living Instructor at South Montgomery County YMCA. She teaches Shallow and Deep Water Aerobics, Body Sculpting, Pilates and various other classes. She and her husband, Mark, have two boys, Fritz and Olly. Jessica formerly coached for the Shenandoah Sharks from 1999-2003. She is excited to be back and involved with the team now that her oldest son, Fritz, is a Shark as well. Jessica started swimming as a child on summer league swim team, and has stayed involved her entire life through teaching, coaching and swimming masters. She currently enjoys racing sprint triathlons and spending time with her family.

Coach Grant Woodby joins the Sharks for his sixth season coaching the team! Swimming has been a part of his life for as long as he can remember. He swam for The Woodland Swim Team and Klein Aquatics, and was also a Varsity letterman all four years of high school at Oak Ridge. In addition, he was a two time team captain for Oak Ridge his junior and senior years. He loves coaching and enjoys watching swimmers work hard and have fun. Specifically, he hopes to cultivate an environment of entertainment and healthy competition. Grant wants to see the Sharks do well this season but, most importantly, he hopes to see all his swimmers drop time and achieve their own personal goals. He is currently attending Texas Tech law school and is responsible for the invention of the “Shark Chomp.”

Coach Jacqueline Fraser swam for 13 years with the Sharks and 4 years of high school swimming. She was a junior coach with the Sharks for the past 2 years and is excited to be a full coach this year! She is currently a student at Lonestar College-Montgomery. In her free time she likes to watch movies, listen to music, do arts and crafts, and spend time with her family.

Coach Stephanie Roche swam on swim team for 11 years, 3 of them with the Sharks. This is her second year as a junior coach for Shenandoah and she is excited to have to opportunity to coach again. Stephanie is currently a senior at The Woodlands College Park High School and after graduating is headed to The University of Texas at San Antonio. Stephanie plans to become a teacher and loves the practice coaching and instructing the swimmers give her towards her profession. She cannot wait for another fun year with the swim team.

Preseason Coaches

Preseason Coach Bryanna Stuart has been swimming since she was 5 years old. She has been swimming with the Shenandoah Sharks for 10 years. She also swam U.S. Swimming for 5 years. She competed in the U.S. Open Water Nationals 5K in Fort Myers, Florida when she was 13 years old. She swam on the varsity swim team at The Woodlands College Park High School her freshman year. This will be her third summer as a preseason coach for the Shenandoah Sharks.