Poets Name Pudwill Director of Aquatics
Poets Name Pudwill Director of Aquatics
Whittier, Calif.
–Whittier College Director of Athletics,
Robert Coleman, has announced that Justin Pudwill has been named
the Director of Aquatics and will oversee the men’s and
women’s water polo and swimming & diving programs at
Whittier College.
Pudwill majored in
Sports Management at Salem International University in Salem, West
Virginia. While there he was a member of the baseball,
swimming and water polo teams, earning Academic All-American honors
in all three sports for three years. Water polo at Salem
International is a Division I sport. Pudwill also played
semi-professional water polo for the Ontario Water Polo Club in
Ontario, Canada. His team won the Canadian Junior Club
Championships in 1999.
Pudwill has been the
head coach of the men’s water polo and swimming programs for
Whittier over the past two years and has made tremendous strides in
rebuilding the program. “Justin has worked extremely hard over
the past two years and I feel very comfortable that he will handle
the expectations that come with this hire, said
Coleman.” Coleman also said, “When we hired
Justin two years ago he was very excited about calling Whittier his
home and I think we have made a commitment through this
promotion. There is little question that we want this
to be a long term relationship.” As for Pudwill’s
thoughts on taking over the women’s programs he said,
“Coaching women is an avenue I’ve been down before so I
am excited about the challenge. They are a great group of
women.”
The Whittier College Board of Trustees has recently announced they will begin breaking ground on a new 43 meter swimming pool in August ’09 with a completion date slated for June ’10. “This promotion is an honor. It’s a very exciting time at Whittier College with the new pool coming. I think the direction we are heading is the definition of a great aquatics program,” Pudwill said.
