Jodi Cash
Head Coach
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Coach Jodi has an
extensive history with WST. She swam for WST from the time she was
7 years old through high school. For all four of her college years
she swam for Washington & Lee University as a butterflyer and
distance freestyler. Coach Jodi was the head coach of WST from
1992-1995 and 1996-1999. She also coached the Watauga High School
women's team during the 2003-2004 season. She has been the director
of the Wellness Center for the past 11 years, and loves running,
swimming, and cycling. Her daughter, Kimberly, swims for WST and
Coach Jodi is thrilled to discover that Kimberly loves swimming
too! Coach Jodi joined the WST coaching staff in September 2006 as
a substitute coach. She also
coached the waverunners for several years, then became Head Coach
in December 2010.
Nicole Higgins
Assistant Coach
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I have been coaching the
blue gills and sea turtles since October 2005. I have enjoyed
working with our younger swimmers and teaching them about
competitive swimming. They are always full of energy and
eager to learn. Learning to swim at age 5, I have enjoyed
being in the water ever since. I swam competitively with SAC
as a young swimmer, and then swam for Kings Mountain High School as
a teenager. As an adult, I have swum with the local
master’s competitive team. My favorite strokes are
backstroke and butterfly.
I came to Boone in 2001
to attend ASU and met my husband, Robert, while in college. I
currently teach PE swim classes at ASU and I do the office work for
Robert’s business, Solid Ground Grading. We enjoy the
outdoors and staying fit together.
Faye Kelley
Assistant Coach
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I started swimming for
WST when I was 7 and continued through highschool. I really started
to love it during highschool but struggled with a shoulder injury
and took a long time to get back into the sport at the intensity
that swimming demands. I love butterfly and IM sets and open water
races. I started substitute coaching for WST in summer 2010 and
have loved working with kids to enjoy the practices and see results
at swim meets. I have learned so much about perseverance and hard
work through swimming and those skills have carried through into
college. I go to Appalachian State University as an exercise
science major and am planning to go to physical therapy school
afterwards. I've also taught swim lessons for 5 years and love
introducing kids to a skill that is so useful and
fun.
JD Dove
Assistant Coach
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Coach JD joined the WST coaching staff in 2007 as a
substitute coach. Since then, he has enjoyed working with all age
groups on the team, but spends most of his time with the Blue Gills
and Sea Turtles. He grew up in Cary, NC, where he began his
competitive swimming career as a summer league swimmer at the age
of 8. When he turned 14, he decided to make the change from being a
seasonal swimmer, to being a year-round swimmer, joining the
Raleigh Swim Association. He swam with RSA until he was 18. In his
short four years swimming competitively year-round, he experienced
stellar improvement, eventually taking part in NCS Select Camp and
becoming a member of the NC Zone Team and a top 16 Relay.
He attributes his successes to the coaching he received at the
year-round level, which included former Olympic Gold medalists,
Olympic team coaches and NCSA National Coaches of the
Year. Inspired by these mentors, JD chose to remain in the
swimming world as a coach. He coached the age-group level swimmers
at RSA for 3 years, coached summer league teams for five summers,
and coached the Watauga High swim team for the `10-`11 season.
He is excited to share his experience and love of the sport of
swimming - from stroke technique to awesome pool games - with
all ages of WST swimmers.
