Email Head Coach Andrew Fleek andrewfleek10@yahoo.com
Andrew Fleek takes the reins of the Lawrence University swimming and diving teams for the 2008-09 season. Fleek was named the head coach in April 2008.
"I'm very, very exicted to join the staff at Lawrence," Fleek said. "I can't tell you how excited I am to work with the athletes that are on the team. To be with students and athletes of that quality will be very rewarding."
A native of Lincoln, Neb., Fleek was a standout swimmer at the University of South Dakota. A four-year letterwinner, he served as team captain and was a 12-time North Central Conference finalist. An all-conference selection in 2001, he was a five-time NCAA "B" qualifier. Fleek was nominated for the school's Male Student Athlete of the Year Award in 2003 and won his team's Most Improved Award in 2000.
Fleek, who earned a bachelor's degree in secondary education and a master's degree in athletic administration from South Dakota, served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in 2004 and 2005. He also has experience coaching at the high school and club levels.
This past season, Fleek helped guide the Wooster women to a third-place finish and the men to fifth in the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships.
The Lawrence women finished second in the team standings at the Midwest Conference Championships this past season, and the men placed fourth. The Vikings return 14 letterwinners, including conference champions Hayley Vatch and Julia Ziege, on the women's team for the 2008-09 season. Conference champion Kyle Griffin leads the nine returning letterwinners for the men's team.