Head
Coach
Alicia Kemnitz,
3rd year
aliciakemnitz@kings.edu
570-208-5900, ext. 5758
King's College appointed Alicia Kemnitz as the new full-time head
swimming coach/aquatics director at the college on August 18, 2005
Kemnitz, a native of Williamsport, serves full-time as head coach of both
the men's and women's swim teams at King's, while also creating
aquatics programming at the college for King's students and staff,
as well as children and adults in the Wyoming Valley and surrounding
communities.
A 1998 graduate of Loyalsock High School, Kemnitz attended Hollins
University in Virginia where she was a standout on the swimming team
all four years of college. During her time at Hollins, Kemnitz was a
two-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference all-star selection while
setting three university swimming records.
While at Hollins, Kemnitz was also active in numerous college
organizations and committees. She served as Student Government
Association President as well as co-Treasurer. She also served as a
student representative on the university's presidential search
committee. Kemnitz also served as the student-athlete association
chairperson.
Kemnitz graduated from Hollins in 2002 with a degree in history,
compiling a 3.88 grade-point average while earning Summa Cum Laude
honors. She then returned to Williamsport where she served as an
assistant swimming coach at Lycoming College for the 2002 fall
semester.
She would then attend graduate school at Old Dominion University
where she earned a master's degree in sports management, posting a
perfect 4.0 grade-point average in the process. While at ODU,
Kemnitz worked in the university's compliance office where she
monitored student-athletes' academic progress and eligibility while
managing NCAA Clearinghouse information.
While at ODU, Kemnitz remained active with swimming, serving as head
coach of the Manchester YMCA in Richmond where she planned and
coordinated all aspects of the program, including writing and
organizing all practice and workout schedules. She also assisted in
the hiring, training, and supervision of all swim team employees and
volunteers.
During the 2006-07 year, Kemnitz was inducted into the Hollins
University Athletic Hall of Fame.
At King's, Kemnitz will look to improve both the men's and women's
teams as she became the first full-time swim coach at the college.
She has implemented a weight training program as well as increasing
the amount of in-water training. The results have been
evident. In her first two season with the program, every swimmer on
the roster set at least one new personal best during the 2005-07 seasons.
Interested in being recruited for swimming by Coach Kemnitz?
Click on the following link and fill out the on-line recruiting
form:
Prospective Athletes
Recruiting Form
Assistant
Coach
Lynn
Lamore
570-208-5900, ext. 5758
Joining the King's College swimming coaching staff in 2006-07 is
Lynn Lamore. Coach Lamore comes to King's with a wide variety
of coaching experience in several sports, including swimming.
Lamore served as a swimming coach at North Kingstown High School in
Rhode Island and was also an age group swim coach at the YMCA of
South County, also in Rhode Island. She has also been a
softball and field hockey coach, and has additionally coached Little
League Baseball.
She spent seven years swimming in New England Masters Swimming and
also competed in softball, field hockey, basketball, while a student
at West Boylston High School. She earned a bachelor's degree
in Mathematics from Southeastern Massachusetts University in 1983
where she would add fencing to her list of competitive sports.
She would later participate in soccer in the Ocean State Leaague,
while also competing in adult volleyball leagues.
From 1983-87, Lamore also worked as a Computer Scientist in the
Naval Underwater System Center. She is currently
employed in the King's College Book Store.
