Two-time All-America and Big 12 champion swimmer Carlye Ellis will join the Cornell women's swimming and diving staff as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2015-16 season it was announced today by head coach Patrick Gallagher.
Ellis spent the last two years as an assistant swimming coach for both the men's and women's programs at Valparaiso, helping the teams break more than two dozen school records during her time there. She assisted in all facets of the program, from scheduling and recruiting to practice planning and meet preparation while earning her Master's degree in Sports Administration.
Just prior to joining the staff at Valparaiso, Ellis coached at Nitro Swimming in Austin. At Nitro, she was an assistant coach for the national, sectional, and TAGS groups where she worked with nationally ranked swimmers who competed at the Olympic Trials, World Junior Championships, Senior and Junior National championships.
A four-year letter winner at Texas, she was part of school record-setting 200 and 400 medley relay teams. During her four seasons, the Longhorns finished as high as fifth at the NCAA championships, and her teams won Big 12 titles as a sophomore and senior. She graduated in 2011 with a degree in Communication Studies.
