SWIMMING & DIVING: Alma College Hires Channing Kimball as its new Diving Coach.
Alma, Mi.- Channing Kimball joins the Alma College Athletic Department as the diving coach for the Swimming & Diving program in 2007. Kimball is a four year letter winner at the Division I level and graduated with a B.S. in Business Management in 2004.
Coach Kimball was a stand out athlete at both the high school and college level. Her senior year in high school she won the Tennessee State Diving Championship and was named the Diver of the Year in 2000.
From there, Kimball attended the University of Wyoming where she was a member of the Varsity Swimming & Diving Team for four years. In her junior and senior years she participated on an athletic scholarship and served as Captain both those seasons. In 2003, Channing received the Univ. of Wyoming Swimming and Diving Most Inspirational Award, and was named the Mountain West Conference Diver of the Week in January. Kimball earned Academic All-American status from 2001-2004 and also served on the SAAC during that time.
Following her collegiate career, Kimball won the Age Group 21-24 National Masters Diving Championship in 2006.
Kimball's experience extends beyond her own stellar career as she has also served as a Diving Coach at the Chattanooga Golf & Country Club and at camps such as the University of Texas Diving Camp in 2007.
The Alma College Athletic Department is excited to welcome Coach Kimball and her 17 years of diving experience to its staff.
Posted: Tue, August 28th, 2007 at 3:42PM
