Natalie Coughlin and Richard Quick Receive Pac-10 Women's Honors
Apr 7, 2001
WALNUT CREEK, CA. - CALIFORNIA's Natalie Coughlin and STANFORD's Richard Quick were named the 2000-01 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Swimmer/Newcomer and Coach of the Year, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.
Coughlin, a freshman from Concord, Calif., was outstanding at the NCAA Championships in East Meadow, N.Y. She established NCAA records in each of her three individual titles. Coughlin won the 100-and 200-yard backstroke and the 100 butterfly. She also broke American and U.S. Open marks in the backstroke events, and was a member of the American record-breaking 200-and 400-yard medley relay teams. At the Pacific-10 Championships in Federal Way, Wash., Coughlin won the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard freestyle relay events. She placed second in the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley.
Quick led Stanford to a runner up finish at the NCAA Championships. At the championships, his swimmers won three individual titles and two relay titles. At the Pac-10 Championships, Quick led the Cardinal to nine individual titles and three relay titles. The women's swimming Coach of the Year award is the fourth of Quick's career.
The Swimmer, Newcomer and Coach of the Year honors are determined by a coaches vote.
PAC-10 WOMEN'S SWIMMERS AND COACHES OF THE YEAR Swimmer of the Year Newcomer of the Year Coach of the Year 1988 Cheryl Simmons, ARIZ Dick Jochums, ARIZ Jenna Johnson, STAN 1989 Michelle Griglione, STAN Richard Quick, STAN Sarah Anderson, CAL 1990 Janet Evans, STAN Cyndi Gallagher, UCLA 1991 Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, ARIZ Frank Busch, ARIZ Summer Sanders, STAN 1992 Summer Sanders, STAN Richard Quick, STAN 1993 Janel Jorgenson, STAN Earl Ellis, WASH 1994 Kristine Quance, USC Skip Hill, ASU 1995 Beata Kaszuba, ASU Richard Quick, STAN Jenny Thompson, STAN 1996 Kristine Quance, USC Mark Schubert, USC 1997 Kristine Quance, USC Mark Schubert, USC 1998 Misty Hyman, STAN Frank Busch, ARIZ 1999 Marylyn Chiang, CAL Teri McKeever, CAL 2000 Haley Cope, CAL Beth Botsford, ARIZ Frank Busch, ARIZ 2001 Natalie Coughlin, CAL Natalie Coughlin, CAL Richard Quick, STAN