Ten Nitro Swimmers Named to USA Swimming’s Scholastic All American Team

October 20, 2011

USA Swimming announced it Scholastic All-American team this week and Nitro has 10 swimmers on that list ( plus one pending ) as well as two swimmers that qualified with their former teams.

This is a huge honor and accomplishment and something we at Nitro stress immensely as this embodies the true student-athlete and goes on resumes for life!  Requirements are a 3.5 GPA as well as meeting the time standards.
This years qualifiers are:

Josh Anderson
Bridget Boushka
Lauren Davis
Mackenzie Franklin
Felicia Gilson
Zach Gunn
Rebekah Harvey
Nathan Howells
Annika Jonsson
Katie Morgan
Congratulations also to Maddie Edwards (CAC) and William Licon (COPS) who were selected with their former teams.

Mike Koleber

Head Coach Mike Koleber swam competitively in Michigan from age-group through his college years at Oakland University, where he was team Captain, an 11-time NCAA All-American, and a Senior National qualifier. Mike started teaching swim lessons at the age of 13, helping out his Dad on Saturday mornings, which allowed Mike the opportunity to learn from the best, his Dad. Mike has a true love of coaching and teaching and does a tremendous job of making new kids feel welcome on the Nitro pool deck. His drive to lead Nitro to ultimately become the #1 program in the country is infectious, and the staff works together as one unit with one goal, which is Nitro's Mission Statement: "Visible Improvement. Delivered with Passion and Joy. Every Day." Coach Mike is often a featured speaker at national and regional swimming conferences and former Board President of the American Swim Coaches Association. Coach Mike also shares swim instruction, coaching insights, and technique guidance with a global audience on social media. Through @CoachMikeNitro, his instructional content has attracted more than 1.6 million followers on Instagram and 1.5 million followers on TikTok.