Davidson College Women's Swimming & Diving

John Young's Wildcat teams have found much success in his time at the helm of the swimming & diving programs. During his tenure, which began with the 2006-07 season, the Wildcats have experienced tremendous success, highlighted by Lindsey Martin '11 and Drew Onken '12 becoming the first Davidson swimmers to compete at the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships in 2010 and 2012, two Olympic Trials Qualifiers — Luke Burton '16 and Katy Williams '17 — and four team Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) championships, including three for the men (2010, 2011 and 2013) and one for the women (2008). The Wildcats are coming off their best season in the Atlantic 10 in 2015-16. Young led his women's squad to an impressive third-place finish with the help of 2016 A-10 Most Outstanding Performer Elise Lankiewicz. The two-time honoree went undefeated in three individual events, winning the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle events.

Chris Carter joined the Davidson swimming coaching staff as assistant coach in June, 2023. Carter came to Davidson after most recently serving as an assistant coach at Missouri, where he helped the Tigers to five Top-25 NCAA team finishes. At Missouri since 2019, Carter helped the Tigers finish as high as 16th in the NCAAs. During his tenure, nine athletes earned All-America honors, 42 qualified for NCAAs, three won SEC championships and 18 qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials. Carter worked extensively with upper middle distance and distance swimmers, and those under tutelage achieved 46 top-10 times. He trained multiple NCAA scorers and international team qualifiers and a four-time Serbian national champion. He assisted with all groups and athletes through the week and served as the recruiting coordinator for the 2020-23 high school classes.

Grace Reeder joined the Davidson swimming and diving coaching staff as an assistant coach in June, 2024. Reeder came to Davidson after a successful career as a swimmer and triathlete at the University of Arizona. She also spent the 2022-23 season as the head swimming coach at Sabino High School in Tucson. While Reeder competed collegiately in the southwestern U.S., her move to Davidson marks a return to her home state. Reeder grew up in Asheville and starred at T.C. Roberson High, where, among many honors, she was a 200 IM state champion. A three-year college swimmer, Reeder began her college career at Iowa, where she was a 400 IM finalist at the 2020 Big Ten Championships. At Arizona, she was a Pac-12 Championships finalist in the 400 IM, 200 IM and 200 butterfly before transitioning into triathlon competition for the 2023-24 season. In May, Reeder earned her B.S. in Human Development and Family Science, with a minor in Sports Management, from Arizona.

Seven-time NCAA All-American Greg Ferrucci took reins of the diving program in November, 2018. A native of the area and a 4A state champion while attending Hopewell High, Ferrucci came to Davidson from Ripfest: A Cincinnati Diving Academy, where he was in charge of national team development. As a University of Kentucky Wildcat, the kinesiology major earned UK Male Athlete of the Year honors, UK Performance of the Year honors, and was a member of the SEC All-Academic Team. Alongside his own athletic pursuits, he's coached diving, tumbling, cheerleading, and gymnastics for more than a decade. Ferrucci graduated from Kentucky in 2014.

Malissa is a native of Annapolis, Maryland. She earned her bachelor's degree in sport management and master's degree in coaching education in 2023 from Old Dominion in 2022 where she also served as a member of the lacrosse team. While at Old Dominion she served an intern in the strength department during the summer of 2021 and during the 2022-23 academic year. Additionally, Malissa was an intern at Drexel Univeristy in the strength office during the summer of 2022.