RELEASED:  Monday, August 20, 2007

Struwing Resigns As Titans’ Swimming and Diving Head Coach

Oshkosh, Wis.-- Paula Struwing has resigned as head coach of the UW-Oshkosh men's and women's swimming and diving teams to accept a teaching and coaching position at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Ill. She will teach classes in health and alternative education as well as coach boys' and girls' swimming and diving.

During her four-year tenure at UW-Oshkosh, Struwing coached one NCAA Division III champion, four athletes to a total of seven NCAA Division III All-America awards and five athletes to a combined 11 WIAC titles. Her teams also established 10 school records, including seven during the 2004-05 season.

Struwing guided the UW-Oshkosh men's swimming and diving team to four fifth-place finishes at the six-team WIAC Championship. Her 2004 squad, led by two-time All-American Yusuke Iimori, also placed 18th at the NCAA Division III Championship.

Struwing coached the UW-Oshkosh women's swimming and diving team to two fourth and two fifth-place finishes at the six-team WIAC Championship. Her 2004 group, led by two-time diving champion Rachel Heitkamp, also finished 25th at the NCAA Division III Championship. Struwing's 2005 squad, paced by two-time All-American Renee Porter, also ranked 30th at the NCAA Division III Championship.

Before arriving at UW-Oshkosh, Struwing spent five years (1999-2003) as the head girls' swimming and diving coach at Bartlett High School in Bartlett, Ill. She was an assistant men's and women's swimming and diving coach at UW-La Crosse during the 1997 and 1998 seasons.

Struwing received a pair of degrees from UW-La Crosse, a bachelor's in 1994 and a master's in 1998. The Elgin, Ill., native earned a total of five NCAA Division III All-America awards as a member of the UW-La Crosse women's swimming and diving team from 1990-94.

Struwing was just the third swimming and diving coach at UW-Oshkosh since 1979. She followed Jan Moldenhauer (1979-93) and Andy Salm (1994-2003).