Coach Kennedie joined the stingrays when she was 5 and this will be her 15th season with the team. This is her fourth year as a coach and second as a head coach! She was a member of the AAAA club swim team and swam for Churchill for 4 years. She was a very passionate water polo player for WC and the club team for A&M for a year. Coach Kennedie has given private lessons for the past serval years and loves to teach new swimmers. It has been her lifelong dream to be a swim coach for the stingrays and be a role model that younger kids can look up to. She is very patient, caring, and had always loved being a stingray. Her favorite Stingray tradition is the end of the season party. She says she loves that everyone is having fun with their friends and celebrating a successful season. She is currently studying kinesiology at Texas A&M to become a physical therapist. Gig’Em!

Coach Jackson joined the Stingrays in 2010 and this will be his 16th season with the team. This is his second year as a head coach, and he is very excited to share his knowledge with our swimmers. He is a great example to our kids that you do not have to swim in high school or join club swimming to be a talented swimmer. He was a track runner, swimmer, and waterpolo player for Churchill High School Coach Jackson attends Texas A&M University currently studying engineering and hopes to work on a chemical plant! He is on the Texas A&M club water polo team. He is so excited to give back to the team that he loves and is excited about having a fun, successful season. Coach Jackson is a certified Water Safety Instructor for levels 1-6. His favorite Stingray memories are being at meets with friends, racing and playing games. Gig'Em

Coach Wes has been a part of the Stingrays for 15 years. This is his second year as a head coach, and he is no stranger to competitive swimming. He currently is a swimmer for McMurry University and holds records in the 200 IM, 200 free, 200 breast, 100 breast, 50 free. 400 free relay, 800 free relay. He is currently studying business with entrepreneurship in hopes to do commercial restate. He was a very passionate swimmer where he advanced to Regionals and State in 2023, and played water polo for WC as well as swam on the AAAA club team. He is very excited to help our Stingrays improve and be successful and to have a ton of fun while doing it. He is motivated to coach swimming because he enjoys seeing other people succeed. His favorite Stingray memory is from when he was 12 and Coach Hannah moved him up to the Teen group.

Coach Claire joined the Oak Meadow Stingrays when her family moved to San Antonio 10 years ago. She has always loved summer swim team so much and is so excited to be coming back this year as an assistant coach! She looks forward to working with all the Stingrays to help grow their love of swimming. Claire goes to school at Great Hearts Northern Oaks, where she is on both the swim and track teams. Last year Claire won 3rd place at the 4A state meet for 100 fly! In addition to school sports, Claire also swims club at Streamline Aquatics and is the president of her local 4h club. Last summer she enjoyed lifeguarding at the oak meadow and JCC pools as well as teaching swim lessons. Claire's favorite memories on the Oak Meadow Swim Team are when the coaches play games with the kids at practice the day after the meets! 

Coach Connor joined the Stingrays in 2016 and this will be his 10th season with the team. This is his first year as an junior coach, and he is incredibly excited to share his love of the sport with the swimmers. Coach Connor is proudly homeschooled and takes dual credit classes at Alamo Community Colleges. He has swam with several clubs over the years, starting with AAAA in 2019, and has settled with AHAC in August of 2024. He has always loved improving his technique and getting faster at all of the strokes. As a flyer, he tries to give each practice his complete dedication. He is so enthusiastic at the opportunity to give back to the team that he has loved for so many years and is excited about having a fun, victorious season. Connor is a certified lifeguard, and this will be the third year he has worked at the Oak Meadow pool. Some of his favorite Stingray memories include are swimming at meets, racing with friends and playing in the pool.

Finley joined the stingrays when she was 5 years old. This will be her 11th season and her first as a junior coach, and she is very excited! She swam for the San Antonio Wave for 5 years, and then moved on to high school cheerleading and is the Co-Captain for the upcoming year. She is excited to lifeguard and coach at OM this summer. Finley has always loved summer league swimming, and always had a passion to be a coach one day. She strives to be a role model for swimmers just like coaches before her! Her favorite swim team memories are eating breakfast tacos at morning swim meets after competing her first event, and making synchronized swimming routines with coach Kennedie!

Coach Nate joined the stingrays when he was 5. This will be his 12th season with the stingrays. This will be his first year as a junior coach. He swam club for AAAA until he was 13, after which he began to play soccer. Coach Nate attends the STEM program at Lee high school and is the captain for the boys soccer program there. He is excited to begin the season as a coach and looks forward to meet days. His favorite memories of the OM Stingrays are of playing sharks and minnows as a team.