Hillary Perez
Gold Group Coach & Sr assistant Coach
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Hillary is the Gold Group coach as well the Assistant Senior
Group Coach. She is a senior at Purdue
University studying for her BSN in Nursing. She is from
Fishers, IN where she swam for Southeastern Swim Club for 13 years
before continuing on to swim and run cross country on the varsity
level at Hamilton Southeastern. She has worked as a Lifeguard, Swim
Coach, Swim Instructor and Home Health Aide. Hillary loves swimming
and teaching others to enjoy and excel at her favorite sport. Her
best events included 100 back, 200 free, and 500 free. She has a
lot of experience both swimming and coaching and is looking forward
to a wonderful year with the Mavericks!
Nicole Smoker
White and Red Group Coach
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Nicole is currently a senior at Purdue
University studying Speech Language Hearing Sciences with a
minor in child development. She is from Leesburg,
IN. where she graduated from Wawasee High
School in 2009 and swam for many years. Her main
races were the 200 Free, 100 Free, 200 Fr Relay and 400 Fr
relay. Nicole has experience coaching for Wawasee Middle
School and looks forward to working with MVA swimmers to help
them achieve their own personal goals.
Audrey M Zeyen
Yellow and White Group Coach
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Audrey is a current sophomore at Purdue
University, majoring in Industrial Design. She has been a
part of swimming her whole life, starting in age group swimming for
the Rochester Royals in her home town, all the way up through the
high school team for RHS. Audrey has experience coaching for the
Rochester Royals age group team, teaching swim lessons though the
Red Cross program, as well as lifeguarding for the city pool in her
hometown. She has much love for the water and the sport and looks
forward to sharing that and coaching the MVA swimmers for this
season and more!!
Anna Katherine Walters
Green Group Coach
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Anna is a freshman at Purdue studying Movement and Sports Science.
She started swim lessons at age five and started competitively
swimming at age 8. Anna swam with Lafayette Area Aquatics and then
with Maverick Aquatics for a total of 10 years. She is a Red Cross
certified lifeguard and water safety instructor. After teaching
swimming lessons for a few years, Anna started coaching this spring
with MVA. Anna loves swimming and loves teaching child about
swimming even more. She is excited to teach the new swimmers the
joys of swimming!
William L Ehresman
Volunteer Coach
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Will graduated from Lafayette Jefferson in
2003. While attending Lafayette Jefferson he was on the
2000-2001 North Central Conference championship team. His
senior year he placed 3rd in 500 free and 7th
in the 100 fly IHSAA State Meet. He was the former
Bronchos school record holder for the 100 fly.
He attended Wright State University in
Dayton, OH where he swam for the Raiders from 2003-2007.
While swimming for the raiders he was member for three Horizon
League Conference championships teams in 2004, 2005, and
2007. He was conference champion in the 1650 free in 2003,
200 free in 2006 and 2007, and still holds a Wright State
University pool record in the 400 free relay. Will graduated
with his BS in Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2008, and
started graduate school for his MS in Earth and Environmental
Science and is hoping to transfer to Purdue University for
master’s degree in Education.
Will has been teaching swim lesson for over 10
years, and is a Red Cross water safety instructor. Will
coached the Idle Hour Swim Club in Beavercreek, OH for the 2010 and
2011 summer seasons, and taught fly and turn clinics at Fair Valley
Swim Club in Vandalia, OH. He was assistant coach for Butler
Aquatics Club in Vandalia, OH in 2010-2011. He was the
Vandalia Butler High School Head Girls’ coach and boy’s
assistant coach for the 2010-211 season. While coaching at
Vandalia the girls’ team placed second in the Greater Ohio
Western Conference North, and the boys’ team placed
first.
While coaching for Maverick Aquatics, Will is
also a teaching aid at Elston Alternative, and an assistant
girls’ coach at Harrison High School.
