Alumni, Family and Friends,
I am very excited to announce that WE’VE GONE LIVE!! The new alumni and supporters website is up and running. A great big Seahawk Thank you to Michael Quigley for working so diligently and tirelessly on the inception and implementation of the website over the last few weeks. Please take the time to go and visit: https://www.uncwswimdive.org/ and take a look around. This is a great avenue for the Seahawk family to stay updated and connected. Soon we are going to add a tab where Swim and Dive apparel for everyone to be able to preorder and wear some new gear and support the team. And yes we are bringing back classic designs from the past!
Progress has also been made on the fundraising side. With your help, we have reached our fundraising goals for both the championship banners and new starting block projects. Thanks to the current student athletes’ parents organization for raising $ 5,000 to help fund for eight brand new starting blocks. Delivery expected before Christmas! What a perfect Christmas gift for our student athletes!
In a continued effort to raise the competitiveness of our team, we will prioritize projects with immediate quantifiable effects on performance. At this time, we are focusing on purchasing a brand new TRAMPOLINE. In 1979 when Coach Dave Allen added diving to the swimming program, a trampoline was put on the pool deck to help divers get better, faster. In October 2019 after nearly 40 years in use that same trampoline was no longer usable. The program started fundraising for a new trampoline at that point until the pandemic hit and all projects were put on hold. We now need your support to prepare the program for its next phase by helping us reach our goal of getting a new trampoline. We’re focused on quality in our program, our equipment should reflect that. With your help the trampoline will benefit many student athletes for years to come. Please click the link below to watch and listen to a message from our diving coach Beau, our divers, and coach Bobby for more details on the project.
https://www.uncwswimdive.org/support/
I hope that you can help support our goal to have the funds for our new trampoline by Christmas. To make this happen for our divers and for our TEAM, we need to raise a total of $7,900. I know our alumni and supporters can help us achieve this goal and equip our divers with the equipment they need for success.
I am truly humbled to see the progress that we have accomplished together in such a short time! I am excited to see what the future holds. Thank you for your support and I look forward to working together for our beloved program.
As always… “It’s a Great day to be a Seahawk!”
Bobby Guntoro
Head Coach
UNCW SWIMMING & DIVING
guntorob@uncw.edu | 9198157482