Ithaca College Athletics
Ithaca College Athletics
Ithaca College Athletics
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coaching Staff ITHACA COLLEGE<br />
Nate BriSLey<br />
Head Diving Coach<br />
Brisley, who will be the Bombers’ first full-time<br />
diving coach, comes to <strong>Ithaca</strong> from Division II<br />
St. Cloud State University, where he served as<br />
head diving coach for the Huskies and was named<br />
NCAA Men’s Diving Coach of the Year in 2008.<br />
He was a three-time recipient of the North Central<br />
Conference Diving Coach of the Year award.<br />
Brisley coached 33 all-America divers – including<br />
two national champions – and 40 all-conference<br />
divers over four years at St. Cloud State.<br />
The former Minnesota state high school champion went on to a distinguished<br />
collegiate career at Division II Drury University, where he was the<br />
NCAA champion on the 3-meter board in 2004 and was named Diver of<br />
the Year that same season. Brisley was an eight-time all-American diver<br />
over his four years at Drury and was a part of the 2003 men’s swimming<br />
& diving national championship team.<br />
marK teDeSchi<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
Tedeschi is entering his second season as a member<br />
of the <strong>Ithaca</strong> coaching staff. Tedeschi was a four-year<br />
letter winner for the Bombers, competing in a variety<br />
of events. He is a three-time Empire 8 champion,<br />
winning the conference title in the 100- and 200yard<br />
breaststroke in 2007 and winning the Empire 8<br />
title in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2006. Tedeschi<br />
recorded six top-seven finishes at the state meet in<br />
2007, including second-place finishes in both the<br />
100- and 200-yard breaststroke. His personal best times of 58.53 in the<br />
100-yard breaststroke and 2:09.74 in the 200-yard breaststroke rank in the<br />
top five of <strong>Ithaca</strong>’s all-time list.<br />
Tedeschi graduated from <strong>Ithaca</strong> in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in<br />
cinema and photography.<br />
emiLy LeSher<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
Lesher completed her first year as an assistant coach<br />
for the Bombers. She is a 2008 graduate of Nazareth<br />
<strong>College</strong> where she was a nine-time All-American,<br />
a two-time Empire 8 Swimmer of the Meet at the<br />
conference championship and the first Swimmer<br />
of the Year in the conference when the award was<br />
presented the first time in 2008. She was also named<br />
Empire 8 Woman of the Year.<br />
Women’s Swimming & Diving 2008-09 5
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