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Assistant Coach Kristin Newman
E-mail Coach Newman: knewman@wingate.edu
Call Coach Newman: 704-233-8167

Kristin Newman enters her first season as an assistant swimming coach for Wingate University.

Newman is a 2007 Wingate honor graduate and four-year Bulldog letter winner.

Newman and her teammates were a part of the first Blue Grass Mountain Conference championship team in Wingate swimming history in 2004, a feat they repeated in 2005. A four-time All-BGMC performer, Newman set school records in the 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay during her senior season.

Thanks to the efforts of Newman and her relay mates, Wingate’s 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay team won conference championships at the 2007 BGMC meet. For the first time in school history, Wingate sent five women to the 2007 NCAA Division II national championship meet in Buffalo

At the national championship event, Newman earned All-American honors two times as the 200 and 400 Medley Relay teams finished seventh and sixth, respectively.  The Wingate Bulldogs finished 11th overall in Division II, another historic feat.

Outside of the pool, Newman was a two-time College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Academic All-American Scholar-Athlete honoree. Newman helped continue the Wingate Special Olympic Swimming Program as coordinator. In addition, she was very involved on campus in Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She held various officer positions in Tri Sigma. Newman also participated in the University’s Leadership Fellows program.

In addition to her athletic and academic success, Newman earned the Arthur Joseph “Pepper” Geddings, Jr. Athletic Leadership Award at Wingate’s 2007 athletic awards ceremony (The Geddings award stands for everything that is right about college athletics: athletic ability, scholarship, leadership, citizenship and service). She also won the National Women in Sports Day award presented to the most outstanding Wingate University female student athlete both off and on the field. 

Newman hopes to bring some experience and inspiration to the Bulldogs this year. She hopes to help lead them to a conference championship while assisting in all aspects of the program.