WELCOME BACK!!

Coach Tanja DePass
 


We are very excited in bringing back Tanja DePass as the Wild Dunes Dolphin's Head Coach for the 2011 season. Coach Tanja has a strong background in swimming. She grew up in upstate South Carolina in a small town 15 minutes south of Charlotte named Tega Cay. She was involved as a competitive swimmer for the city's swim team beginning at age 6. She eventually was offered an assistant coach job soon to be followed by the head coach position and simultaneously, aquatics director. She moved to the Charleston area in 1993. In 1996 she graduated from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. As a State of S. C. certified teacher, Tanja taught in Charleston County at Laing Middle School before deciding to become a full time mom. Today she lives on the Isle of Palms with her husband Marshall DePass and their two sons. She currently serves as a fitness instructor at the IOP Recreation Department in coordination with the city employee wellness program. As a recreation employee she has also coached soccer, instructed tennis and teaches an after school PE and sports conditioning class.

ASSISTANT COACHES


Serena Townsend
The Dolphins welcome Serena Townsend as a new assistant coach for 2011. Serena is completing her 12th year with the team. During this time she has collected numerous awards including most improved, most spirited and the coveted "Charlie Guss Award" which recognizes the one swimmer that best exemplifies the true Dolphin spirit. Serena is graduating this year from the School of the Arts and will be entering Virginia Commonwealth University to major in Fashion design. Wild Dunes is proud to showcase her swim team design on our TShirts for the second year in a row.



Dixon Graham
This will be Dixon Graham's 10th year with the Wild Dunes Swim team and first year as an assistant coach. Last season she received the Charlie Guss award for her spirit and readiness to help the younger members of the team. She is a rising junior in the honors curriculum at Bishop England High School and when not in the pool is most comfortable on stage. She recently had the female lead in BE's spring musical South Pacific.