Bridgewater College

Pam Heeringa enters her fourth full year as a swimming assistant coach with the Eagles in 2021-22.

Both teams equaled or surpassed their best-ever conference finish in 2020-21, placing third at ODACs. The women earned their first two All-State selections (Jessica Touve, Katelyn Wiglesworth) and had a program-high six All-ODAC swimmers, and two freshmen made the men's All-ODAC team (Cullen Beach, Luke Wintersgill).

The Bridgewater women set a new mark for dual meet victories in 2019-20, going 11-5 before a fifth place finish at ODACs. Olivia Heeb-Wade and freshman Ryan Cunningham were both named to the All-ODAC team.

Bridgewater had three All-ODAC selections in 2018-19, including the program's first men's honoree in freshman Austin Bacon. Kelley Hilliker and Olivia Heeb-Wade earned All-ODAC recognition in leading BC to a fourth place finish at the conference meet.

Heeringa earned a degree in exercise science from Arizona State University, where she was a four-year letterwinner in swimming. She then completed a master's in secondary education from ASU in 1994.

Heeringa taught elementary P.E. for 12 years in Arizona and coached swimming at Gilbert High School in Phoenix.

She resides in Harrisonburg with her husband Jon, who is the pastor at Harrisonburg First Presbyterian Church on Court Square, and their two sons Ian and Eric.