MICHAEL H. ORSTEIN
2014 – SWIMMING
Manheim Township High School 74’
Springfield College (MA) B.S. 78’, M.Ed. 79’
Manheim Twp. (Athlete)
- All-State Swimmer – all 4 years
- All-District III in Track & Field – all 4 years
- First L-L League’s Flipping Long Jumper (only 4 people in the country doing it at that time 1974)
Springfield College (Athlete)
- Four time All-American swimmer
Warwick Academy, Warwick, Bermuda – 1979 – 1983
- Gained international experience in Bermuda as the first Aquatics Director at Warwick Academy.
- During his time in Bermuda, he coached numerous national champions and record holders
York College of PA 1984 – 1988
- Head Swimming Coach at YCP with an 84.7% winning percentage
Washington & Jefferson College 1988 – Present
- Winningest swimming coach in W&J history: 431-177-2 in 26 years
- Named PAC Swimming Coach of the Year – 15 times
- 9 PAC titles
- Coached 8 NCAA National Champions
- 17 NCAA All-American
- 33 NCAA National qualifiers
- 243 PAC Champions
- 58 PAC Records broken
- 203 W&J School Records broken
- Honored by the American Swimming Coaches Association for Outstanding Achievement: 2006 -2008
- Honored by the CSCAA with the Master Coach Award in 1996
- Head Water Polo Coach from 1999- 2004, produced nationally ranked top-10 teams all 4 years
- Awarded CWPA Southern Division Water Polo Coach of the Year – 2002
- Honored with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Outstanding Service award-1996 by W&J
- An equally impressive and important accomplishment is his team’s success out of the water. W&J’s teams have consistently earned CSCAA All-Academic recognition for having one of the highest GPA’s in the country.