Coaching Staff
John Ebito Head Coach

Coach John, team head coach, has been active in swimming since age 12. He was trained under great swimming institutes and coaches such as: The Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in south London, England (where the Great Britain national team trained), and 1974,75, and 76 summer swimming camps of Dr. James Councilman, 1976 USA Olympic coach and head coach of Indiana University. He was the Nigerian National record holder and the West Africa Games record holder in the 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, and 200 Fly. He was the 1973 and 1978 All African Games gold medalist in the 100 Fly. In 1974, Coach John represented Nigeria at the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, and made the 1975 USA AAU National in the 100 Fly. He was the first Nigerian to represent the country at the Olympic Games and the 7th Spartakiade Games in 1979 in Moscow, Russia. During his college years at Chicago State University, he was a two-time second place winner of the NCAA Division II Championship in the 50 Free and 100 Fly. At the University of Nebraska Lincoln, he placed 4th in the 100 fly at the Big Eight Championship in 1981, and was a member of the 1981 Big Eight Championship Team. He was a Cornhusker Game Gold Medalist as an adult, currently he is retired from his own competitive swimming career.

Coach John began his coaching career with the Greater Nebraska Swim Team where he developed age group swimmers that were consistently ranked in the top 8 for MW Swimming. He has coached the Midwestern All Star and Zone teams (head coach 2011) and was awarded the Midwestern Age Group Coach of the year in 2010. He has been coaching with Nebraska Aquatics since 2016.

John is a huge fan of high school swimming both his children swam for East high school, where they were record holders. John is highly thought of within the swimming community, and in one way or another works with each and every swimmer to achieve their personal goals.

Pam Hovorka Assistant Coach

Coach Pam has been involved in swimming as a swimmer, coach and supporter for over 40 years.

 

She has had the opportunity to be an assistant coach for Prairie life Center USS club team, assistant coach for Zones, and head coach for Hastings YMCA Aquatics Club team. She was also the assistant coach and head coach for Prairie life Center recreational swim team, assistant coach for Hillcrest and most recently the head coach for Irvingdale, consisting of over 100 swimmers. She has coached swimmers who have swam both at the high school and collegiate level. One of her highlights was attending a coaches clinic at the US Olympic training center in Colorado springs, and swimming in the flume (at world record pace!).

 

Pam is a P.E. and Health teacher at Lincoln East High School. She has been married to her husband Joe for 26 years and has 2 children, Jaret and Meegen. She has coached and supported both of her children in their swimming careers.

 
Ava Wirth Assistant Coach

Coach Ava has been an assistant coach with Nebraska Aquatics since June 2022.

Ava started swimming at a young age which progressed to swimming competitively for many years, including swimming with Nebraska Aquatics. Over the course of her swimming career, Ava qualified to swim at many D1 Championship meets, was chosen to be a part of the Midwestern All Stars team multiple years in a row, and was also selected to swim as part of the Midwestern Zones team for 2 years.

Ava has a passion for swimming and enjoys helping young athletes develop lifelong skills in the water.

Board of Directors

Sarah Breakfield     Jennifer Brown     Brian Crawford     Scott Lubash     Kristin Strader     Asli Unlu