Katy Peterson
	Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 3rd Year

Florida State's stroke and middle distance groups had record breaking success in 2008-09 and much of the praise can be directed towards second year assistant Katy Peterson.

In her first season with the Garnet and Gold, Peterson made an instant impact working with the individual medley swimmers, strokers and middle distance swimmers. The group sent six swimmers to the NCAA Championships and had a combined four Honorable Mention All-American performances led by Andy Hodgson, who earned the distinction three times. Peterson helped four Seminoles earn All-ACC honors in 2009. Hodgson was an ACC Champion and conference record holder in the 200 back. Scott Thacker took home the silver medal in the 100 breast and both Rob Holderness and Stephanie Sarandos earned third-place performances in the 200 breast and 200 back, respectively. From top to bottom, Peterson's group flourished under her direction earning an incredible 23 school records (including relays) and countless personal best swims.

Before coming to Florida State, Peterson spent three years as an assistant coach with Richmond beginning in August 2005. She helped lead the Spiders to an Atlantic-10 conference championship in her three seasons on staff. While at Richmond, she was responsible for both coaching and recruiting duties and helped bring in the No. 23-ranked recruiting class in the nation for the 2008-2009 season. She has coached three Olympic trial qualifiers and three NCAA qualifiers including an Honorable Mention All-American. Under the direction of Peterson, 21 school records were broken during the last three seasons as well as six Atlantic 10 conference records.

The Philadelphia, Pa., native graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise after a record-setting four-year career for the Hokies.

While in Blacksburg, Va., the backstroker qualified for the Big East and Atlantic Coast Conference finals four-straight years in the 100 and 200 distances. Peterson also was successful on the national level qualifying for the Senior Nationals in the 100 and 200 back from 2000-2005.

She was the individual record-holder at Virginia Tech in the 100 and 200 back, and was part of the record-holding 400 medley relay. Peterson set a pair of Hokie pool records in the 100 and 200 backstroke events.

General Information

2011-12 Almanac 

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All Time Top 10 

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All Time All-Americans 

FSU Athletics Fast Facts 

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Seminole Improvements 

Diving Camp Brochure 

Weekend Update

Twelve Named to All-ACC Academic Team

2011-2012 Season Awards

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