2024 Rising Star Coach of the Year – Meghan Vaszko (St. Catharines) 

Meghan Vaszko has been an assistant coach with the St. Catharines Otters Swim Team since 2021. This season, Meghan created the majority of the practice plans for the team and hopes to become a Head Coach. Meghan has natural coaching abilities, adapts instructions for every level, accepts advice willingly, and helps the athletes work towards their goals. 

At swim meets, Meghan acts as the sign language interpreter and tracks the swimmers’ times. She coaches the Otters twice a week, goes to university full time, and is team captain for her university swim team. She always arrives at the pool with enough time to write out the practice plans on the whiteboard and to chat for a few minutes with the athletes before practice begins. Outside of official swim meets and practices, Meghan also joined the Otters at the team movie night, the Christmas party, and CF24.