Jon Howell-2019

Jon Howell is the Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach at Emory University in Atlanta, a
position he has held since 1998. Jon has coached 52 individual and 44 relay Division
III national champions. His athletes earned 1,173 All American certificates. In 2019,
Emory’s women team won their 10th consecutive NCAA Division III national
championship and the men’s team had their 20th consecutive top-5 finish. Jon has been
named the Division III Coach of the Year for women six times and for men one time,
winning both awards in 2017. In 2015 the College Swim Coaches Association of America
awarded Jon the National College and Scholastic Swimming Trophy. Jon is a 1990
graduate of Kenyon College where he was an 11-time national champion and a member
of four national championship teams.

Kathy McKee-2019

Kathy McKee is one of the leading age group coaches in the country, having developed hundreds
of swimmers who have gone on to compete at the Junior and Senior national levels.
Beginning in 1977, Kathy coached for 17 years at Dynamo Swim Club, where she helped
develop Olympians, national champions, and American record holders, including Eric
Wunderlich, Carlton Bruner, and Mary Ellen Blanchard. In 1989, when Dynamo won
the National Women’s Championship, every swimmer on that team had Kathy as their
age group coach. On four different occasions Kathy was named the Georgia Age Group
Coach of the Year. Kathy continued her stellar coaching career from 1994 to 2012
at SwimMac in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was named to the coaching staff
of the 2007 National Junior Team. From 2013 to 2019, Kathy served as coach of the at
North Carolina Aquatic Club in Chapel Hill, where she was named 2014 North
Carolina Coach of the Year.

Jeff Vance-2019

Jeff Vance swam for Atlanta’s Dynamo Swim Club and Dunwoody High School, where he was
a four-time All-American. He continued his swimming career at Southern Methodist
University where he won six Southwestern Conference individual titles in three
different events (200 Butterfly, 200 Individual Medley, 400 Individual Medley). He
was a two-time Southwestern Conference Swimmer of the Year and a 10-time NCAA
All-American. In 1992, Jeff was NCAA champion in the 400 Individual Medley, setting
a Southern Methodist University school record that stood for 25 years.

Clayton Moss-2019

Clayton Moss is the grandson of “Moose” and “Miss Janie” Moss and continued the Moss family
tradition of diving excellence. Diving for the Moss Farms Diving Tigers, he was a
member of the United States Junior National Team from 1993 to 1999 and a member of
the United States Senior National team from 2001 to 2004. Diving for Colquitt County
High School, Clayton won the Georgia High School Association State Championship
in 1998 and 1999. At the University of Kentucky, he was a four-time Southeastern
Conference Champion and a three-time SEC Diver of the Year. Clayton was an 11-time
NCAA All-American and NCAA National Diver of the Year in 2003.

Jane “Miss Janie” Moss (posthumous)-2019

Jane “Miss Janie” Moss was the leading lady of Georgia diving for over three decades. With her husband, Robert “Moose” Moss, she cofounded Moss Farms Diving in Moultrie, Georgia, and
served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The Moss Farms
Diving Tigers dominated amateur diving in Georgia and beyond, winning 26 Junior
Olympic National Championships, 9 Senior National Championships, and 8 International
Championships. Miss Janie Moss was the epitome of a volunteer, handling every
organizational task and contributing her time, her talents, awards, and equipment to
ensure Georgia’s succeeded on every level. For over 30 years, she served as State
Registration Chairman for Georgia Diving and was the direct link between Georgia
Diving and United States Diving.