Women's Swimming & Diving
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- brwakeley@liberty.edu
Bethany Kennon serves in the role of Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Lady Flames’ Swimming and Diving Team.
During her time as a student at Liberty University, Kennon (formerly Wakeley), swam on the Lady Flames’ swimming team from the time it began as a club program in 2009 until its conference-winning 2013-14 season. She earned five CCSA individual medalist honors, a NCAA Division I B cut in the 100 butterfly, swam on five medal winning relays at the CCSA Championships, and was named CCSA Woman of the Year in 2014. She also earned Scholar All-American honorable mention from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America and was the recipient of Liberty’s Jerry Falwell Leadership Award in 2014.
Kennon served as a team captain for the Lady Flames’ swim team from the 2011-12 through the 2013-14 seasons. After completing her eligibility in spring of 2014, Kennon moved into the role of team manager for the Lady Flames’ swim team during the 2014-15 season. She also worked as an intern for the Liberty Flames Athletics Sport Marketing Department in 2012 and for Academic Affairs for Athletics in 2013.
Kennon has been swimming from the time she was five years old and teaching the sport of swimming, on a smaller scale, since her early teens. Her father, David Wakeley, has been her primary influence in regards to coaching style and stroke technique.
Kennon graduated from Liberty with a bachelor's degree in Sport Management in 2013. She then earned her MBA from Liberty in 2015.
She currently resides in Evington with her husband, Wade.
