Hillary Boos, renowned for her expertise in water polo coaching, recently made waves in the swimming world by clinching the coveted CVC Women’s Swim Coach of the Year award.

Her journey with the water polo team has taken a turn for the better. As they
started off the first year, with only five swimmers and last year, with four swimmers. Boos didn’t think they were going to have enough players on the team.

“It was rough,” Boos said. There weren’t very many kids, so Boo had it her goal to get as many girls that she could. The more kids you have, the more points you can score.

Boos found the right and hard working players to be on her team. She held early morning and evening practices to accommodate the schedules of her athletes and pushed them to their limits so they can be their best player they can be.

“My kids put in all the time and effort and I just kind of guide them through everything. They really stepped up this year,” Boos said.

From their turnaround from last year, the Women’s Swim and Dive team took home the Central Valley Conference Champions of 2024. “We ended up scoring enough points to win, I guess because we made such a big turnaround from last year.”

Tori Valdez, a player on the women’s swimming and diving team, shares her excitement on winning the CVC championship as well as her coach winning the Swim Coach of the Year award.

“Winning the championship felt so exhilarating and rewarding. We were
pretty much undefeated throughout the season, however during the conference, the points were really close between us and Merced College,” Valdez said. “It was a stressful and climactic meet but there was no better way to end the season then as champions.”

As well as winning their own award, Valdez shows her appreciation and gratitude for her coach, Hillary Boos.

“It was no brainer to give my coach the award, not only because she coached the championship-winning team, but there was no other coach that was as deserving as she did,” said Valdez. “Her days started with coaching and ending with coaching, I can guarantee that no other coach in the conference put in as much time and dedication that she did.”