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WCAN Coaches:

Kevin Raab - Head Coach
Head Coach Kevin Raab joined WCAN after starting Arsenal Aquatic Club

in 2009, and is the current Varsity Head Water Polo Coach of Granada

High School. In addition, Kevin coached the Benicia Stingrays for the

past three years, where they broke more than 30 team records. Kevin’s

coaching history includes coaching US Swimming, summer rec teams,

High School Swimming, and club and High School Water Polo. Kevin

has coached High School All-Americans in both Swimming and Water

Polo, and many of his former athletes are currently competing at the

Collegiate level.

 

Kevin’s strengths include strong technical instruction, leadership and organizational skills. Kevin’s aquatic background includes experiences

at De La Salle in Concord, where he was a high school swimmer for the

1997 NCS Champions and played water polo. He then graduated from

the University of Maryland. Some of Kevin’s other accomplishments

include Santa Clara International Finalist, ACC finalist, and set a US

Masters National Record. Kevin’s favorite movie is Fletch.
 

Katie Clark
Katie has been involved in the swimming community for the last 20

years and began as an age group swimmer herself at 8 years old.  After swimming and then continuing to play water polo through high school and college, she returned to her hometown of San Diego, California.  While teaching swim lessons and managing a swim lesson program, she also began coaching swimming and water polo at the high school and age

group level as well as coaching a Masters Swim Team.

Following a brief reprieve from aquatics to focus on a career in marketing, Katie moved to the Napa Valley in April, 2009 and is completing her

teaching credential at the elementary and secondary levels.  She began coaching with Wine Country Aquatics in August, 2008 and is excited to continue the development of each swimmer and overall growth of the team.

 

Jennifer Bunker
Jennifer Bunker has been with Wine Country Aquatics of Napa as an

assistant coach on and off for the past 10 years. Coach Jen began

swimming competitively at the age of seven. She was a member of

the Napa Valley Swim Team for 10 years and the Sonoma Sea Dragons

for one. She was also a member of Vintage High School’s undefeated

MEL championship swim team from 1991-1995. She then went on to

swim for Pepperdine University.


Jen has been an elementary school teacher with the Napa Valley

Unified School District for 11 years. She has been teaching and

coaching swimming at all levels for the past 20 years. When Coach

Jen is not in the classroom or on the pool deck, she spends her time

being a mom to her two beautiful children and a wife to her amazing

husband!

 

Kristi Raab

Coach Kristi has spent the last three years coaching for The Benicia

Stingrays and Arsenal Aquatic Club, and is the assistant Water Polo

Coach at Granada High School. Kristi has been a High School PE

teacher for the past 8 years. In addition to Swimming she has also

coached water polo, soccer and volleyball. In High School Kristi

played Soccer and swam for her High School team. Kristi graduated

from San Diego State University. Kristi loves sushi and Starbucks,

and her favorite color is pink and she believes 'Hard work always

pays off.'