Wahoo Staff

Adam Braun – Competitive Aquatic Director

Adam comes to our community from Cincinnati, Ohio where he graduated from Ohio State in 2006.  While at Ohio State, Adam completed his major in Sport and Leisure Studies, Coaching and Management and received a minor in Business.  In addition to his studies, Adam was a four time varsity letterer for Ohio State University Swim Team and a three time Academic All Big Ten Athlete.  Adam grew up in the Detroit, Michigan area and swam competitively for his local YMCA while representing his YMCA program at YMCA Nationals.

Most recently Adam has been working as a Human Resource Director for Cincinnati Pool Management where he was responsible for the staffing of over 400 seasonal employees which included over 40 community pools in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky communities. 

Adam brings to our program a huge knowledge of competitive swimming and a committed passion to aquatics so that he may provide quality programming and opportunities for all members in this community.

Ryan Schultz – Head Coach

This is Ryan’s second season coaching the Wahoos since returning to Delaware. He previously coached our Wahoos from 1996 through 1999. His long history with the Western Family YMCA began when he started swimming in 1987 at the age of eight years old. He continued through the program through his senior year of high school, many of those years under the tutelage of Blaise Matthews. He represented our Wahoos four times at YMCA Nationals. After high school he swam at Emory University in Atlanta, GA graduating in 2001. In addition to coaching he is currently a benefits consultant at Kelly Benefit Strategies.

Blaise Matthews – National Team Coach

Blaise Matthews is on his second coaching stint with the Wahoos having been the head coach from 1992-2000. He is a former Olympic Trial qualifier, USA Jr. National Team member, Junior National Champion and record holder, National Age Group record holder, and has several events on the USA Swimming’s All Time Top 100 Times list. His time will be spent coaching the Senior and National swimming groups, but enjoys coaching any age. His philosophy is to make swimming a lifetime sport by laying the foundation for current and future success.

Katie Kuczmarski – Assistant Coach

Katie was born right here in Wilmington, DE, and she began swimming at the age of 6 for Arundel Swim Club. That winter she started swimming for our Western Family YMCA Wahoos where she became an integral part of the Wahoos swim team for the next 10 years. She went on to set the Delaware High School State Record in the 100 yard breaststroke as a student at St. Marks High School. Following high school, Katie accepted a swimming scholarship to Rutgers University in New Jersey where she became captain of the swim team her senior year. Throughout her career she was a multiple year YMCA National Qualifier as well as a US National qualifier in high school and went on to break multiple school records at Rutgers. She was given the Rutgers Swimming Leadership award her senior year as well as being named "Most Inspirational Swimmer" for two years while on the team. She is currently a High School English Teacher at St. Mark's where she teaches Juniors and Seniors British Literature as well as Creative and Critical Writing.

Christine Nutini – Assistant Coach

Christine has been a part of the Western YMCA Staff since the summer of 2004. Since then she has participated on the Western Wahoos Swim Team. She also swam in high school for Sanford and went on to swim at Elizabethtown College. After her first year at Elizabethtown she transferred to the University of Delaware. Since she transferred she has worked as a coach since the summer of 2007.