Colorado State University Athletics
Women's Swimming & Diving
- Title:
- Head Diving Coach
- Phone:
- 970-491-7242
Popplewell spent the 2015-16 season as the head diving coach at Northern Colorado. Under Popplewell's tutelage, three Bears divers had at least one career high this past season. Savanna Meadows set career highs in each board, and posted school record marks in the 3-meter (322.30) and the Platform (246.00 at the WAC Championship).
While at Wyoming, Popplewell mentored the men's and women's diving squads. Derek Campbell took the 3-meter springboard WAC championship in 2014 on the men's side, and Amanda Fay earned All-Mountain West recognition in all three disciplines on the women's side. Popplewell also sent five divers to the NCAA Zone "E" Diving Championships.
Prior to her time at Wyoming, Popplewell was the diving coach at Idaho from 2011-13, where many of her divers set school records and competed in the NCAA postseason.
Popplewell herself was a five-time Summit League conference champion as a student-athlete at Oakland from 2008-11. She also excelled in the classroom as a two-time NCAA Divison I Honorable Mention Academic All-American. Popplewell earned her master's degree in organizational learning and leadership from the University of Idaho in 2013.
Popplewell is married to Colorado State Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Digital Media Nick Popplewell.
