Lisa Ginder - Women's Swimming & Diving Coach

Lisa Ginder

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
lisa.ginder@colostate.edu

Coach Christopher Woodard added Lisa Ginder to the staff as the assistant swimming coach in July of 2019, then elevated to associate head coach in July of 2023. She joined the program with seven years of collegiate coaching experience, three as an assistant at Fordham University. At Colorado State, she will work as the program's recruiting coordinator while coaching primarily the distance individual medley and freestyle swimmers.

In 2023-34, her distance crew continued to make noise in the Mountain West, led by Erin Dawson. Named the Mountain West Championships' Most Outstanding Performer, Dawson won two events and set the school record in both the 200- and 500-freestyles, as well as posting the program's second-fastest time in the 400 IM. Dawson repeated at the 400 IM champion in 2025.

She helped a pair of talented freshmen earn All-Mountain West recognition, as both Maya White and Emily Chorpening made their mark on the record books during the 2022-23 season. White qualified for the NIC meet at the end of the year, earning an NCAA 'B' cut in the 1,650-yard freestyle, setting times which rank her second in school history in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyles. Chorpening ranks in the top four in all three events. White built off those results as a sophomore, ranking in the top four in four different events with her additon of the 400 IM.

The Rams' distance crew continued to produce at the 2021 Mountain West Championships, with Abbey Owenby earning a pair of top-eight finishes in the 1,650 freestyle and 400 individual medley, while Hannah Sykes placed seventh in the 200 butterfly. In all, 13 Rams placed in the top 16 at the championships in the distance events.

Ginder made an impact with the distance crew her first season, including the 200-yard butterfly as the Rams had six place in the top 20 at the Mountain West Conference meet, including three in the top eight, all of whom posted top-five times in program history.

Ginder helped Fordham finish in the top half of the Atlantic 10 Conference and take down more than 25 school records. Following the 2017 season, she was awarded the Jean Freeman Scholarship, given annually to six assistant coaches whose contributions have brought recognition to their program. The scholarship allowed her to attend the CSCAA Convention and Clinic and the CSCAA Coach Academy.

She spent two years with Bryant University, serving as a graduate assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator. In the 2015-16 season, the Bryant men's team had its best performance ever at the MAAC Championships, placing third as a team, collecting 11 medals and breaking all but five school records.

She is a 2014 graduate of the University of Denver, helping the Pioneers win consecutive Sunbelt Conference titles in 2011 and 2012, serving as team captain her senior year. A four year All-American in high school, she won the Sunbelt Conference title in the 500-yard freestyle in 2008-09, setting a conference mark which stood for three years. She held the DU record 500 free, hitting NCAA 'B' marks in that event, as well as the 400 individual medley and 200 butterfly.

Ginder has also served as a volunteer swim coach at the University of North Texas, helping to run the distance practices. In addition, she has worked as a coach at the club level with a handful of teams.