third all-time on the wins list behind North Carolina's Frank Comfort (578) and Yale's Bob Kiphuth (528), and he is the winningest active coach. Bauerle has met with unparalleled success in and out of the pool, highlighted by four team national championships with the Lady Bulldogs. Under Bauerle's watch, individual national and Southeastern Conference champions, All-Americans, record-setters, Academic All-Americans and NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients have become the norm. In 2007-08, Bauerle led both Georgia teams to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championship. On the men's side, Sebastien Rouault earned two more national championships, giving him three for his career, and finished with a school-record nine SEC titles. Gil Stovall and Chris Colwill also claimed individual NCAA titles for the Bulldogs. For the women, the Lady Bulldogs earned the No. 1 ranking in the final College Swim Coaches Association dual-meet poll and they ran their win streak at Gabrielsen Natatorium to 62. The tradition established by the founders of the Georgia swimming and diving program have been steadfastly maintained in the Bauerle era. Not only do Bauerle and his coaching staff demand the best of their student-athletes – in the classroom, in the pool and in the community – but their efforts draw individuals who demand the best of themselves. A look into Bauerle's character reveals the guiding force behind his motivation – a dedication to both the University and its swimming and diving program. Across the nation, a rare few have accumulated 300-plus wins. Among those only a few have claimed that honor while guiding only one program, a minority that includes Bauerle. In nearly four decades overseeing Georgia's program, Bauerle has produced four team national championships and six Southeastern Conference crowns with the Lady Bulldogs. He has been chosen as the SEC Coach of the Year 13 times (11 with the women, two with the men) and the National Women's Coach of the Year five times. During the 1998-99 season, Bauerle became the SEC's winningest coach, surpassing the 252 recorded by Tennessee's Ray Bussard from 1968-88. Bauerle then reached the elite 300 dual-meet-wins club in 2002. That same commitment to excellence extends into the classroom, as Georgia athletes have always ranked among the nation's best in academic honors. In 2008, Georgia placed 17 swimmers and divers on the CSCAA Academic All-America Team and 30 on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Karen Guilkey earned NCAA and SEC postgraduate scholarships,