Alex Wolfred - Swimming Coach - Xavier University Athletics

Alex Wolfred

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
wolfreda@xavier.edu

Alex Wolfred joined the Xavier swimming staff prior to the 2018-19 season. Wolfred, a 2018 graduate of Xavier, was a four-year member of the men's swimming program at XU.

At Xavier, Wolfred was a part of two BIG EAST Conference Championship winning squads and earned All-Conference honors in three seasons.

Wolfred earned top-three finishes in the conference three times in individual events. As a junior (2016-17) Wolfred earned silver in the mile. Wolfred also won silver in the 500 free during his freshman season (2014-15), and bronze in the event as a sophomore. In his junior season, Wolfred set a school record time of 4:29.05 in the 500 free, a time which still stands in the XU record books.

Wolfred was also part of the silver-medal winning 800 free relay in 2015-16.

In addition to his accomplishments in the pool, Wolfred was also highly decorated for his efforts in the classroom, capping off his career at Xavier by being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team in 2018. Wolfred was also the winner of the BIG EAST's Michael Trangese Postgraduate Leadership Award, the BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Award and the Xavier Athletics Medal of Honor as a senior.

Wolfred, a native of Noblesville, Ind., graduated with a degree in Health Services Administration from Xavier and is continuing his studies in the field in the Masters program at XU.