Averee Preble

Biography

Averee Preble, an All-American and Auburn graduate, returned to the Plains as an assistant coach for the Tigers’ Swimming and Diving program in April of 2025. Preble, a native of Clovis, California, swam for the Orange and Blue from 2020-24, qualifying for the NCAA Championships on four different occasions and earning All-American Honorable mention honors with a 16th-place finish at the 2023 championships in Knoxville, Tennessee. By the time Preble graduated, she finished her career as the fourth-fastest performer in school history in the 1000 free (9:38.53) and No. 7 in the 1650 free (16:02.99). Three of the top 15 swims in program history belong to Preble. She would also add SEC All-Freshman and All-SEC Second Team honors to her name before she left the Plains. A standout in the pool and in the classroom, Preble racked up three CSCAA Academic All-American Honors (2022, 2023, 2024), was a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025) and earned SEC First-Year Academic honors in 2022. Preble spent last season as an assistant coach at Indiana University Indianapolis. Under her guidance, the Jaguar long-distance and mid-distance freestyle group reached incredible heights across the 2024-25 campaign. Emmaleigh Zietlow set a Horizon League Championship Record in the 500 free, captured the conference title in the 200 free and set a meet record in the 200 free at the House of Champs Invite. Meanwhile, Nathan Rariden set the Horizon League record in the 200 fre