University of North Carolina Asheville Women's Swimming & Diving

Elizabeth Lykins will begin her 15th season at the helm of the UNC Asheville women's swimming and diving team in 2026-27. Lykins, who has guided the program ...

Bailey Betzer was announced as UNC Asheville's new Assistant Coach on June 12, 2025. She works primarily with the divers. In Betzer's first season on staff, Leigha Travis earned Atlantic Sun Conference Diver of the Week honors twice while the three-meter school record was broken two different times, once by Travis and once by freshman Eleanor Pichetto. Pichetto also set the 3M Freshman record under Betzer's tutelage. Betzer comes to Asheville after a five-year career as a Division I diver, spending four years at Indiana State and one year at fellow Atlantic Sun Conference institution Florida Gulf Coast. In her one season in Fort Myers, Betzer finished her career with the seventh all-time best 3-meter score (273.20) in program history. She ranks nth in the record books on 1-meter (266.90). where she was a NCAA Zone B participant on 1-meter with a score of 211.00 She secured a podium finish in both 1-meter and 3-meter placing third at the 2024-25 ASUN Championships, while also up a first-place finish in the B final on 1-meter (266.90) at the Phil Hansel Invitational. At the Eagle Invite she placed first on 1-meter (212.45) and second on 3-meter (173.10). In four years at Indiana State, she was a 2022-23 All-Conference selection and a 2021-22 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team honoree. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Medicine from Indiana State (2024).

Zachary Moody was named the Assistant Coach for UNC Asheville Women’s Swimming and Diving, announced on June 6, 2025 by head coach Elizabeth Lykins. The Bull...