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"I, Peter D. Malone, have been the head coach and general manger of the Kansas City Blazers Swim Team for the past 34 years and a USA National Team coach for over 25 years. I have a clear understanding of the time commitments and other responsibilities of today's parents. In addition, the time constraints and priorities of today's club coach have become massive; developing a top level program and elite athletes while guiding and preparing them for the next stage of their lives is more than a full time job. That being said, I have been sending my swim families to American College Connection for the past 5 years and will continue to do so. ACC has continually proven that they care about the kids and work very closely with parents. Their success in helping the swimmers find the best fit, academically and athletically, and guidance for parents has been outstanding. Since they are former club and college coaches, they have a true understanding of how the recruiting game is played. ACC's efforts allow me to still be involved with recruiting while focusing on coaching and running the business of the club. I highly recommend American College Connection. "

Peter D. Malone
Head Coach-KC Blazers

ACC Recruiting Directors

RICK PAINE

CHARLENE JOHNSON-TAGALOA

JAY KIRKPATRICK

JESSICA BERKOWITZ-MINIER

Meet Your ACC Recruiting Team

All of ACC's Recruiting Directors are former NCAA college coaches, Olympic coaches or award winning educators.

As former collegiate coaches and education professionals, we thoroughly understand the recruiting process. We know how colleges recruit, when they recruit, where they recruit and whom they recruit. College coaches know they can trust us to verify all athletic and academic information that we provide for them as well as know that our concern regarding our athletes is more than playing athletics. It is imperative to our directors, that our ACC athletes do well in school, play hard, remained disciplined and graduate with college degrees. We specialize in getting your daughter/son’s information in front of many coaches and getting them to take a serious look at it.

ACC Featured Stories

RICK PAINE
Rick is the co-founder and president of American College Connection and also holds the title of Director of Swimming. He has coached club swimming for 28 years and has served as an Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for 17 years at a major Division I university. He most recently served as one of the Olympic Head Coaches for the Austrian Olympic Team in 2000.

CHARLENE JOHNSON-TAGALOA
When it comes to college and olympic volleyball, Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa is a name that turns heads. As a very recent assistant coach at the University of Nebraska, Charlene helped to guide the huskers to the 2006 National Championship. Because of Charlene's love for the game and her desire to help younger athletes, she has recently been inducted into the 2006 BYU Hall of Fame and will continue to treasure her experience playing on the 2000 Olympic team. When Charlene recommends an athlete from ACC to college coaches, her background and knowledge of the game makes college coaches stop and listen.

JAY KIRKPATRICK
As an experienced baseball player in the Dodgers organization and a tremendous relationship with current college coaches, Jay can help you fulfill your baseball dreams. Through his years of playing baseball, Jay has acquired an eye for the game and knows what it takes for student-athletes to play on the next level.

JESSICA BERKOWITZ-MINIER
Jessica serves as our Assistant Director of Swimming. She has coached and recruited collegiately for 10 years at the D-I and D-III level. Jessica had an exemplary swimming career at Kenyon College where she won 9 NCAA titles and is the only woman in NCAA history (Division I, II or III) to win four NCAA titles in the 1650 Freestyle.
"Jessica brings a true passion for helping kids and being a miler, she has a tremendous work ethic. We are very fortunate to have someone with her knowledge, desire and determination working for ACC." Rick Paine