Maureen Travers begins her 13th season as head coach of the LIU Post women’s swimming program. She was chosen to head the fledgling program during the spring of 2002, and she also serves as aquatics director for LIU Post’s Pratt Recreation Center.

The 2013-14 season was yet another successful campaign for the LIU Post women's swimming program.  The squad improved on last year's dual meet record, finishing with 8 wins in 9 meets.  Travers won her second consecutive Coach of the Year award at the Metropolitan Conference Championships, and the Pioneers also claimed their second straight Metropolitan Championship.  Travers also led the team to a ninth-place finish at the ECAC Championships and an 11th-place standing at the NCAA Championships.  At the national championships, Joyce Kwok repeated as national champion in the 200-yard butterfly, posting the top time of any swimmer in that event all season long.  Kwok also finished third in the 100-yard butterfly, receiving a bronze medal.  Additionally, Tamara Garriock broke the school record in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships.  Garriock was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team for completing a 3.92 grade-point average in the classroom.  Travers' team achieved records in six different events over the course of the season, and five new pool records were also set.

The 2012-13 campaign saw continued success for the LIU Post women's swimming team and established the squad as a force to be reckoned with.  Travers led her squad to a 6-1 record in dual meets, while also capturing the Metropolitan Conference Championship and finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships.  The Pioneers swept the awards at the Metropolitan Championships with Travers being named Coach of the Year, junior Tamara Garriock Swimmer of the Meet, and freshman Joyce Kwok Rookie of the Meet.  Travers led the squad to two first-place finishes at the NCAA Championships.  Kwok grabbed an individual win in the 200-yard butterfly, while Kwok, Garriock, Johanna Pettersson, and Meghan Brazier finished first in the 400-yard medley relay.  All seven Pioneers who qualified for the NCAAs came away with All-America accolades, spanning eight total events.  Over the course of the season, Travers’ squad set new team records in 15 of 19 events, while also setting four new pool records.  In the classroom, the Pioneers averaged the second-highest GPA in all of Division II (3.60), and eight individuals received Scholar All-America and Honorable Mention kudos. 

Travers had one of her finest seasons as coach of the Pioneers in 2011-12 as the squad went undefeated in its dual meets during the season and finished second at the Metropolitan Championships.  Tamara Garriock earned All-America accolades at the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish in the 500 free and seventh-place finish in the 200 free.  Garriock, along with Mairi Morrison, Cornelia Hanes and Johanna Pettersson also earned Honorable Mention in the 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay.  In the classroom, the Pioneers averaged a 3.7 GPA, which was recognized as the highest team average among all three NCAA divisions.

The 2010-11 season was another year of records and All-Americans for the Pioneer swimming program under Coach Travers.  Throughout the course of the year, four new individual records were set along with two new established relay records.  The squad placed fourth out of 19 teams at the Metropolitan Championships.  At the NCAA Championships in March, Hanes, Riley Cassidy, Garriock, and Morrison all were named All-America Honorable Mention for their performances.  They were also named Scholar All-Americans and helped the team achieve a 3.59 GPA, the highest in Division II and tied for fourth across all three NCAA divisions.

Five new school records were set during the 2009-10 season, including two individual and three relays.  The Travers-led squad also went 5-4 during dual meets.  The team earned a fifth place finish at the Metropolitan Championships and were ranked 23rd going into the NCAAs.  Four athletes earned Honorable Mention All-American Honors in both the pool and as scholars.  As a whole, the team earned a 3.58 GPA, second-highest overall in Division II.

The 2008-09 season was a time of individual success for Travers’ squad, as eight new records were set throughout the season. The Pioneers posted a 4-6 record in dual meets, taking home a fourth-place finish at the Metropolitan Championships. Six team members qualified to compete at the Division II NCAA Championships, combining for an overall 20th-place finish with one All-American, four Scholar All-Americans, and having the highest GPA in Division II as a team.

The 2007-08 season saw the Pioneers finish 8-3 in dual meets, and finish 17th for a second-straight year at the Division II NCAA Championships.  The Pioneers competed in 13 events at NCAA’s and placed in the Top 10 in three events. In addition, the team garnered a 16th-place finish at the ECAC Championships, and a fourth-place showing at the Metropolitan Conference Championships.

The 2006-07 season was one of the most successful as the Pioneers put together a 12-4 dual meet record and achieved success on the national level.  LIU Post placed third at the Metropolitan Conference Championships, and had five individuals and four relay teams qualify for nationals, where the team placed 17th and two individuals were named All-Americans.  

Travers was named the Metropolitan Swimming Conference 2007 Women’s Coach of the Year.  She is the Division II women’s representative for the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.

During the 2004-05 campaign, the LIU Post swimming team posted a 6-3 dual-meet mark, earned a fifth-place finish at the Metropolitan Championships, and placed 11th at the ECAC Championships.

Travers also coached at Whittier for the men’s and women’s swim teams as well as the women’s water polo squad (Calif.), was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology assistant swim coach, head coach of the Harvard women’s water polo squad, and also held the position of the women’s swimming head coach at Simmons College.  Also, in August 1990, she added an impressive accomplishment to her swimming resume when she swam across the English Channel.              

The Levittown, N.Y. resident graduated from Queens College in 1987 with a degree in Physical Education before earning a master’s degree in Exercise & Sports studies from Smith College in Northampton, Mass.  She was team Most Valuable Player for Queens in 1984 and 1985 in swimming, and also won team MVP accolades while competing for the men’s water polo team in 1987.