By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
Marshall University is cutting its women’s swimming & diving program at the end of the 2025-26 season, team members were told Thursday by Athletic Director Gerald Harrison.
Marshall, located in Huntington, W. Va., is an NCAA Division I mid-major school and member of the Sun Belt Conference. The school does not sponsor a men’s swim & dive program.
After the Marshall women placed 2nd at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in 2024 and 2025, they, along with reigning Sun Belt champion James Madison and Liberty, officially joined the American Conference on July 1, 2025, as affiliate members in swimming & diving.
Prior to the Sun Belt briefly reviving its swimming & diving championship meet in 2024, Marshall competed in the Missouri Valley Conference Championships, most recently placing 6th at the 2023 conference meet.
The Marshall women are currently preparing to compete in the 2026 American Conference Swimming & Diving Championships, which run next week, Feb. 18–21, in Greensboro, N.C.
Team members were not given specific details regarding the reasoning for the cuts, only that the decision was made for “financial reasons.”
It was only two weeks ago that Marshall head coach Ian Walsh announced the hiring of Tom Huynh as the program’s new head diving coach.
There will be a public meeting with Marshall’s governing body discussing the decision to eliminate the program this coming Tuesday, Feb. 17, though team members won’t be able to attend as they head to their conference championship meet.
The news of Marshall’s program being cut came down shortly before news broke that the University of Montevallo, an NCAA Division II program, plans on cutting both its men’s and women’s swim & dive teams at the conclusion of the season.
The Thundering Herd have had a successful 2025-26 campaign thus far, winning six straight dual meets to close the regular season, with their most recent outing being a 215-81 victory over Toledo on Jan. 24 when they honored their two-member senior class, which includes Mia McBride and Tatum Robinson.
Despite having only two seniors, Marshall currently has 28 swimmers and divers on its roster, including 12 freshmen and seven sophomores.
Marshall only has two recruits scheduled to join them next season, Anna Whitley and Ava Haese.
The Thundering Herd last had an NCAA qualifier in the 2016-17 season, when Sirena Rowe Cervantes earned a spot in the 50 free after setting a new Marshall record of 22.08 in a time trial at the Conference USA Championships, a swim that still stands as the school record.
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