Alyssa Hunt completed her fourth year as Grove City College's head women's water polo coach.
In 2018, Hunt earned the conference's coach of the year award while leading the Wolverines to a Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III East Championship. Grove City went on to finish 2-1 at the CWPA Division III Championships.
In 2016, Hunt guided Grove City to a fifth-place finish at the CWPA Division III Championships. Junior Abby Jank became the program's first CoSIDA Academic All-American while five players earned All-Academic recognition from the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches.
In her first year at the helm, Hunt led the Wolverines to a 7-11 overall record and a fourth-place finish at the CWPA Division III Championships. Two Wolverine players earned All-CWPA D-III honors under her tutelage, and 2015 graduate Jocelyn Hinkle was named an ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American.
Hunt also serves as an assistant swimming and diving coach and an instructor of physical education within the department. She has helped Grove City's women's swimming and diving team to two Presidents' Athletic Conference titles.
Hunt came to Grove City after spending the five years at California Baptist University. She earned four letters as a member of the Cal Baptist women's water polo team from 2010 to 2014, helping CBU to a 97-50 aggregate record and recording 70 career goals and 110 career assists during her four seasons of play (2010-12, 2014).
She graduated summa cum laude from Cal Baptist in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and finished her master's degree in kinesiology at CBU in 2014.
A native of Calgary, Alberta, Hunt worked as an assistant coach for the Alberta Water Polo Association's provincial team from June 2010 to August 2013.
She and her husband Joe reside in Grove City.
