Barry Shockmel starts his 57th season as a diving coach at UW-La Crosse in 2026-27. He served as head diving coach for 49 years and the last seven seasons as a volunteer assistant.
Schockmel is credited with guiding the development of UWL's divers. Drew Peterson rewrote the men's diving records while Jane Marien was a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) champion in 1989 under Schockmel's tutelage.
Amanda Medendorp earned seven National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) III All-America honors under Schockmel. She placed eighth in the one-meter competition in 2008 after finishing fourth in the one-meter and ninth in the three-meter in 2007.
The Eagles' Rachel LaValley earned four All-America awards under Schockmel. She placed 11th in the one-meter and 12th in the three-meter in 2010 after finishing 13th in the three-meter and 15th in the one-meter at the 2009 championships.
Kayley Alioto also earned four career All-America awards, finishing fourth in the three-meter competition and 14th in the one-meter in 2018. Her fourth-place finish is the highest in UWL history in the three-meter competition at the NCAA Division III Championships. Alioto finished sixth in the 2017 three-meter competition and 10th in the three-meter in 2016 at the NCAA III Championships.
UWL has earned the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Diver of the Meet 15 years. Medendorp (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08) and LaValley (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11) have each earned the honor three times while Alioto earned it twice (2016-17, 2017-18). Elizabeth Konkel earned the award in 2018-19.
UWL's Justin Bublitz earned six career NCAA Division III All-America diving honors under Schockmel, the most for a UWL diver in school history. Bublitz finished seventh in the one-meter competition and 16th in the three-meter in 2015. The seventh-place finish in the one-meter competition is the highest finish for a UWL diver in the event since Kevin Lilly placed school-best fifth in 1999. Lilly recorded a school-best third-place finish in the three-meter in 1999.
Bublitz was named the WIAC Men's Diver of the Meet three times (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15).
