Astrid Escobar is in her first year as interim assistant men's and women’s swimming coach at UW-La Crosse in 2018-19. She served as the interim head men’s and women’s swimming coach at Hamilton College (N.Y.) in 2016-17, where she directed all aspects of the program. Escobar was also Hamilton’s Interim Aquatics Director, managing the day-to-day operations of Bristol Pool. Prior to serving as interim head coach at Hamilton (N.Y.), Escobar was an assistant coach for the Continentals from 2014-16.
A 2014 graduate from Sewanee: The University of the South (Tenn.), Escobar was a six-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) qualifier for the Tigers. She competed in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke three times apiece, earning All-America honors in the 100-yard breaststroke in 2012 and 2013 and the 200 breaststroke in 2013. She served as team captain her senior year and captured seven conference titles.
Escobar set Sewanee's school and pool records in both breaststroke events and swam on school record- setting 200 and 400 medley relays.
She earned her bachelor's degree in biochemistry and was named Sewanee's Senior Athlete of the Year in 2014. She was valedictorian of her high school class, graduating from Northview High School in Dothan, Alabama, where she earned scholastic All-America recognition.
