Friday, May 12, 2023
Nguyen, Tse Lead Successful Rose Bowl Squad
This Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, we celebrate the USA Swimming athletes, officials, coaches and staff who are members of this vast and diverse community.
Leading the Rose Bowl Aquatics squad in Pasadena, California are head coach Andrew Nguyen and assistant coach Katherine Tse.
Nguyen’s journey with Rose Bowl comes full circle as he, his brother and sister grew up near Pasadena swimming for the team, as well as Swim Pasadena.
“My parents moved to the states during the Vietnam War and were able to provide a foundation for our family built on love, respect, integrity, humility and discipline,” he said. “We learned so much from our wonderful sport and coaches. I am very grateful for everything I have learned from my experiences. We were very fortunate to be able to compete at the level we did thanks to our coaches and parents throughout our journey.”
Nguyen would go on to swim collegiately at the University of Washington where he was a Pac-10 finalist all four years. Later he’d go onto a successful coaching career with Bellevue Swim Club in Bellevue, Washington and Scottsdale Aquatic Club in Phoenix, Arizona before landing at Rose Bowl last summer.
“I am excited about more opportunities for athletes, families and coaches within USA Swimming, for not just the AAPI community but also for all communities of color,” he said. “I hope to contribute to USA Swimming's growth into a more inclusive environment and culture. USA Swimming has provided my family many incredible opportunities and created many core memories for us.”
Tse arrived at Rose Bowl in a coaching capacity in 2013 as an age group competitive swim coach. Prior to a successful collegiate swim career at UC San Diego, Tse swam for Rose Bowl from 2002-12. Hailing from the diverse community of Monterey Park, California, Tse has brought the cultural values of her Chinese background to her leadership at the pool.
“I am proud to have been raised in a Chinese household in America by immigrant parents,” she said. “I was taught many important Chinese cultural values, such as discipline, humility, honor, integrity, work ethic and sacrifice, and am blessed to have had the opportunity to blend them with American cultural values, such as assertiveness, individuality and change for the future of society. I am inspired by this opportunity to represent our community, our history and all our success stories to motivate our youth to aspire to become leaders.”
Leading the Rose Bowl Aquatics squad in Pasadena, California are head coach Andrew Nguyen and assistant coach Katherine Tse.
Nguyen’s journey with Rose Bowl comes full circle as he, his brother and sister grew up near Pasadena swimming for the team, as well as Swim Pasadena. “My parents moved to the states during the Vietnam War and were able to provide a foundation for our family built on love, respect, integrity, humility and discipline,” he said. “We learned so much from our wonderful sport and coaches. I am very grateful for everything I have learned from my experiences. We were very fortunate to be able to compete at the level we did thanks to our coaches and parents throughout our journey.”
Nguyen would go on to swim collegiately at the University of Washington where he was a Pac-10 finalist all four years. Later he’d go onto a successful coaching career with Bellevue Swim Club in Bellevue, Washington and Scottsdale Aquatic Club in Phoenix, Arizona before landing at Rose Bowl last summer.
“I am excited about more opportunities for athletes, families and coaches within USA Swimming, for not just the AAPI community but also for all communities of color,” he said. “I hope to contribute to USA Swimming's growth into a more inclusive environment and culture. USA Swimming has provided my family many incredible opportunities and created many core memories for us.”
Tse arrived at Rose Bowl in a coaching capacity in 2013 as an age group competitive swim coach. Prior to a successful collegiate swim career at UC San Diego, Tse swam for Rose Bowl from 2002-12. Hailing from the diverse community of Monterey Park, California, Tse has brought the cultural values of her Chinese background to her leadership at the pool. “I am proud to have been raised in a Chinese household in America by immigrant parents,” she said. “I was taught many important Chinese cultural values, such as discipline, humility, honor, integrity, work ethic and sacrifice, and am blessed to have had the opportunity to blend them with American cultural values, such as assertiveness, individuality and change for the future of society. I am inspired by this opportunity to represent our community, our history and all our success stories to motivate our youth to aspire to become leaders.”