New Mexico State University Athletics

Former Aggie swimmer Rachel Judge begins her second season as an assistant coach on the NM State swimming and diving team.  During her first season assisting head coach Rick Pratt, Judge was a key part of a coaching staff that saw the Aggies finish third at the 2014 WAC Championships en route to breaking four school records.  She not only assists with coaching, but also is responsible for assisting with team travel, handling administration duties and recruiting.

Judge returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach in June 2013. She was a four-year member of the Aggie team from 2006-10.  Before returning to Las Cruces she coached at Notre Dame Prep and taught at Desert Canyon Middle School in Scottsdale, Ariz., for two years, from 2011-13. She taught at Mountainside Middle School in spring 2011, following a teaching stint in Belize in 2010.

As an Aggie student-athlete, Judge competed in the backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle events for the Crimson and White. She earned a bachelor’s degree from NM State in elementary education in 2010.

Judge graduated from Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., in 2006.  A four-year letterwinner, she directed the Wolves to a pair of state championships, two district titles and a regional championship. In 2005, Judge and the Wolves won the 5A Division II State Championship while also taking home the Scottsdale District title. A year earlier, Desert Mountain won the 5A Public School State Championship and the Scottsdale District crown. In 2003, Judge led her team to runner-up finishes at the regional and district meets. As a freshman, Judge guided the Wolves to the regional title and another second-place finish at district. She once held the school record in the 200 free (1:58.69) and was captain of her team as a senior in 2005.

Judge was born in Mineola, N.Y., and is the daughter of Steve and Lynn Judge.