Odjana enters his sixth season in 2015-16 as an assistant coach for the Pacific swimming team. Odjana joined the coaching staff in 2010 after two years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Lake Forest College in Lake Forest Park, Illinois.
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The 2008 graduate won 13 Midwest Conference championships in his four-year career with the Foresters, including seven individual titles. Ojdana is the conference record-holder in the 500 freestyle (4:40.69) and 1,650 freestyle (16:18.24) and holds the school record in the 1,000 free (9:52.75).
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A three-time Academic All-MWC honoree and Senior Scholar Athlete Award winner, Ojdana is one of only two athletes in program history to be named the team's Most Valuable Swimmer four times.
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While competing at Lake Forest, Ojdana spent two years on the coaching staff of the Lake Forest Swim Club, working with the 5-10 age group. He also spent the summer of 2006 as an assistant coach at the Terrace Park Country Club in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ojdana majored in art and communications at Lake Forest and earned a master's degree in digital cinema at DePaul University in Chicago. He currently is the project manager at Convergence Training in Vancouver, Wash.
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