Ryan Westhafer enters his sixth year with the Patriots for the 2023-24 season.
During the 2021-2022 season, Westhafer helped lead the Patriots men’s team to a second-place finish and the women’s team to a fifth-place finish at the 2022 Atlantic 10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
During the 2020-21 season, the Patriots competed in three team events including the Atlantic 10 Championships in a season limited by Covid-19. The Patriots' men's team finished second at the 2021 A-10 Championships, while the women's team finished sixth.
Senior Marina Toone was named A-10 Most Outstanding Women's Diver after the 2020-21 campaign after winning the Atlantic 10 Championship in the three-meter and a silver medal in the one-meter event. Senior Drake Moretz recorded five top-three performances during the season and was selected to the A-10 Academic All-Conference Team. Mason had 12 student-athletes selected to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Team and Toone was named VaSID Women's Diver of the Year, freshman Hailey Fisher was named VaSID Women's Co-Rookie Diver of the Year and freshman Ian Castegnaro was named VaSID Men's Rookie Diver of the Year.
In 2019-20, Westhafer helped guide the Patriots' men's team to the 2020 Atlantic 10 Championship, the first title in program history. The Mason men's team finished the season with a 7-2 overall record during the regular season, while the women's team finished with a mark of 2-9.
In the classroom, a total of 35 student-athletes on the Mason 2019-20 swimming and diving teams, 18 on the women's team and 17 on the men's team, earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
In addition to being on staff at George Mason, Westhafer serves at the Head Administrative Coach for Nations Capital Swimming’s Burke location. He is responsible for the administrative duties as well as running the Gold II senior group.
