Sarah (McCall) Fortney swam for 11 years with Pilot Aquatic Club (now Tennessee Aquatics). In her time with Pilot, she was a senior national qualifier in 4 events and a 6-time Tennessee State High School Champion (Bearden). Sarah went on to swim for the University of Tennessee from 2005 to 2009, where she was a 400 IM and 200 breaststroke specialist. In 2009, Sarah was named "Miss Tennessee", awarded to a student-athlete for success in academics, athletics, and service in the community. Sarah currently serves on an advisory council for The Tennessee Club. Sarah has coached for the past 20 summers with GKAISA. She has also coached for Bearden High School and Tennessee Aquatics. This will be Sarah's 16th summer with the Village Green Gators. Sarah currently works as a Speech-Language Pathologist and is employed with Knox County Schools. Sarah is married to former Vol swimmer Stephen Fortney and has two boys, Graham and Hayes. She enjoys running, traveling, hanging out with friends and family, cheering on the Vols, and, of course, dancing! She is looking forward to another fabulous summer!

Jessie is excited to be spending her 11th summer as a Village Green Gator Coach! Growing up, Jessie was a GKAISA swimmer and competitive soccer player. She was an All-State, All-KIL, All-Region, and All-District high school standout soccer player for Farragut High School. Jessie continued her soccer career playing collegiately for Carson Newman University as a defender from 2006-2010. Jessie currently is in her fifteenth year of teaching first grade at Farragut Primary School, where she was named 2023 Teacher of the Year for Knox County Schools. Jessie is also the head coach for the Farragut High School Lady Admirals soccer team. Jessie, her husband James, and her son Dane are looking forward to a fun and exciting summer here at Village Green!

Coach Josh will be with us at meets and Fridays this year! This year will be his thirteenth year coaching at VG after swimming at VillageGreen for two years. As a swimmer, Josh broke three city meet records at VG, was a high school state finalist at Knoxville Catholic, and a NCAA D3 Honorable Mention All-American at Carnegie Mellon University. He graduated from CMU in 2015 with an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and works in Oak Ridge. He also is an assistant swim coach with Knoxville Catholic High School. Josh enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, backstroke, working out, golfing, watching sports, and food. Go Gators Go!

Maddie Stephens is excited to return for her 9th coaching season with Village Green. She started swimming for VG when she was five years old and fell in love with the team. Maddie was a four-year letterman and state finalist for Farragut High School Swim Team and recipient of the Tom Schumann Service Award for GKAISA. She previously served as head coach for West Valley Middle School and provided private swim lessons during the school year. A UTK alumna (’19) and Torchbearer, Maddie currently works for the University of Tennessee and enjoys CrossFit, running, and hanging out at local coffee shops during her free time.

Kamila Nosarzewski swam 5 years for Village Green while also swimming for Tennessee Aquatics. Kamila was a letterman all four years for Knoxville Catholic Swim Team while also the Team Captain Senior year. Kamila is a graduate from University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She was the 2017 recipient of the Tom Schumann Scholarship award at the GKAISA City Meet. She competed with both USA swimming and Para-swimming for 5 years. She represented the Southeastern Zone at the Zone Championships in 2016 and 2017. Kamila also competed in the Paralympics World Trials where she represented the USA. Kamila worked alongside Sarah Fortney teaching learn-to-swim for children with special needs serving inner city youth through a partnership with the Emerald Youth Foundation from 2013-2016. She also coached for Tennessee Aquatics as the Pre competitive lead coach. In her free time she likes to workout, cook new meals and hangout outside with friends and family. Kamila has always had VG close to her heart and cannot wait for this summer with the kids!

Hi, I’m Coach Emma, and I swam for village green as a kid and quickly knew I could always call this team my second family. I also swam for the CYS team and Catholic High School, where I was a captain for two years. Currently, I am a senior at Auburn pursuing a marketing bachelor’s degree. This summer, I will be working with the UTK Digital Learning marketing department. While this summer may be busy, I do love spending time teaching swim lessons and watching each kid’s confidence grow. Other than that, I’m either at the lake, hanging out with my friends (or my dog, Margo), and traveling. I’m thrilled to be back this year with some amazing coaches and the best team!!

Hannah Grace Reiman swam for Village Green for 7 years and will be joining us for her second year as a coach! She holds two Freestyle Relay Records at Smoky. In her years as a swimmer, she had to take a brief break due to injury, but stuck around the pool deck helping where she could because of her love for VGST! Hannah Grace also ran track, cross country, swam, and was a basketball manager for 3 years at Farragut High School. She is currently a junior at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville where she is studying kinesiology. In her free time she enjoys hiking, swimming, running, and just about any summer activity! Her favorite strokes are freestyle and butterfly. Hannah Grace is very excited and proud to be a part of the team for another wonderful year! Go Gators!

We are excited to welcome Tyler to the VG coaching team!  Tyler is a Village Green alumni and this will be his first season as a coach with us.  

Karolina Nosarzewski has been part of the swim community for many years, competing on multiple year-round swim teams around Knoxville. She has been a member of the Village Green Swim Team for 13 years, where she developed a strong passion for the sport and a love for being part of a team. Breaststroke is her favorite stroke. During her time at Farragut High School, she was a four time state finalist, as well as a KISL winner and record holder. She graduated from Farragut High School in 2025 and is currently attending the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she is studying biomedical engineering on a pre-med track. This summer will be her first year coaching with Village Green, and she is excited to give back to a team that has meant so much to her. Outside of the pool, Karolina enjoys spending time in the sun, going to the beach, swimming, and hanging out with friends. She is looking forward to a fun and exciting summer with the Village Green Swim Team. Go Gators!

Lauren Sanderson swam competitively from 7 years old to 18. Her favorite stroke is butterfly but ended up setting a pool record for the 50 yard backstroke when she was 11 and held on to it for over a decade. She swam year round and in high school. She was named MVP for the Varsity swim team. She is a multi-sport athlete and was selected as All-Region and All-State for softball. She was inducted into North August High School’s Hall of Fame. In college, she decided to play softball instead of swim. She was a pitcher for the University of South Carolina Aiken where she was named Female Freshman Athlete of the Year. She competed in pageants and won Miss South Carolina and then placed 4th runner up at Miss United States. She has been teaching math at Bearden High School the past 11 years. She has a wonderful husband, Matt, and two beautiful daughters who play softball and swim. She is super excited to help coach this year and be a VG Gator for the third year! 

Eric is somewhat new to the Knoxville area. He is currently attending UTK and going into his senior year studying Economics. He has been swimming since he was 10 years old in Atlanta, and swam for 2 years at the University of Pittsburgh. Eric is excited to pass on his knowledge and to see the kids grow and succeed in the pool. He is a big fan of outdoor activities, his dogs, and meeting new people. Eric can't wait to coach the Gators this summer!