Staff Directory

Logan Thornsberry

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach

After completing a four-year student athlete career, including being named team captain for the Florida Atlantic swimming and diving team, Logan Thornsberry joined the coaching staff at his alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach prior to the 2025-26 season.

In his first season on the staff, Thornsberry helped guide the men’s team to its first conference championship in program history, winning the ASUN Conference Championship. The Owls concluded the meet with 15 medals, nine gold. Daniel Laureyssens became the first Florida Atlantic men’s swimmer since 2006 to qualify for the NCAA Championship meet, swimming the 50 and 200 free events. He was also awarded the ASUN Most Outstanding Swimmer for his performances. On the women’s side, the squad had its best team finish at a championship meet since joining the American Conference. Megan Drover-Smith became FAU’s first conference champion in the American, winning the 200 back in a school record time of 1:55.24. Nula Gow took home silver for FAU in the 200 breast, while also breaking the program record. Seniors Ella Freeman and Maja Piotrowicz ended their FAU careers with bronze medals, each saving their best swims for last. Overall, the team broke five school records this season.

At the conclusion of his four-year FAU career from 2021 to 2025, Thornsberry left as the school record holder in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay. His mark was left in the freshman record book, holding the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay.

As a senior, Thornsberry earned four medals at the 2025 ASUN Conference Championships, including gold in the 800 free relay which also broke the program record. As a junior in 2024, he earned a bronze medal as a member of the 800 free relay team at the Owls’ first ASUN Championships. In the Owls last CCSA championships in 2023, he reached the podium as a silver medalist in the 500 free. A 2025 FAU graduate, he earned his degree in Criminal Justice with a minor In Disaster Management.

A native of Seminole, Fla., Thornberry was the Pinellas County Swimmer of the Year after receiving All-America swimming honors in the 200 free relay. At the time of graduation, he left Seminole High School as the record holder in the 200 and 400 free relays. Throughout his high school under Coach Spurgeon and Coach Cox, Thornsberry was a state finalist all four years. He was a member of the West Florida Lightning Aquatics Club and was named most valuable swimmer for club team. He came to Florida Atlantic as the no. 27 swimmer in his class out of Florida.