Academy Swim Club

Nikki Miller, a SCV resident, is the founder and director of the Academy Swim Club here in our beautiful valley. She and her husband, Jim, have dedicated their lives to saving the lives of others. In 1994, upon returning from a lunch date and after the babysitter had left, they saw wet clothes and vomit on the deck of their spa. Apparently, their 1 year old, Dakota, had crawled into the spa while the babysitter was inside the house on the phone. Their barely 4 year old swimmer Garrett, unable to reach him or stand on the bottom of the spa, jumped in and pulled his brother from the spa alone, saving his life, but only after Dakota ingested lots of water. What horrified both Jim & Nikki, was they knew this could have easily resulted in a double drowning. Since then, both Nikki & Jim have decided that water safety education would be a big part of their lives, doing whatever they could to help prevent these tragic events from occurring.