Graves was significant part of the Men’s & Women’s swim team earning an invitation to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis for the first time in 2014-2015 where five of the nine swimmers invited left the Championships with All-American honors and all nine were named Honorable Mention All-Americans. The Eagles finished the dual meets undefeated with a record of 5-0. Through the duration of the season, school records in 33 events were set at least once. The women’s team finished 15^th in the nation, while the men finished the year in 18th according to the CSCAA pool. In total, the Eagles accumulated 33 All-Conference titles by 11 athletes, five All-Americans and four Honorable Mention All-Americans. 

Coach James specializes in the Distance-Oriented and Individual Medley athletes for Carson-Newman, training various groups of athletes 10 times per week in the of areas of aerobic/anaerobic capacity and power. 

Graves comes to Carson-Newman from University of Tennessee, where he was team captain his senior year and was a NCAA Finalist in the 200 Fly.