Ramer leads the OUAZ water polo program after serving as the Murrieta Valley High School (Calif.) girl's water polo head coach. In his first season, Murrieta Valley won the Southwestern League title and had a CIF Dll playoff berth. Prior to taking over as head girls coach at MVHS, Ramer was the assistant coach for the boy’s team under long time head coach Bryan Lynton. The MVHS boys' team won the Southwestern League title and advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF Dll last season.
On top of leading the Spirit's water polo and swim and dive teams, Ramer is the head coach for Mountain Zone Youth Boys team for the USA Olympic Developmental Program. He has helped grow the game in Arizona as he founded Covey Aquatics Age Group Water Polo Club Team.
Ramer has been a coach and administrator at various age groups for club and high school water polo programs domestically and internationally. Most recently he was the director of the boy's and girl’s programs for Elite Water Polo Club in Murrieta, CA. Prior to working at Elite, Ramer was a volunteer coach for Longhorn Aquatics at the University of Texas, Austin. Ramer got his start in coaching for X-treme water polo (Corona, CA) where he was the 18U boys head coach. He then later moved on to become the CHAWP 12U boys head coach for three years. He spent time coaching at Eastvale Aquatics before moving to Australia. In Australia, Ramer lead Melville water polo club’s Flippaball program for two years while also becoming the Head coach for Wesley College, an all-boys private school where he coached year 7-9, 10-11, and year 12 teams. In his final year in Australia, he was named the head coach for Phantoms water polo club's women’s state team and helped start the Phantoms Flippaball program.
Ramer started playing water polo as an eighth grader for Inland Valley water polo club located in Temecula, CA. He was coached by Bennie Sprague, and Ramer became a goalie in his very first practice. He later joined CHAWP water polo club where he was coached by Greg Salvinski, Mike Sattler, and Joseph Lyons. Ramer earned a bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Olympics and was named 1st Team All-American. He prepped three varsity seasons at Chaparral High School in Temecula, CA, where he was coached by Chad Lemons and Tyson Cleveland. Ramer graduated from Chaparral in 2008. As a senior for the Pumas, Ramer was named All-CIF DV first team while leading Riverside County in saves for three years (338 saves as a senior, 335 saves as a junior and 327 saves as a sophomore). He was named All-Southwestern League MVP and All-Valley as a senior. Ramer was a two-time All-San Bernardino and All-Riverside County selection, and helped the Pumas reach back-to-back CIF DV semifinal appearances.
Collegiately, Ramer was a goalie for Rick Rowland at California Baptist University in Riverside, CA. As a four-year starter, he tallied 1,129 saves to become the school's all-time leader in the category. His 152 career assist, 412 steals, 71 multi-steal games are still records at CBU. Ramer was named First Team All-American by the AWPCA in 2012 and was the CWPA’s Most Valuable Player. In his four years playing for the Lancers, the team won 96 games and had a .738 winning percentage. This past summer, Ramer was Inducted into the California Baptist Universities Athletic Hall of Fame.
Ramer earned his Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Communications from Cal Baptist in 2012. Upon graduation, Ramer lived and played in Australia for three years for the Fremantle Mariners where his teams finished 3rd and 5th respectfully in the Australian National water polo League. He also competed in the Tom Hoad Cup X earning a silver medal with the Barbarians team.
Ramer is the youngest of five children to Jon and Sandra Skeith. He has one brother, Andrew and three sisters, Aly, Natalie, and Meghan.
