Big Ten Reveals 2025-26 Women’s Swimmers and Divers to Watch

Courtesy: Big Ten

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten announced the 2025-26 Women’s Swimmers and Divers to Watch on Tuesday, featuring one swimmer and one diver from each of the 14 women’s swim and dive programs. The watch list was determined by the conference’s head coaches.

The list features five All-Big Ten selections from 2024-25 and three All-Freshman Team selections from a year ago.

The Big Ten had five teams finish in the top 15 at last year’s NCAA Championships, including Indiana’s program-best fourth-place finish, Michigan (9^th), USC (11^th), Wisconsin (12^th) and reigning Big Ten Champion Ohio State (14^th).

The 2025-26 season is set to begin on Friday, Sept. 26.

The complete list of 2025-26 Women’s Swimmers and Divers to Watch can be found below.

2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Swimmers and Divers to Watch 

• Kayla Duran, So., Illinois
• Bethany Mercer, Jr., Illinois
• Miranda Grana, Jr., Indiana
• Ella Roselli, Jr., Indiana
• Olivia Swalley, Jr., Iowa
• Geneva Pauly, Sr., Iowa
• Bella Sims, Jr., Michigan
• Kiarra Milligan, Sr., Michigan
• Katie McCarthy, Jr., Minnesota
• Vivi Del Angel, Sr., Minnesota
• Gena Jorgenson, Sr., Nebraska
• Abby Baxter, Jr., Nebraska
• Ekaterina Nikonova, Gr., Northwestern
• Isabella Chen, So., Northwestern
• Krista Marlin, Sr., Ohio State
• Lena Hentschel, Sr., Ohio State
• Margaret Markvardt, Gr., Penn State
• Grace Brammer, So., Penn State
• Abby Marcukaitis, Sr., Purdue
• Daryn Wright, Sr., Purdue
• Ana Hazelhurst, So., Rutgers
• Bailee Sturgill, So., Rutgers
• Jada Duncan, Fr., UCLA
• Eden Cheng, Sr., UCLA
• Minna Abraham, Jr., USC
• Kate Miller, So., USC
• Maggie Wanezek, So., Wisconsin
• Julia Herring, RS-So., Wisconsin