College Recruiting

BOTR Breaststroker Grace Hunt Sends Verbal To UGA For 2026

Grace Hunt will help strengthen the University of Georgia’s breaststroke group when she arrives in Athens in the fall of 2026.

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Virginia Tech Adds Nordic Championship Finalist Lucas Humling For 2025

Humling’s best converted SCM 400 free time would have qualified him for the ‘C’ final in the 500 free at last season’s ACC Championship.

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Kansas Gains Southern Zone Champion Aubrey Tuthill For 2025

Tuthill’s best times in the 500 free, 1000 free, and 1650 free would have all ranked 1st for the University of Kansas last year.

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Texas Regional Champ Wesley Foster Will Stay In-State to Swim for Texas A&M Aggies (2025)

Foster was the Texas Region 4 – 6A champion in the 100 fly (48.40), before going on to place 6th at the UIL 6A Championship weeks later in 48.81.

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Hungarian Olympian Dóra Molnár Announces Verbal Commitment to USC for 2025-26

Hungary’s Dora Molnar, a Euro Juniors champion and an Olympic semi-finalist in the 200 back, has verbally committed to USC for 2025.

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Olympic Trials Qualifier Jason Zhao, #5 in Class of 2025, Commits to Stanford

43.4/1:33/4:19 freestyler Jason Zhao has announced his intention to swim and study at Stanford beginning in the 2025-26 school year.

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Gabe Manteufel, #2 in the Class of 2026, Hands Verbal Commitment to Indiana

Gabe Mantaufel, the top 500/1000/1650 freestyler in the high school class of 2026, has elected to spend his collegiate career at Indiana.

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Sprinter Riley Anderson, #14 in Class of 2026, Verbals to Duke

Riley Anderson, a Winter US Open qualifier in the 50/100 free and 100 fly, has verbally committed to swim and study at Duke in the class of 2030.

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Top 10 NCAA Diving Recruits in the Boys’ High School Class of 2026

In an effort to expand NCAA coverage here on SwimSwam, we have compiled a list of the top 10 men’s recruits for the high school class of 2026.

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Junior National Qualifier Ellie Butler Flips Commitment from Notre Dame to Vanderbilt For 2025

Butler’s times in the 200 free, 1000 free, 100 fly, and 200 fly already would have ranked as the second fastest for Vanderbilt last season.

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#9 Mike Rice (2026) Makes Verbal Commitment to Auburn

Sprinter Mike Rice, the #9 recruit in the high school class of 2026, has verbally committed to swim and study at Auburn.

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At Long Last, Katie Grimes, #1 Recruit in the Class of 2024, Makes Her College Decision

Grimes, already a two-time U.S. Olympian, teased her college decision in an Instagram post on Wednesday night with the caption “Hoo’s ready”.

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Aiden Hammer, #15 in Class of 2026, Announces Verbal Commitment to Cal Berkeley

Hammer has one of the fastest 200 free times in the boys’ high school class of 2026.

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Evan Conti (2025) Switches Commitment from Texas Longhorns to Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Evan Conti, from Batavia, Illinois, announced his plans to join the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after initially committing to the Texas Longhorns last fall.

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#14 Ranked Recruit in the Class of 2025 Campbell McKean Flips His Commitment to Texas

Versatile breaststroker and IM’er Campbell McKean from Bend, Oregon has changed his verbal commitment from USC to Texas for fall 2025.

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