College Recruiting

Revisiting Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2016

There were a lot of top-20 misses in the class of 2015, though the top of the class was set to produce big at 2020 NCAAs.

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2020 Men’s NCAA Season: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

8 of our top 10 recruits swam fast enough to earn NCAA invites in 2020. But our top two projected scorers were unranked recruits.

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Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019

This Stanford class went 3-for-3 in NCAA titles over their collegiate career, but Tennessee’s seniors put up the most points over their three seasons.

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British Olympic Trial Qualifier Lauren Brantley Commits to Rice University

Butterly and IM specialist Lauren Brantley has decided to continue her academic and athletic carrer at Rice University beginning in the fall of 2020.

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2x USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Lexi DePaco Sends Verbal to UCSD (2021)

Winter Juniors qualifier Alexis DePaco has verbally committed to swim for the UCSD Tritons beginning in the fall of 2021.

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Ohio D1 State Finalist Peyton Farrell to Remain In-State at Ohio University

2019 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals qualifier Peyton Farrell has committed to swim for Ohio University’s class of 2024.

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Projected Women’s 2020 NCAA Points By Class – All Classes

It was a senior-heavy NCAA, with five seniors projected among the top 8 individual scorers. We look back at the past 4 years to evaluate recruiting ranks.

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Ella DeFever Commits to DII Minnesota State – Mankato

Sprinter Ella DeFever has committed to swim for Minnesota State University – Mankato’s class of 2024.

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World Junior Championships Medalist Jack Armstrong Enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Jack Armstrong spent his freshman season at Auburn, where he swam lifetime bests in the 50 yard free and 100 yard fly and scored at the SEC Championships.

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2020 Women’s NCAA Season: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

It was shaping up to be a banner year for freshmen, led by #1 recruit Kate Douglass – who was on the cusp of a historic freshman scoring effort.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2016

Way back in 2015, we ranked Beata Nelson as the #2 recruit in her class. She’ll actually finish #3 in NCAA scoring – but could she have caught #1 in 2020?

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Georgia Secures Verbal From Local State Champion Breaststroker Jackson Bates

Bates’ breaststroke times from Sectionals put him within 1.5 and 3 seconds of the Olympic Trials cuts in the 100 and 200 meter races, respectively.

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Two-Time State Champion Diver Josiah Fick Stays In State With Minnesota Commit

Fick won the AA High School 1M diving title both as a junior and as a senior after finishing 25th as a freshman and 9th as a sophomore.

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WHAT Celebrates Four Class of 2020 NLI Signings

West Hartford Aquatic Team’s Will Layden (Providence), Aislinn Mitchell (Delaware), Kate Bell (Sacred Heart), and Ethan Brown (Villanova).

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Sandpipers Distance Swimmer Gavin Gould Commits to the Air Force for 2020

Gould will join the Falcons fresh off a WAC team championship, including individual championships in the 400 yard IM and 1,650-yard freestyle.

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