Georgia Bulldogs Pick Up Verbal Commitment from #5 Nikki Nixon for 2027-28

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Nikki Nixon from Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced her intention to swim and study at the University of Georgia beginning in 2027-28. She wrote on social media:

“I am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my athletic and academic career at the University of Georgia! I would like to thank God, my family, friends, and everyone who has supported me throughout the years. I would also like to give a special thanks to Coach Bruce and the TAC Titans coaching staff for helping me achieve my goals. I am so grateful to Coach Stefanie, Fernando, Jerry, and the entire staff at Georgia for this incredible opportunity! GO DAWGS!!!”

Nixon is a junior at Cardinal Gibbons High School. She swims year-round with TAC Titans and, as one of only two girls in the cohort with sub-52/1:55 butterfly times, is the #5 pick on our Way Too Early list of top girls’ swimming recruits in the high school class of 2027.

Nixon began the 2024-25 short-course season with a pair of PBs in the 50 back (26.36) and 50 fly (25.04) at a TAC-NOVA dual meet in October. At TAC’s Big Southern Classic a month later, she hit lifetime bests in the 100 breast (1:03.67), 100 fly (52.10), 200 fly (1:55.84), and 200 IM (2:01.76). She was runner-up in the 200 fly (1:55.94) and came in 7th in the 100 fly (52.54) at Winter Juniors East, just off her PBs in both events.

In February, she won the 100 fly at the North Carolina High School 4A State Championships, clocking in at 51.84 for a new PB. She also placed 9th in the 100 back (55.79). She won the 100 fly (52.85) and 200 fly (1:56.01), was runner-up in the 200 IM (1:59.43, a PB), and finished 5th in the 100 free (50.43, a PB) and 6th in the 100 back (55.52) at Cary Sectionals, and then closed out the season at Tarheel States two weeks later. There, she won the 200 back (1:59.38, PB), 100 breast (1:03.16, PB), 200 fly (1:54.91, PB), and 400 IM (4:15.51, PB).

Throughout the 2025 long-course season, she notched PBs of 28.03/1:01.25/2:14.83 in the 50/100/200 fly, 2:19.89 in the 200 IM, 1:06.18 in the 100 back, and 2:06.73/4:28.35 in the 200/400 free.

UGA has a longstanding tradition of excellence in the 200 fly. In addition to NCAA record-holder Luca Urlando, the most recent example of Bulldog greats, the women’s team has featured a number of All-Americans over the years. In just the last decade, those include Callie Dickinson (2023), Dakota Luther (2022, 2021, 2019), Olivia Carter (2019), Courtney Harnish (2019), Megan Kingsley (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015), Chelsea Britt (2017), Hali Flickinger (2015), and Lauren Harrington (2015).

After her sophomore year of high school, Nixon was within half a second in the 100 fly and .75 in the 200 fly of the times she needed to score (it took 51.35/1:54.16) at 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships. Nixon will join Jordyn Glassley, Lilliana Krstolic, and Vivienne Zangaro in the Bulldogs’ class of 2031.

Best SCY times:

• 200 fly – 1:54.91
• 100 fly – 51.84
• 200 IM – 1:59.43
• 400 IM – 4:15.51
• 50 free – 23.19
• 100 free – 50.43
• 200 free – 1:51.01
• 100 back – 55.13
• 200 back – 1:59.38
• 200 breast – 2:15.57
• 100 breast – 1:03.16

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