NCSA Juniors Finalist William Roberts Commits to Michigan

William Roberts, son of U.S. Naval Academy head coach Bill Roberts, has signed his national letter of intent to join the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA. Roberts is currently residing in Annapolis, Maryland, where he trains with the Naval Academy Aquatic Club. He’ll be graduating from Broadneck Senior High at the end of this school year.

Roberts is primarily a distance freestyler, but he’s also got strong potential in the 200 fly and 400 IM. Last season, he was a championship finalist at the 2016 NCSA Spring Junior Nationals. There, he swam to a 6th place finish in the 1000 yard free in a personal best 9:11.49. Roberts also placed in the top 16 of the 500 free and mile at that meet.

Roberts’ Top Times:

  • 500 free- 4:29.06
  • 1000 free- 9:11.49
  • 1650 free- 15:28.90
  • 200 IM- 1:55.39
  • 400 IM- 3:58.21
  • 200 fly- 1:50.27

At Michigan, Roberts will be training distance freestyle alongside PJ Ransford, an NCAA All-American and Big Ten champion in the 1650 freestyle. He should have an immediate scoring impact for the team, as his time in the mile is already fast enough to have scored at the 2016 Big Ten Championships.

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AB

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Mary Robertson
7 years ago

Right on, Will!! The Robertson family sends HUGE congratulations!

Coach Colleen Winans
7 years ago

Congratulations to Will! He has been awesome on the NAAC club team in addition to the Broadneck HS team as well as a summer league record breaker for the Arnold, MD, Ulmstead Mighty Ducks and Navy MWR pool. Great to see his progression over the years.

Erik Collins
7 years ago

Congrats to Will and his family- looking forward to watching Big Ten’s the next four years!

50free
7 years ago

Will is on my team really nice guy and a real hard worker.

Patti Poole
7 years ago

Congrats Will!

SUNY Cal
7 years ago

About time MI guys team gets some commits!! All I’ve seen is girls team getting many members so far! Go Blue!

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