Women’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2026 NCAAs

It’s post-NCAA retrospective time, as we look back at recruit rankings through the lens of now-updated NCAA scoring data. We’ve focused in on the senior class (after four NCAA seasons) and the freshman class (after their first NCAA showings), and now it’s time to share all of our data for the four classes currently making up the NCAA field.

Further reading:

• Revisiting recruiting ranks: High school class of 2022
• Revisiting recruiting ranks: High school class of 2025

We’ll also include this year’s freshmen and seniors to have all the data in one post. You can find further analysis of those classes above.

Notes:

• The data included is only individual scoring at NCAAs. That’s not an exact measure of an athlete’s contribution to a program: many of these swimmers (and others not listed) were relay scorers at NCAAs, scored significant points at conference meets and provided great leadership and culture-building for their programs. This data isn’t a perfect analysis of the best recruits – it’s merely a quick look at the data we can compile.
• Some of these athletes haven’t had as many scoring seasons as others in their class. Some redshirted a season and have more remaining seasons. Some deferred their enrollment as freshmen. Some sat out a year with a transfer. Some turned pro early. Some will turn pro early. Some are hard to pigeonhole into a specific class, international athletes especially. We did our best to group athletes where they best fit. Again, this isn’t a hard-and-fast ranking of value – it’s just the best data we can compile.
• The ranks are from our recruit rankings, typically compiled when these athletes were high school juniors. We don’t include internationals in those rankings, as it’s difficult to figure out if and when internationals will join the NCAA and which class they should be grouped with before they appear in the NCAA. Do bear in mind that our rankings were done well over a year before any of these athletes appeared in NCAA competition, so if you do have a quibble with a specific rank, you may want to check how fast that athlete actually was when the ranking was done before you get too livid. Unranked recruits showing massive improvement curves are some of the best stories in the NCAA year-in and year-out, and one reason we rank recruits is so we can better see which athletes had great rises during their college careers.
• All that said, compiling these ranks is a lot of data entry and a lot of research. If we missed anyone, or misclassified anyone with the wrong class or with the wrong domestic/international tag, please let us know in the comments and we’ll update our data as soon as possible!

SENIORS (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2022, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2026)

• Read more on this class here.

RANKED RECRUITS

UNRANKED RECRUITS

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITS

DIVING RECRUITS

JUNIORS (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2023, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2027)

RANKED RECRUITS

UNRANKED RECRUITS

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITS

DIVING RECRUITS

Notables:

• Top-ranked recruit Bella Sims dominates this class with 140.5 career points through three NCAA Championship meets, and she’s coming off a return to top form after transferring to Michigan in the offseason. Though Sims was impressive in the backstroke events last season with a pair of runner-up finishes, she opted to move on from Florida after two years and immediately thrived upon arriving at Michigan. After winning the 200 free NCAA title as a freshman in 2024, she returned to the top of the podium as a junior with the Wolverines, claiming the 400 IM title while also tying for 2nd in the 100 back and placing 5th in the 200 back for 50.5 points.
• The second-highest scorer in this class through three seasons is Stanford’s Caroline Bricker, who wasn’t quite on top form in the postseason but still managed to score 27 points after potting a massive 50 last year. Bricker, the 2025 NCAA champion in the 400 IM, was 5th in the 200 fly and 6th in the 400 IM this season, bringing her career total to 99 points.
• Among our ranked recruits in this class, five more women scored 25+ points, and for four of them, it was the best showing of their careers. Tennessee’s Camille Spink, ranked eighth coming out of high school, scored 43 points in her junior year to bring her total to 81, placing 3rd in the 50 free, 5th in the 100 free and 6th in the 200 free. Texas’ Campbell Stoll, ranked #2 behind Sims, scored a career-high 37 points this season, highlighted by a win in the 200 fly, while Michigan’s Hannah Bellard (32) and Virginia’s Tess Howley (29) also set career-best totals to eclipse 50 total points through three seasons. Another Longhorn, Jillian Cox, swept the 500 and 1650 free last season for 40 points, and though she managed to repeat in the mile this year, she lost her title to Claire Weinstein in the 500, giving her 37 points.
• Among unranked domestic recruits, McKenzie Siroky, who was a BOTR breaststroker in the class re-rank, is the top scorer at 39.5 career points despite deferring her freshman year. Siroky scored 16.5 points this season after hitting 23 last year.
• Notably scoring for the first time in the unranked domestic section were Pitt’s Sydney Gring, Minnesota’s Katie McCarthy, Michigan’s Lexi Greenhawt, Cal’s Ava Chavez, Virginia’s Melissa Nwakalor, UNC’s Taylor Bloom and Indiana’s Reese Tiltmann. Gring in particular was impressive at NCAAs, placing 10th in the 200 IM, 11th in the 100 back and 16th in the 100 fly for 14 points after her highest finish in 2025 was 28th in the 100 fly.
• Miranda Grana leads all international scorers in this class with 89 career points through three NCAA appearances, putting up 25 this past season with a pair of 8th-place finishes in the 200 back and 100 fly for Indiana after transferring from Texas A&M.
• USC’s Minna Abraham and Michigan’s Stephanie Balduccini scored 15 points apiece this season, a downturn from last season when they had respective totals of 31 and 29, though Abraham was dealing with a finger injury during the meet.
• Nevada’s Scarlett Ferris, a Scottish native, broke through and scored nine points this season as a mid-major swimmer, placing 9th in the 100 back.
• Five divers in this class thrived at NCAAs, led by Texas’ Bayleigh Cranford, who placed 3rd on 1-meter, 5th on platform and 6th on 3-meter to score 43 points and bring her career total to 72. Kansas’ Shiyun Lai has scored 25 points in back-to-back seasons for the Jayhawks, while Minnesota’s Elna Widerstrom (28) and Florida’s Camyla Monroy (26) put up big totals after scoring as freshmen but missing the points last season. Indiana’s Ella Roselli also performed well, scoring on platform (9th) and 1-meter (12th) for 14 points.

SOPHOMORES (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2024, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2028)

RANKED RECRUITS

UNRANKED RECRUITS

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITS

DIVING RECRUITS

Notables:

• After a phenomenal sophomore year that saw her become one of the fastest 100 and 200 freestylers ever, Virginia’s Anna Moesch takes over the scoring lead for this class with 77 career points. Moesch, who had a strong freshman campaign with 29, piled up 48 points as a sophomore after winning the 200 free with the second-fastest swim ever (1:39.23) and placing 2nd in the 100 free (45.54). She also made the 50 free final and contributed to four winning relays for the Cavaliers.
• Moesch’s UVA teammate Katie Grimes, the undisputed top-ranked recruit in this high school class, has yet to hit personal best times in her best events since heading to Charlottesville, but that hasn’t stopped her from being a reliable point producer. After scoring 34 as a freshman, Grimes put up 36 points this past season to bring her career total to 70, placing 3rd in the 1650 free, 5th in the 400 IM and 11th in the 500 free.
• The NC State duo of Erika Pelaez and Leah Shackley, ranked 2-3 coming out of high school, essentially flip-flopped their results from last year. Shackley scored 37 last season and then hit 25 this year, while Pelaez produced 25 points last year and then hit 36.5 this season.
• A third Virginia swimmer ranked in the top five, Leah Hayes, had a strong showing to score 24 points after hitting 23 as a freshman.
• The eighth-ranked recruit, Wisconsin’s Maggie Wanezek had a breakthrough season that culminated with a strong NCAA performance, tying for 2nd in the 100 back and placing solo 2nd in the 200 back to score 33.5 points after earning four as a freshman.
• Tennessee’s Emily Brown doubled her point total from last year, scoring 22 after taking 6th in the 200 fly and 9th in the 400 IM, while Texas’ Kate Hurst (20) and Campbell Chase (14) had impressive performances as Honorable Mention recruits.
• Among the unranked domestic recruits, Ohio State’s Mila Nikanorov is the only swimmer who has scored in both of her NCAA appearances, hitting 14 points this year to bring her total to 39. Notre Dame’s Carli Cronk scored seven points in the 200 fly (10th in 1:53.60) after hitting a big best time of 1:52.59 at the ACC Championships.
• The international swimmers in this class showed out with seven women scoring double-digit points, led by Tennessee’s Ella Jansen. After scoring 18 points as a freshman, Jansen put up 42 as a sophomore after placing 4th in both the 500 free and 400 IM, and 7th in the 200 fly.
• Cal had three international swimmers in this class hit double-digit points, led by France’s Mary-Ambre Moluh, who made a pair of finals in the 100 back and 100 free (and place 12th in the 50 free) to score 32 points. Fellow Frenchwoman Lilou Ressencourt has scored in the 100 and 200 fly in back-to-back seasons, while Canadian Mia West had a breakout campaign after she was a relay-only swimmer last year. West was 3rd in the 200 IM and 7th in the 200 free for 28 points.
• Florida’s Anita Bottazzo reached a new level this season with 28.5 points after scoring just nine last year, while her teammate Julie Brousseau was consistent with 14 points as a sophomore after potting 12 as a freshman.
• Ohio State is also well represented in this international class, with Maria Ramos Najji and Emma Finlin scoring for the first time this season after Sienna Angove scored 11 points last season.
• Akron’s Felicia Klintemar had a breakout swim at NCAAs in the 100 fly, narrowly missing the final in 9th while becoming the second-fastest mid-major ever.
• Among the divers, Texas’ Alejandra Estudillo Torres still leads in scoring with the 42 points she scored last season. Estudillo Torres competed for the Longhorns at SECs this season, but did not vie for an NCAA spot at the Zone D Championships.
• Arkansas’ Maria Sanchez-Moreno and UNC’s Sofia Knight tied for the most points among divers in this class with 16 apiece. Ohio State’s Mia Prusiecki (12) and Texas A&M’s Gabby Filzen (3) both scored this season after failing to qualify for NCAAs as first-years.

FRESHMEN (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2025, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2029)

• Read more on this class here.

RANKED RECRUITS

UNRANKED RECRUITS

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITS

DIVING RECRUITS

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