Once upon a time, July 1st was the starting block for the college recruiting season. Last year at this time we remarked that 82 rising high school seniors from the class of 2018, including 13 of our top 20 boys and 10 of our top 20 girls, had committed to collegiate programs. We contrasted that to July 1st, 2016, when the total number of verbal commitments was 28.
This year we’re off to an even quicker start: 14 boys and 17 girls from our top-20 lists (boys are here; girls are here) from the class of 2019, with 159 swimmers and divers overall (and many more names on the list, waiting for their articles to be published), have announced their intention to compete at the collegiate level in the fall of 2019. Here are the colleges that have received early pledges:
| Team | M&W Combined 2019 Commits |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Arizona State | 11 |
| Auburn | 7 |
| Cal | 10 |
| Duke | 3 |
| Duquesne | 1 |
| Florida | 7 |
| Florida State | 4 |
| Georgia | 5 |
| Georgia Tech | 1 |
| Indiana | 8 |
| Kentucky | 6 |
| Louisville | 3 |
| LSU | 2 |
| Miami (OH) | 2 |
| Michigan | 7 |
| Minnesota | 3 |
| Missouri | 4 |
| NC State | 10 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| North Carolina | 4 |
| Notre Dame | 5 |
| Ohio State | 5 |
| Penn State | 1 |
| Purdue | 1 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 |
| SMU | 1 |
| South Carolina | 2 |
| Stanford | 1 |
| Tennessee | 5 |
| Texas | 10 |
| Texas A&M | 1 |
| UCLA | 5 |
| USC | 1 |
| Vanderbilt | 1 |
| Virginia | 17 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 |
| Grand Total | 159 |
Our SwimSwam Commitment Databases give a snapshot of where the collegiate swimmers are coming from and for whom they have committed to swim. As always, you can sort by club team, college, conference, home state, school, LSC, etc. We are updating the database constantly, so remember to refresh it regularly.
High School Class of 2019 Verbal Commitments
As a reminder, here is our list of commitments from the class of 2018:
High School Class of 2018 Verbal Commitments
Virginia with 17 commits!!….what’s happening at Virginia may end up in tears when some of those $$$ promises won’t be kept. There is only so much money to go around.
According to collegeswimming.com, Andrew Gray (Edina (MN) H.S. and Edina Swim Club) has also verbally committed to Arizona St.
NC State men, Cal women, Texas M/W, Virginia M/W. Wow. Big-time for these programs.
Not all the precincts have been reported. (I.e. Stanford, TAM, etc) But the stats so far are interesting. And the follow-up articles are even more interesting. Thanks Swimswam. Keep it coming.