Top-30 Academic Swimming Recruiting Outlook (Class of 2027) – Men

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This post tracks recruiting status across academically strong U.S. universities (roughly U.S. News top-30 range) in men’s swimming.

The goal is to help Class of 2027 swimmers and families understand where opportunities may still exist.

Note: This uses the same school list as the women’s version. Some schools (Rice, Vanderbilt, UCLA) do not currently have men’s swimming programs and are included for consistency in the academic comparison.

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How to use this

• Focus on 2027 slack → this is what matters for current juniors
• Positive slack = potential openings
• Negative slack = class may already be full or over-committed
• Use swimmer links to compare your times directly

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Important notes (read before using)

• Commit lists are not fully complete, especially for some D3 programs
• Departure counts are estimated based on current rosters
• Power Points (PI) are based on current SwimCloud data and may change
• School selection is based on general U.S. News ranking tiers, not a fixed single-year ranking
• Some schools listed may not have active men’s swimming programs (see note above)
• All data is for reference only, not a guarantee of recruiting outcomes

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Method

• 2026 slack = seniors + graduates − known 2026 commits
• 2027 slack = juniors − known 2027 commits
• Divers are excluded from departure estimates

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#1 Princeton

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 4
2027 commits: 6
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 7
2026 slack: 3
2027 departures (Jr.): 5
2027 slack: -1

2026 commits

• Yury Kuzmenko (3.45 PI)
• Isaiah Tucker (6.55 PI)
• Michael Geh (6.81 PI)
• Peter Vu (10.97 PI)

2027 commits

• Nemanja Maksic (8.76 PI)
• Cade Vieler (8.84 PI)
• Jose Enrique Rodriguez Ramirez (9.98 PI)
• Jack Cunningham (10.85 PI)
• Kannen Crossland (11.05 PI)
• Jonny Palamar (13.33 PI)

#2 MIT

Conference: NEWMAC
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 7
2027 slack: 7

2026 commits

• Aasish Dangol (16.72 PI)
• Jamie Brinsfield (17.76 PI)
• Andrew Koek (17.88 PI)
• Garic Shao (17.91 PI)
• Jayden Chan (20.54 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#3 Harvard

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 4
2027 commits: 2
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 3
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 5
2027 slack: 3

2026 commits

• George Dovellos (6.98 PI)
• Owen Lin (7.35 PI)
• Adam Bradley (7.41 PI)
• Botond Kovacs (10.32 PI)

2027 commits

• Francesco Ceolin (3.56 PI)
• Yuri Plaksin (7.61 PI)

#4 Stanford

Conference: ACC
2026 commits: 7
2027 commits: 7
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 7
2026 slack: 0
2027 departures (Jr.): 4
2027 slack: -3

2026 commits

• Evangelos Efraim NTOUMAS (1.77 PI)
• Nathan Foucu (2.18 PI)
• Maxwell Stanislaus (4.16 PI)
• Tyler Phillips (7.35 PI)
• Davi Carvalho (8.39 PI)
• Enzo Desviat Ruiz (10.40 PI)
• Connor Ohl (12.94 PI)

2027 commits

• Luke Vatev (1.07 PI)
• Yi Zheng (1.29 PI)
• Connor Christopherson (3.82 PI)
• Owen Ekk (4.93 PI)
• Jacob Bougaieff (6.22 PI)
• Alex Pletcher (6.90 PI)
• Soren Carlson (13.59 PI)

#4 Yale

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 1
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 7
2026 slack: 2
2027 departures (Jr.): 7
2027 slack: 6

2026 commits

• Justin Cvetkov (5.65 PI)
• Louis Joos (7.32 PI)
• Cannon Martenson (13.47 PI)
• Ethan Wang (15.00 PI)
• Burak Iloglu (16.66 PI)

2027 commits

• Edward Zhang (12.22 PI)

#6 University of Chicago

Conference: UAA
2026 commits: 4
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: 0
2027 departures (Jr.): 4
2027 slack: 4

2026 commits

• Alex Wu (12.65 PI)
• Ethan Wang (16.78 PI)
• Kevin Zhan (20.51 PI)
• Kanish Chakraborty (22.19 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#7 Duke

Conference: ACC
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 2
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 1
2026 slack: -4
2027 departures (Jr.): 5
2027 slack: 3

2026 commits

• Yavuz Omer Aga (6.20 PI)
• Charlie Zuhoski (7.86 PI)
• Sam Hennenfent (12.76 PI)
• Ethan Bathala (13.90 PI)
• Rawlings Leachman (16.16 PI)

2027 commits

• Jonathan Packles (10.71 PI)
• Rostik Khilko (17.19 PI)

#7 Johns Hopkins

Conference: Centennial Conference
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 3
2027 slack: 3

2026 commits

• Alistair Guth (20.20 PI)
• Matt Brailita (21.88 PI)
• Matthew Ko (23.19 PI)
• William Thurk (23.27 PI)
• Nicolas Aldana Huelga (23.80 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#7 Northwestern

Conference: Big Ten
2026 commits: 6
2027 commits: 3
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: -2
2027 departures (Jr.): 10
2027 slack: 7

2026 commits

• Brandon Ha (1.64 PI)
• Zack Kusch (7.78 PI)
• Mike Marder (12.50 PI)
• Ben Whiteford (13.40 PI)
• Jack Chiappetta (16.58 PI)
• Caleb Romero Serrano (16.81 PI)

2027 commits

• Kealan Tupper (11.40 PI)
• Spencer Belbot (15.46 PI)
• Taylor Thongintra (15.87 PI)

#7 Penn

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 7
2027 commits: 1
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 6
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 3
2027 slack: 2

2026 commits

• Matt Vatev (3.60 PI)
• Ethan Chung (8.97 PI)
• Lewis Zhang (13.09 PI)
• Velizar Filipov (14.89 PI)
• Winston Fan (18.37 PI)
• Adam Polzien (21.18 PI)
• Max Rodbell (22.95 PI)

2027 commits

• Ben Liang (17.16 PI)

#11 Caltech

Conference: SCIAC
2026 commits: 0
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: 4
2027 departures (Jr.): 4
2027 slack: 4

2026 commits
None listed yet.

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#12 Cornell

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 7
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 6
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 6
2027 slack: 6

2026 commits

• Nate Yoon (8.34 PI)
• Yaron Li (8.83 PI)
• Jeremy Ting (9.36 PI)
• Nathaniel Malcolm (13.69 PI)
• Chengze Duan (14.51 PI)
• Enzo Balbuena (14.95 PI)
• Charles Wang (15.15 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#13 Brown

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 8
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 7
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 8
2027 slack: 8

2026 commits

• Aaron Bell (7.25 PI)
• Noah Chen (8.23 PI)
• Kian Olsson (9.18 PI)
• Reed Harris (12.64 PI)
• Myles Koff (16.16 PI)
• Avi Stahl (17.29 PI)
• Abir Bhatia (18.11 PI)
• Jack Ketchum (21.96 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#13 Dartmouth

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 4
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: 0
2027 departures (Jr.): 7
2027 slack: 7

2026 commits

• Sawyer Stolarczyk (8.30 PI)
• Alex Menshutkin (14.93 PI)
• JD Chen (15.63 PI)
• Kaideng Zhao (17.74 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#15 Columbia

Conference: Ivy League
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 10
2026 slack: 5
2027 departures (Jr.): 10
2027 slack: 10

2026 commits

• Krish Jain (8.36 PI)
• Kyle Li (8.50 PI)
• Tristan McCain (13.41 PI)
• Levi Skaistis (14.68 PI)
• Cory Han (15.50 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#15 California

Conference: ACC
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 2
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 6
2026 slack: 1
2027 departures (Jr.): 9
2027 slack: 7

2026 commits

• Baylor Stanton (1.00 PI)
• Jordan Ragland (1.14 PI)
• Tim Wu (1.77 PI)
• Albert Smelzer (2.31 PI)
• Aukan Goldin (5.67 PI)

2027 commits

• Davis Jackson (1.02 PI)
• Thi Rai (6.07 PI)

#17 Rice

Conference: American Athletic Conference
2026 commits: 0
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 0
2026 slack: 0
2027 departures (Jr.): 0
2027 slack: 0

2026 commits
None listed yet.

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#17 UCLA

Conference: Big Ten
2026 commits: 0
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 0
2026 slack: 0
2027 departures (Jr.): 0
2027 slack: 0

2026 commits
None listed yet.

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#17 Vanderbilt

Conference: SEC
2026 commits: 0
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 0
2026 slack: 0
2027 departures (Jr.): 0
2027 slack: 0

2026 commits
None listed yet.

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#20 Carnegie Mellon

Conference: UAA
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 13
2027 slack: 13

2026 commits

• Justin Brown (14.74 PI)
• Christian Wong (15.75 PI)
• Jacob Kim (16.57 PI)
• Jimin Chung (18.93 PI)
• ZiQiu Wang (20.53 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#20 Michigan

Conference: Big Ten
2026 commits: 4
2027 commits: 5
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 9
2026 slack: 5
2027 departures (Jr.): 4
2027 slack: -1

2026 commits

• Nathan Muratory (3.10 PI)
• Aiden Moy (4.79 PI)
• Oliver Shao (5.96 PI)
• Lucas Young (8.04 PI)

2027 commits

• Allen Gyang (6.94 PI)
• Anthony Dornoff (8.42 PI)
• Charles Howard (8.44 PI)
• Boone Wilcox (9.67 PI)
• Ben Luginski (12.41 PI)

#20 Notre Dame

Conference: ACC
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 4
2026 slack: -1
2027 departures (Jr.): 0
2027 slack: 0

2026 commits

• James Darcy (5.10 PI)
• Grant Lilly (6.35 PI)
• Ryan Quinn (6.51 PI)
• Finn Martin (9.22 PI)
• Brayden Jones (13.24 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#20 Washington University in St. Louis

Conference: UAA
2026 commits: 1
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 8
2026 slack: 7
2027 departures (Jr.): 2
2027 slack: 2

2026 commits

• Tobin Howe (19.09 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#24 Emory

Conference: UAA
2026 commits: 6
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 7
2026 slack: 1
2027 departures (Jr.): 6
2027 slack: 6

2026 commits

• Doug Sims (16.75 PI)
• Jared Goldstein (18.04 PI)
• Cole Radnay (18.44 PI)
• Zach Geller (20.60 PI)
• Anthony Pham (22.55 PI)
• Ethan Samuels (23.80 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#24 Georgetown

Conference: Big East
2026 commits: 4
2027 commits: 1
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 5
2026 slack: 1
2027 departures (Jr.): 7
2027 slack: 6

2026 commits

• Holden Brown (12.60 PI)
• Lucas Knapp (13.52 PI)
• Maxon Brienza (14.77 PI)
• Oliver Stabach (20.49 PI)

2027 commits

• Dan Bellach (17.70 PI)

#26 North Carolina

Conference: ACC
2026 commits: 7
2027 commits: 2
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 2
2026 slack: -5
2027 departures (Jr.): 6
2027 slack: 4

2026 commits

• Evan Gluck (5.03 PI)
• Isaac Carsel (7.84 PI)
• Luka Jovanovic (8.93 PI)
• Blake Hill (10.32 PI)
• Kuba Shaw (10.54 PI)
• Yofang Yu (11.10 PI)
• Jackson DeBruin (13.56 PI)

2027 commits

• Issac Adanin (11.93 PI)
• Hampton Stuecker (13.38 PI)

#26 Virginia

Conference: ACC
2026 commits: 4
2027 commits: 6
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 2
2026 slack: -2
2027 departures (Jr.): 6
2027 slack: 0

2026 commits

• Micah Davis (1.64 PI)
• Ian Heysen Ricci (1.93 PI)
• Gerhardt Hoover (5.74 PI)
• Nathan Carr (8.90 PI)

2027 commits

• Luc Dionne (5.83 PI)
• Juan Vallmitjana (6.68 PI)
• William Shoesmith (7.59 PI)
• Joey Campagnola (7.66 PI)
• Michael Powell (7.89 PI)
• Daniel Branon (8.92 PI)

#28 USC

Conference: Big Ten
2026 commits: 2
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 6
2026 slack: 4
2027 departures (Jr.): 6
2027 slack: 6

2026 commits

• Andrew Maksymowski (6.48 PI)
• Ryan McDonald (11.76 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#29 UC San Diego

Conference: Big West
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 0
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 6
2026 slack: 1
2027 departures (Jr.): 4
2027 slack: 4

2026 commits

• Dash DeAnda (14.10 PI)
• Darmen Yessengeldy (15.31 PI)
• Daniel King (16.22 PI)
• Andrew Vet (16.56 PI)
• Henry Baumhover (17.32 PI)

2027 commits
None listed yet.

#30 Florida

Conference: SEC
2026 commits: 5
2027 commits: 4
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 6
2026 slack: 1
2027 departures (Jr.): 3
2027 slack: -1

2026 commits

• junwoo kim (1.85 PI)
• Liam Smith (5.42 PI)
• Zoltan Bagi (5.80 PI)
• Tai Pearson (8.46 PI)
• Santi Alzate (9.03 PI)

2027 commits

• Griffin Oehler (1.60 PI)
• Trent Allen (2.24 PI)
• Julian Granison (8.32 PI)
• Luke Zardavets (9.66 PI)

#30 Texas

Conference: SEC
2026 commits: 3
2027 commits: 3
2026 departures (Sr./Grad): 10
2026 slack: 7
2027 departures (Jr.): 7
2027 slack: 4

2026 commits

• Rowan Cox (1.12 PI)
• Austin Carpenter (2.21 PI)
• Laon Kim (4.26 PI)

2027 commits

• Luka Mijatovic (1.00 PI)
• Ellis Crisci (2.39 PI)
• Ian Call (4.57 PI)

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Tip

Click any swimmer profile to compare your times directly against committed athletes.

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Final Notes

This is a directional view of the current recruiting landscape.
Actual recruiting decisions depend on:

• team needs
• coach priorities
• academics
• timing

Use this as a guide, not a final answer.

Data & Accuracy

• Some swimmer links or commits may be incomplete or incorrect. If you spot anything off, please comment so we can update it.
• Commit information and Power Index (PI) are based on publicly available data, primarily sourced from SwimCloud, at the time of writing.