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NCAP College Decisions Class of 2023

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  • Here is a list of swimmers from Nation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP) who have finalized their college decisions, with the majority committing to swimming for their respective colleges and universities. NCAP has a well-established reputation as one of the leading swim clubs in the country, with a rich history of producing high-caliber swimmers.

    Swimmer Name College College Ranking Division
    Ben Anderson University of Wyoming #202 National Universities DI
    Luke Aslaksen Occidental College #64 National Liberal Arts Colleges DIII
    Charlie Barker Lafayette College #44 National Liberal Arts Colleges DI
    Skye Bilger Drexel University #103 National Universities DI
    Delaney Bookstein Virginia Tech #74 National Universities DI
    Kylie Boyle University of New Hampshire #143 National Universities DI
    Jackson Brown Brigham Young University #80 National Universities DI
    Emily Buckley University of Delaware #89 National Universities DI
    Piper Buswell College of William and Mary #38 National Liberal Arts Colleges DI
    Sebastien Carty College of William and Mary #38 National Liberal Arts Colleges DI
    Joshee Cheng Princeton University #1 National Universities DI
    Blake Conway Cornell University #19 National Universities DI
    Maren Conze University of North Carolina #28 National Universities DI
    Alex Crown George Mason University #143 National Universities DI
    McKenna Cury Bridgewater College No highlight available DIII
    Matthew Dang Emory University #21 National Universities DIII
    Jackie DeJesus Montgomery College - NJCAA
    Anna Dickson Wake Forest University #27 Regional Universities South DI
    Valerie Encinas Penn State Behrend #136 National Liberal Arts Colleges DIII
    Jillian Ferrari Georgia Institute of Technology #35 National Universities DI
    Hannah Finn University of Virginia #26 National Universities DI
    Erin Gemmell University of Texas at Austin #38 National Universities DI
    Dax Gorman University of Tampa RNP DII
    Charlotte Grieves University of Lynchburg #159 National Liberal Arts Colleges DIII
    Benke Grobler Grinnell College #15 National Liberal Arts Colleges DIII
    Emma Hannam Marist College #9 Regional Universities North DI
    Elena Harrison Tufts University #29 National Universities DIII
    Joshua Harrison Tufts University #29 National Universities DIII
    Andrew Hendrickson Swarthmore College #4 National Liberal Arts Colleges DIII
    Matt Johnson University of Maryland, Baltimore County #160 National Universities DI
    Aidan Jones American University #76 National Universities DI
    Katie Keeley University of Chicago #3 National Universities DIII
    Jordan Kelly Louisville #169 National Universities DI
    Brandon Kim Occidental College #64 National Liberal Arts Colleges DIII
    Dominic Kretzing Virginia Tech #74 National Universities DI
    Ellia Kweon University of Maryland, Baltimore County #160 National Universities DI
    Colby Lane George Mason University RNP National Universities DI
    Kris Lawson US Naval Academy #21 National Liberal Arts Colleges DI
    Mary Louisa Leopold Pomona College #5 National Liberal Arts Colleges DIII
    Kelly Lester Montgomery College RNP Community Colleges NJCAA
    Jake Lowrey Brown University #14 National Universities DI
    Braden Mallios Lafayette #37 National Liberal Arts Colleges DI
    Layla Middleton UNC-Wilmington #14 Regional Universities South DI
    Marco Minai Washington University- St. Louis #20 National Universities DIII
    Mackey Nurkic Kacapor Yale #4 National Universities DI
    Luke Olsen Auburn #97 National Universities DI
    Michael Owen VT #74 National Universities DI
    Mason Parker 2 Year Mission, then BYU #79 National Universities DI
    Jacob Quan Carnegie Mellon #25 of National Universities DIII
    Kira Runnels Keiser University #27 of Regional Colleges South NAIA
    Sarah June Schatzman University of Delaware #40 of National Universities DI
    Kylee Sessions University of Illinois #47 of National Universities DI
    Julia Simpson Virginia Tech #74 of National Universities DI
    Camille Spink University of Tennessee #52 of National Universities DI
    Danai Sukduang University of Denver #86 of National Universities DI
    Eleanor Sun Princeton #1 of National Universities DI
    Sidney Thompson Ohio State #53 of National Universities DI
    Samantha Torres University of Mary Washington #7 of Regional Colleges South DIII
    Lauren Tucker William & Mary #39 of National Universities DI
    Alexei Vinson Pace University #187 of National Universities DII
    Andrew Vo VCU #157 of National Universities DI
    Alex Wen Johns Hopkins #10 of National Universities DIII
    John Yuan UC Berkeley #22 of National Universities DI

    Last updated: 4/19/2023
    Source: https://www.nationscapitalswimming.com/college-decisions

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