SwimSwam has posted over 1000 college swimming commits for 2015

http://swimswam.com/over-1000-college-swimming-commits-in-2015-see-the-list-here/

The Aggies 2015 recruits are

Men
Connor Long
Jerik Wong
John Holler

Women
Alexandra Buscher
Claire Rasmus
Lexie Lupton
Natasha Gvakharia
Raena Eldridge
Shayne Gregson
Sydney Pickrem
Tiffany Futscher

I believe the men also have Mateo Gonzalez Medina, Sam Thornton (diver) and one other incoming freshman.

Women have Jorie Caneta (transfer from ASU) and Alais Kalonji (diver)

There's another late signee from the same club as Buscher, I think. There'll probably be some more summer additions.

A searchable database for most high school recruits nationally can be found here as well. They've been doing it for years and years.

College Swimming is saying that Elizabeth Jordana, from Jersey Village Texas is another Aggie commit.

How good is this year's recruits? Can they made an immediate impact in the SEC?

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College Swimming is saying that Elizabeth Jordana, from Jersey Village Texas is another Aggie commit.

How good is this year's recruits? Can they made an immediate impact in the SEC?

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Spicewood usually has some good information... guess we'll have to wait.

One of the other places I look at information is here:

http://www.swimmingrank.com/tx/strokes/strokes_gu/EJLDIJJGO_200BK.html

I think it is just linked to the USA Swimming SWIMS database, but it provides trending graphs and a comparison to NCAA swimmers. I'm not sure how accurate (on NCAA Swimming info), but it provides good analysis if you have a swimmer, or follow one.

I see these guys have been added to the men's team roster:

Mateo Gonzalez - Mexico*
Sam Thornton - UK Diver*
Steven Richardson - Humble, TX
Skylar Lake - Shepherd, TX Diver
Angel Martinez - Mexico
Austin Van Overdam - Cypress, TX by way of Arizona


* halco87 had good info on these from 6/9/15 post

Look like good additions! I hope they can make immediate impact!

Still pretty young squad. 6 Seniors, 5 Juniors, 13 Sophomores, and 9 Freshman.

Gig 'em Aggies!

Info on the men's recruits:

Gonzalez -- Short course 48.0 fly/1:49 IM Long course - 24.7/54.2 Fly
Thornton - looks like a strong 3 board diver
Richardson - 20.9/45.5 free, good sprint potential. I saw he originally signed with Kentucky but never competed.
Lake - also a 3 board diver. trains in College Station per his diving reel online
Martinez - Long course - 55/2:01 fly & 1:52/51.8 free
Van Overdam - 54.5 breast, 1:47 back, 1:47 Fly, 1:46/3:48 IM

For the women:

Sydney Pickrem finished 6th in the 200IM at the World Championships and is the 5th fastest performer this year based on her semifinal time (2:10.08). Still has the 400IM to come.

They also got a pair of lifetime best 26.0 50 free swims from Lexie Lupton and Raena Eldridge at U.S. Juniors.

Looks like the women added a diver to their roster from France, Alais Kalonji.

Someone (don't remember who or where) was explaining to me the advantage (from a numbers standpoint?) of signing swimmers and divers from out of the country? Did I hear wrong or was a I misinformed?

Video of Kalonji diving at the links below. Her dives are at the following times:

Prelims
14:05
34:40
54:35
1:16:25

Finals
12:45
26.05
40:15
55:00

Hasn't been diving at this level very long. A lot of room to improve. Most impressed with her entries, if you have that rip you can make things happen scoring wise.

I don't think there is any advantage numbers wise, at least in terms of scholarships, to international recruits. The advantage lies in expanding your recruiting net, but all things being equal talent and academic wise you'd take a domestic recruit over an international one.

Don't read the men's last names in the order listed!

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A searchable database for most high school recruits nationally can be found here as well. They've been doing it for years and years.

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That link is great. My nephew is a Texas top 25 for 2016. I think he's poised for a big year. He's just this past summer started growing.