‘27 recruiting: advice from people who already went thru it?

[Anonymous]

DC received interest on June 15th, so starting the process now

For families who have gone through this process, any advice, things you wish you had known/done differently/was surprised by?

TIA and good luck to the recruiting class of ‘27

[Anonymous]

Expect the unexpected. Hopefully things have settled down since the ‘25s got slammed.

What level of swimmer do you have? (Sectionals/futures/ summer nationals?) Male or female?

[Anonymous]

Have fun with House. You will come find Jesus very quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have fun with House. You will come find Jesus very quickly.

Thanks? Is this....helpful? Or just mean and cynical? That's a rhetorical question, btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Expect the unexpected. Hopefully things have settled down since the ‘25s got slammed.

What level of swimmer do you have? (Sectionals/futures/ summer nationals?) Male or female?

How did they get slammed? With NIL? Winter Juniors (but barely). Female.

[Anonymous]

If you can’t score at duals, conferences, or NCAAs you will not be given a look. If you find a team, and division, where you can do all three you will find a spot. Otherwise you will be fighting a battle you will loose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Expect the unexpected. Hopefully things have settled down since the ‘25s got slammed.

What level of swimmer do you have? (Sectionals/futures/ summer nationals?) Male or female?

How did they get slammed? With NIL? Winter Juniors (but barely). Female.

Roster limits were implemented after commitments had already been made as a result of the House v NCAA lawsuit. Some swim programs shut down completely and others cut more than half their roster, particularly on the men’s side. This forced many swimmers that had committed fall of junior year to go through the recruiting process a second time, but most top teams had full rosters.

Women’s roster limits are higher, and fewer women’s programs were cut (due to staying in compliance with Title 9. With winter cuts her options will be more limited, but there are plenty of great programs. Some d3s that rank higher academically are faster than many d1s, so focus on academic fit first.

My other piece of advice, look at which schools cut a good chunk of their team. Auburn could have reduced their number from 41/42 men to 22, but they opted to take advantage of those swimmers in the transfer portal and cut all but 9 boys. It’s just a dirty game now and all about winning, not developing swimmers. Such a shame!

[Anonymous]

Many college coaches in the Power 4 are thrilled this happened. Now they can focus on winning rather larger rosters with a lot of dead weight, distractions, and drama. Some programs will probably stay below the cap because they can and will still preform on an elite level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t score at duals, conferences, or NCAAs you will not be given a look. If you find a team, and division, where you can do all three you will find a spot. Otherwise you will be fighting a battle you will loose.

I think you mean “lose” but either way most teams don’t send swimmers to NCAAs…..we were told by one coach recruiting standards are people who can score in conference

[Anonymous]

My glasses were off, thank you. That is right you must be able to score in conference….at the very least.

[Anonymous]

There is a group on Facebook called College Swimming and Diving Help. Parents there are very specific and honest and just lurking on it is a good way to learn a lot. If you start with the most recent posts and reading all of the comments, you’ll get up to speed very quickly.

[Anonymous]

Mom of a D3 college swimmer male. We had a list of approximately 20 schools that were academic fits and where he could score at conference meets (mid major patriot league, caa and top D3, UAA, NESAC). I stressed academic fit (great student, engineering major). It worked out for us, I think in part because we knew that there would be no swimming money and the school was a good academic fit. Others on his club team went P4 and D1 and have not had the same experience. They have been cut and two transferred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom of a D3 college swimmer male. We had a list of approximately 20 schools that were academic fits and where he could score at conference meets (mid major patriot league, caa and top D3, UAA, NESAC). I stressed academic fit (great student, engineering major). It worked out for us, I think in part because we knew that there would be no swimming money and the school was a good academic fit. Others on his club team went P4 and D1 and have not had the same experience. They have been cut and two transferred.

Did he have lots of other ECs too? TIA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mom of a D3 college swimmer male. We had a list of approximately 20 schools that were academic fits and where he could score at conference meets (mid major patriot league, caa and top D3, UAA, NESAC). I stressed academic fit (great student, engineering major). It worked out for us, I think in part because we knew that there would be no swimming money and the school was a good academic fit. Others on his club team went P4 and D1 and have not had the same experience. They have been cut and two transferred.

Did he have lots of other ECs too? TIA

A few not a ton of other ECs, he had a very high GPA and very good SAT scores, swimming was the primary EC and it is so time consuming. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t score at duals, conferences, or NCAAs you will not be given a look. If you find a team, and division, where you can do all three you will find a spot. Otherwise you will be fighting a battle you will loose.

I think you mean “lose” but either way most teams don’t send swimmers to NCAAs…..we were told by one coach recruiting standards are people who can score in conference

NP. I know little about D3 swimming and scoring. How would I know if my kid can score in conference?