Who Will Be Swimming World’s 2015 High School Swimmers of the Year?

Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Magazine

Every year Swimming World highlights the top Male and Female High School Swimmer of the Year in the August issue. In anticipation of the release of the August issue we at Swimming World would like to take a look back at previous winners.

2014 Winners: Katie Ledecky & Caeleb Dressel

Not only is Katie Ledecky (Stone Ridge, Maryland) one of the best women’s distance swimmers of all time, she also enjoyed a successful high school swimming career setting national high school records in both the 200 and 500 yard freestyle, as well as, an American record in the 500 during her junior year.

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Caeleb Dressel of Clay High School (Green Cove Springs, Fla) led the country in the 50 and 200 yard freestyles, and also set the overall national high school record in the 50 and national public school record in the 100 fly. After the high school season, swimming for his club team, the Bolles Sharks, he became the first 18-and-under swimmer to break 19 seconds in the 50 yard free.

Caeleb Dressel sets a national 15-16 record in the 100 freestyle.

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Past Female High School Swimmer of the Year Winners

Year	Girls	Boys
2023	Teagan O'Dell, Santa Margarita Catholic, California	Will Modglin, Zionsville, Indiana
2022	Claire Curzan, Cardinal Gibbons, North Carolina	Will Modglin, Zionsville, Indiana
2021	Torri Huske, Yorktown High School, Virginia	Aiden Hayes, Norman High School, Oklahoma
2020	Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic	Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Torri Huske, Yorktown High School, Virginia	Gianluca Urlando, C.K. McClatchy High School, California Carson Foster, Sycamore High School, Ohio
2018	Emily Weiss, Yorktown High School, Indiana	Reece Whitley, Penn Charter High School, Pennsylvania
2017	Morgan Tankersley, Plant High School, Florida	Reece Whitley, Penn Charter High School, Pennsylvania
2016	Beata Nelson, Mount Hebron, Wisconsin	Grant Shoults, Rancho Margarita, California
2015	Katie Ledecky, Stone Ridge, Maryland	Andrew Seliskar, Thomas Jefferson S&T, Virginia
2014	Katie Ledecky, Stone Ridge, Maryland	Caeleb Dressel, Clay, Florida
2013	Olivia Smoliga, Glenbrook South, Illinois	Ryan Murphy, Bolles, Florida Jack Conger, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Maryland
2012	Missy Franklin, Regis Jesuit, Colorado	Jack Conger, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Maryland
2011	Rachel Bootsma, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Jasmine Tosky, Palo Alto, California	David Nolan, Hershey, Pennsylvania
2010	Dagny Knutson, Minot, North Dakota	Vlad Morozov, Torrance, California
2009	Dagny Knutson, Minot, North Dakota	Tom Shields, Edison, California
2008	Mary Beck, Austin Westlake, Texas	Jimmy Feigen, Winston Churchill, Texas
2007	Mary Beck, Austin Westlake, Texas	Austin Staab, Westerville Central, Ohio
2006	Kate Ziegler, O'Connell, Virginia	Ricky Berens, South Mecklenburg, North Carolina
2005	Jessica Hardy, Long Beach Wilson, California	Alex Righi, Brophy, Arizona
2004	Jessica Hardy, Long Beach Wilson, California	Kyle Bubolz, Waukesha North, Wisconsin
2003	Kara Lynn Joyce, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Michigan	Matt Grevers, Lake Forest, Illinois
2002	Christina Swindle, Gulliver Prep, Florida	Mike Cavic, Tustin, California
2001	Christina Swindle, Gulliver Prep, Florida	Jayme Cramer, St. Xavier, Ohio
2000	Janelle Atkinson, The Bolles School, Florida	Alex Lim, The Bolles School, Florida
1999	Kristen Woodring, Wilson, Pennsylvania	Alex Lim, The Bolles School, Florida
1998	Natalie Coughlin, Carondelet, California	Patrick Fowler, Seattle Prep, Washington
1997	Misty Hyman, Shadow Mountain, Arizona	Nate Dusing, Covington Catholic, Kentucky

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Blair Zartman

8 years ago

Ledecky

Alec

8 years ago

Beata Nelson

Gil

8 years ago

Abbey Weitzeil demolished 2 National HS records. How could it go to anyone else?

Shane Strait

8 years ago

LEDECKY

Shane Strait

8 years ago

LEDECKY

Shane Strait

8 years ago

LEDECKY

Kari Buckingham Cox

8 years ago

Uh duh

Frosty

8 years ago

Natalie Coughlin was high still swimmer of the year in 1998….17 years ago….and she still world class. What an amazing person!

Karen Stouffer

8 years ago

Ledecky