Who Will Be Swimming World’s 2017 High School Swimmers of the Year?

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.

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2016 Winners: Beata Nelson & Grant Shoults

Beata Nelson finished her storied high school career at Verona Area/Mount Hebron High School in Wisconsin with a public high school record in the 100 yard fly (51.62) as well as 12 individual and relay state titles. Following her graduation, Nelson took her talents to the University of Wisconsin, where she was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4x) and won an Honorable All-America mention award for the 200 medley relay.

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Grant Shoults was named Swimming World’s Male High School Swimmer of the Year for the 2015-16 season. He set two national high school records, competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials and began his freshman year at Stanford. In his freshman year Shoults earned his first Pac-12 Championship title in the 500 free and earned All-America honors in the 500 free, 1650 free, and 800 free relay.

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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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