Who Will Be Swimming World’s 2018 High School Swimmers of the Year?

Every year Swimming World highlights the top Male and Female High School Swimmers 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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2017 Winners: Reece Whitley and Morgan Tankersley

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Reece Whitley completed his junior year at William Penn Charter High School (Pa.) in amazing fashion. The 6’8″ 17-year-old topped the rankings in both the 100 breast and 200 IM, while also posting a new national record in the 100 breast. He was a key athlete to watch at the 2016 Olympic Trials and has been named Sports Illustrated’s SportsKid of the Year. Whitley returned to William Penn for his senior year, nabbing record-breaking titles in the 200 IM and 100 breast once again. He also lent his verbal commitment to join the men’s team at the University of Cal-Berkeley.

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Morgan Tankersley had a very successful senior season while swimming for Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. At the Florida Class 4A State Championships, she set three new state records and earned top rankings in the 200 and 500 yard freestyles, as well as a third place finish in the 100 freestyle. Throughout all of her success, Tankersley has remained a positive light and decided to spread that light to Stanford, where she will join the Cardinal this fall.

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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Jeffrey Colaiacovo

5 years ago

nat wingard

Wayne McCauley

5 years ago

Reece hasn’t been 6 foot 4 inches for many years. He towers over Michael Phelps and seems to be still growing.

Not sure his actual height right now, probably over 6 foot 8 inches although I have seen 6″ 9 inches posted.
Once he gets to Cal we will see how fast he can get, should be sub 50 seconds for the 100 yards, USA needs him to go 56 seconds in 2020.