{"id":502833,"date":"2022-04-17T17:15:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T00:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=502833"},"modified":"2022-04-20T10:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:56:26","slug":"junior-national-teamer-jacob-pishko-commits-to-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/junior-national-teamer-jacob-pishko-commits-to-louisville\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior National Teamer Jacob Pishko Commits to Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Junior National Teamer Jacob Pishko Commits to Louisville<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW COMMIT: University of Louisville has scored a commitment from Junior National Team member Jacob Pishko for the fall 2022. <\/span>Pishko, a post-graduate student at Mercersburg Academy, originally committed to the U.S. Naval Academy<\/a> before his move to Pennsylvania but decomitted earlier this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He joins Charlie Crush, Guy Brooks, Robert Ehrenborg, Jackson Millard, and Drew Collins in the Cardinals\u2019 class of 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding his commitment, he said:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am super excited to announce my commitment to further my swimming and academic careers at the University of Louisville!! Thank you to my family, friends, teammates, and the Louisville coaching staff who have helped me get to this point! Can\u2019t wait to take flight with @uoflswim_dive this fall!”<\/span><\/p>\n

With his dad, Jeff, a top-level age group swim coach, Pishko has had stops at a number of the nation\u2019s top swim teams. He started his high school career with the Bolles School Sharks, where his dad was a Senior Assistant Coach up until the COVID-19 pandemic. The senior Pishko then took up an assistant head coaching position at TAC Titans in North Carolina, where Jacob joined him for his senior season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His best times in yards include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n