{"id":655167,"date":"2026-10-10T17:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=655167"},"modified":"2026-10-10T17:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:53:59","slug":"ucla-snags-first-2028-verbal-from-georgia-5a-state-champion-heba-fouitah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ucla-snags-first-2028-verbal-from-georgia-5a-state-champion-heba-fouitah\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA Snags First 2028 Verbal From Georgia 5A State Champion Heba Fouitah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UCLA Snags First 2028 Verbal From Georgia 5A State Champion Heba Fouitah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of California, Los Angeles has scored its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Augusta, Ga. native <strong>Heba<\/strong> <strong>Fouitah<\/strong>.\u00a0Fouitah, who is among the top recruits in this class, is a versatile Summer Nationals qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>\u201cI am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to UCLA!! I would like to thank my family, my friends and my coach\u2019s for helping through this process and pushing me to where I am today. I would also like to thank Jordan and the rest of the UCLA staff for offering me this amazing opportunity. Let\u2019s go bruins <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f499.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc99\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f49b.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc9b\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f43b.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc3b\" \/>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fouitah trains year-round with Aiken-Augusta Swim League. She most recently competed at Junior Nationals where she placed 10th in the 200m IM and 17th in the 100m back after earning five best times at USA Swimming Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Last winter, Fouitah placed 12th in the 100 free at Juniors East before going on to earn seven gold medals at the Southeastern Meet of Champions. There, she took the top spot in the 100 free, 200 free, 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 fly and 100 fly.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 IM \u2013 1:58.51<\/li>\n<li>400 IM \u2013 4:15.24<\/li>\n<li>100 fly \u2013 53.03<\/li>\n<li>200 fly \u2013 2:00.20<\/li>\n<li>200 free \u2013 1:46.96<\/li>\n<li>100 free \u2013 49.59<\/li>\n<li>50 free \u2013 22.86<\/li>\n<li>200 back \u2013 1:56.34<\/li>\n<li>100 back \u2013 53.57<\/li>\n<li>200 breast \u2013 2:16.65<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently a junior at Lakeside High School, Fouitah collected gold in the 200 IM and silver in the 100 fly at the 2026 Georgia 5A State Championships while anchoring the winning 4&#215;100 free relay. She won the 200 free and was the 100 fly runner-up at the state meet in 2025 as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>UCLA placed seventh at the 2026 Big Ten Championships. 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