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.
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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Ledecky
Beata Nelson
Abbey Weitzeil demolished 2 National HS records. How could it go to anyone else?
LEDECKY
LEDECKY
LEDECKY
Uh duh
Natalie Coughlin was high still swimmer of the year in 1998….17 years ago….and she still world class. What an amazing person!
Ledecky