Additional Info:Diving - Second at State HS Championships, second at the AAU National Championships, "Matt will be a much needed addition to our diving program," Stillson said. "He will help the team on all three levels having the ability to score on both the conference and national level. We are looking forward to the positive impact Matt will have on our team next year."
Egenolf, Audra
Hometown:Indianapolis, IN
Swim Club:Indianapolis Stars
Additional Info:Diving - NISCA All-American, USA Diving national age group finalist. "Audra will be a tremendous addition to our team next year," said head diving coach Jim Stillson. "In addition to being an excellent student, she will help us on all three levels. Although her best event is the 10 meter platform, I expect her to be able to score on all three levels at the conference and national level. We are very excited to be adding such an excellent athlete to our team."
Jacoby, Lauren
Hometown:Fairfax Station, VA
Swim Club:Curl Burke Swim Club
Additional Info:Free-4x NISCA All-American, Virginia State Independent schools MVP. 50 Free-24.02, 100 Free-51.72, 200 Free-1:51.34. Also considered Virginia and Kentucky. "I feel that Lauren has the potential to have a great college career," said Collins. "She is a versatile swimmer that can compete in the freestyle events from the 50 to 200. She also swims the IM and fly as well. She has competed at the US Open and US Nationals and has excelled in both swimming and academics. She will be a great swimmer in our program and we are looking forward to seeing her progress over the next four years."
Pia Lara, Ana
Swim Club:Dallas Mustangs
Soza, Gabriela
Hometown:Corpus Christi, TX
Swim Club:Corpus Christi Aquatic Alliance
Additional Info:Sprint Free - State Champ 50 Free, regional and district Swimmer of the Year. 50 Free-23.43; 100 Free-51.90. Also considered Texas and Michigan. SMU over Texas and Michigan. "Gabriela is a State Champion in Texas which says a lot about her swimming," said head coach Collins. "It is important for SMU to sign the top swimmers in Texas and she will come to the Hilltop able to contribute at the NCAA level in both individual and relay events."
Van Den Branden, Sascha
Hometown:Reiselede, Belgium
Swim Club:SIG Campus Topsport.
Additional Info:European Junior Championship finalist. 50 Free-26.69, 100 Free-57.21, 200 Free-2:03.47 "Sascha is the latest swimmer to commit to SMU from Belgium," said Collins. "She has the potential to be an Olympic swimmer for Belgium in 2008 and will make a major contribution at the NCAA level for SMU. She has great international experience with her results this summer at the European Championships. Sascha has had great coaches, one being Herman Verbauwen, coach of former SMU great Sandra Cam. She is an excellent student and will major in language and economics. We are excited to have Sascha join the Mustangs."
Werth, Elzanne
Hometown:Randburg, South Africa
Swim Club:Waterborn Swimming Club
Additional Info:Fly - Member South African National Junior Team, 50 Free-27.29; 100 Free-58.15; 200 Free-2:07.08, 100 Fly 1:02.25-LCM "Elzanne will follow in a strong tradition of South African swimmers at SMU," Collins said. "She is an excellent student that has excelled in academics and swimming. She has the potential to be a top swimmer at the international level in swimming for South Africa. Elzanne swims for Peter Williams who has developed many swimmers that have gone on to great things at NCAA and international competition."
Class of 2006
Callaghan, Devon
Hometown:Louisville, KY
Swim Club:Sacred Heart
Additional Info:2x Kentucky State Champion 200 IM; KYHSAA most valuable female swimmer; Junior finalist; national and Trials Qualifier
Clark, Justine
Hometown:Solihull, England
Swim Club:St. Martins School
Additional Info:English schools champ (100 fly at); 5th UK Olympic Trials (1:01.42 LC); 7th European Juniors 50 fly (28.13);
Smalley, Maverick
Hometown:Austin, TX
Swim Club:Longhorn Aquatics
Additional Info:IM/MD - OT qualifier; National Junior Team member; 20 national AG records; Sinnot says: "Maverick is one of the premier recruits in this year's class. He is the beginning to what should be a top level recruiting class. After bringing in one of the best classes in 2005, he should help us continue our charge back to being one of the top swimming and diving programs in the nation."
Williamson, Jaimie
Hometown:Cypress, TX
Swim Club:Cy-Fair Swim Club
Additional Info:Breast - 04 and 08 Trials Qualifier 100, 200 breast; 400 IM; Swimming Scholastic All-American and is a National Charity League yellow rose member.
Class of 2005
Basel, Jennifer
Hometown:Sterling, VA
Swim Club:Ashburn Swim Team
Additional Info:Breast - 100 Breast 1:03.98 (SCY) and 1:13.05 (LCM); 200 Breast 2:18.11 (SCY) and 2:40.83 (LCM); Consol Finalist 2002 Nationals
Callaghan, Travis
Hometown:Louisville, KY
Additional Info:Free: 1:47.9, 4:48.8; 10:00.9; State meet finalist
Clark, Nathan
Hometown:Baton Rouge, LA
Additional Info:Fly/IM: 1:54.7, 4:04.8 IM; 51.1, 1:52.5 Fly; Louisiana HS Swimmer of the Year;
Dmitriev, Michael
Hometown:Ashdod, Israel
Additional Info:Distance Free: LCM-4:02; LCM-8:19.5; SCM-15:12.0; 11x Israeli Nat’l Jr. records, Euro SC Champs finalist
Additional Info:Breast/IM: 100 Brst SCM-1:00.1; 200 IM SCM-2:00.3; 100 Fly SCM-54.3; World Short Course Championship finalist; 3x Norwegian National record-holder; 20x Norwegian National Champ
