COLLEGE SWIMMING QUICK FACTS
⦿ College swimming is the sport that produces the most Olympic participants and medal winners
⦿ Therefore college swimming without a doubt presents the best opportunity to prepare a lengthy successful swimming career
⦿ There are great opportunities across all divisions, not just in division 1 of the NCAA
⦿ In total there are 515 men’s and 640 women’s teams across all divisions and roughly 25,000 college swimmers
⦿ Scholarship limits per team: D1 Men – 9.9, D1 Women – 14, D2 Men & Women – 8.1, NAIA Men & Women – 8, NJCAA Men & Women – 15
⦿ Former college swimmers in the pros: Katie Ledecky, Ryan Lochte, Allison Schmitt, Missy Franklin, Mark Spitz
