Swimmer profile

Sam Schwabe

Male15-16NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, IncVA · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
709
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Fly SCY1:53.57763
  • #2100 Fly SCY51.62713
  • #3200 Free SCY1:50.83609
  • #4500 Free SCY5:05.25604
Projected (age 17)
821
D1 Mid-Major

Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.

  • #1200 Fly SCY1:47.68896
  • #2100 Fly SCY50.00784
  • #3200 Free SCY1:42.55768
  • #4100 Free SCY47.74708
College Ceiling (age 21)
1155range 7091166
Blue Chip

College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.

  • #1200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #2200 Fly SCYCONF1:38.601166
  • #3100 Free SCYCONF40.971120
  • #4100 Back SCYCONF44.811102
Coach viewPIe ≈ 26(2230)typical outcome D3 (76%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Free SCY, 100 Back SCY are improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so they rank into the top 4 at age 21 even though they aren't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which events project as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Sam

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D2/D3 Realistic.

Recruiting conversations start in earnest at the end of sophomore year (NCAA contact rules let coaches reach out June 15 of sophomore year for most sports including swimming). Your projected rating (821 → D1 Mid-Major) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

Maturity context: Your data shows late-developer trajectory — continued steep improvement past age 15. That's exactly the kind of pattern that under-rates well-developed seniors but signals strong upside.

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 709 to 750, holding the other three events fixed. Only physiologically reachable drops (≤15% per event) are shown. In practice swimmers improve across multiple events at once, so real progress will lift faster than these single-event deltas suggest.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
200 Fly SCY1:53.571:48.82−4.75s
100 Fly SCY51.6249.32−2.30s
200 Free SCY1:50.831:38.65−12.18s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 130 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Gettysburg College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

589

Recruit median

540

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Match

Your Team Fit

470

Recruit median

450

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Loras College

MenARCD3

Match

Your Team Fit

421

Recruit median

410

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Widener University

MenMACD3

Match

Your Team Fit

411

Recruit median

410

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

470

Recruit median

420

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Selection: Realistic-tier first (sorted by Team Fit), padded with closest Reach or Stretch only if fewer than 5 Realistic matches exist. Display order: D1 → D2 → D3 within the picks. How is this calculated?

Custom college fit

Pick a specific school to see the full per-event analysis.

682 programs catalogued across NCAA D1, D2, and D3. Roughly half have real scraped rosters; the rest run on calibrated placeholder data while the T-166 cleanup expands coverage.