Males’s Swimming & Diving Provides 11 to Class of 2030

NEWARK, Del. – University of Delaware males’s swimming & diving has signed 11 incoming freshmen to its 2026-27 roster as a part of National Signing Day, head coach Pablo Marmolejo introduced Wednesday.
 
The program signed recruits from six totally different states and three worldwide international locations, together with England, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates.
 

Morgan Davies | Guildford, England | Mount Kelley School

Davies involves Newark by means of Guildford, England, the place he swam 4 years on the Mount Kelley School. He plans to main in civil engineering at Delaware.
 

Keagan Eisenhofer | Sinking Spring, Pa. | Wilson Senior High School

Eisenhofer swam for 4 seasons at Wilson Senior High School, the place he earned All-Berks honors and All-State in swimming and water polo. The Pennsylvania native was named staff captain of each of these groups and excelled academically, being named a Scholastic All-American and a member of the National Honor Society. Eisenhofer holds the Wilson file within the 100-breast and was a nationwide YMCA qualifier for the Reading and Berks YMCA, the place the squad earned a fifth-place end. He is the son of Elizabeth and Todd Eisenhofer, who swam at Rutgers and West Virginia, respectively. He plans to main in sport administration at UD.
 

Hamza Elmarakby | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Cranleigh Abu Dhabi

Elmarakby joins the Fightin’ Blue Hens from the United Arab Emirates, changing into the second from the UAE between each males’s and girls’s groups. He was a premier athlete in secondary college, incomes the very best FINA factors in Egyptian Nationals and setting two Junior African data within the 50m breast and 4×100 freestyle relay. He earned 5 gold medals and a silver medal on the sixteenth Junior African Games. Elmarakby plans to main in chemical engineering at UD.
 

Ben Jabs | Minnetonka, Minn. | Minnetonka High School

Jabs is a four-year varsity swimmer that involves Delaware from Minnesota. He is the primary Minnesota native to affix the Blue Hens on the boys’s facet since 2001-02. Jabs earned Scholastic All-American honors and appears to main in engineering in Newark.
 

Mason Kramer | Charlotte, N.C. | Charlotte Catholic

Kramer was the primary diver that the Hens signed within the class of 2030. He is a four-year varsity diver and a two-year captain for Charlotte Catholic. Kramer was a 2025 NCHSAA 4A state and regional diving champion and holds the file within the 11-dives at 455.20. His father, Terry, performed soccer at Indiana within the mid-Nineties. He certified for USA Diving Zone A in each the 1M and 3M dives in 2025 for Carolina Diving Academy. Kramer plans to main in finance throughout his time in Newark.
 

Grady Redding | Middletown, Del. | Appoquinimink High School

Redding involves Newark from simply 15 miles away in Middletown, Delaware. He earned first staff all-conference, convention participant of the yr, and first staff all-state for Appoquinimink throughout his 4 years on the staff. Redding was a two-time captain of the squad as effectively. His mom, Kari, and brother, Zach, swam for ASUN member Old Dominion. Academically, he was named a Scholastic All-American and plans to main inside the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics.
 

Paul Stanco | Baltimore, Md.

Stanco involves Newark after competing for the Rippin Dawgs Dive Club, the place he competed at Red, White, and Blue Nationals and USA Diving Zones. Stanco plans to main in chemical engineering at UD.
 

Ryan Southern | Falls Church, Va. | Meridian High School

Southern is one among two recruits within the class that come to Newark from Virginia. He is a three-year varsity swimmer at Meridian High School, the place he set the file and captured a state championship within the 100-fly at 49.1. Southern seems to be to main in chemical biomedical engineering whereas at Delaware. Brother, Benjamin, competed for Georgia Tech in swimming.
 

Riccardo Stocchetti | Bologna, Italy | Liceo Ariosto-Spallanzani

Stocchetti joins the Blue Hens after competing in dash occasions for Liceo Ariosto Spallanzani in Bologna, Italy. Previously, he completed the 50-free at 22.40 and the 100-free at 49.04. He plans to main in engineering at UD.
 

Christian Wester | Huntsville, Ala. | James Clemens High School

Wester, a two-time Alabama particular person state champion, involves Newark after a standout profession at James Clemens High School, the place he holds six college data. Academically, he’s a three-time Scholastic All-American and was named an AP Scholar with Distinction for this yr. Wester seems to be to main in mechanical engineering at Delaware. Father, John, swam on the University of Utah.
 

Ken White | Herndon, Va. | South Lakes High School

White, a four-year varsity swimmer, joins Delaware after breaking two college data within the 100-breast and 200 IM. He additionally competed in triathlons for South Lakes High School. Academically, he earned a Scholastic All-American laurel this previous yr and was the Potomac Valley Scholar Athlete. White plans to main in mechanical engineering at UD. 
 
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The Fightin’ Blue Hens will journey as much as the Keystone State this weekend, from November 21-23, to compete within the Bucknell Invitational for his or her first multi-day occasion of the season.
 
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