Meet the Billiken Swimming & Diving 2026-27 Newcomers

ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis swimming and diving head coach Ryan McCoy and his employees will welcome 16 new student-athletes (9 males, seven girls) to the Billikens’ program this fall.
 
“When building the roster for this incoming class of Billikens, it was imperative for us to find student-athletes who can compete at the highest level right away,” McCoy mentioned. “In addition to this group’s competitiveness, it was a giant precedence to seek out student-athletes who match into our athletics division’s technique and dedication to teach, compete and construct neighborhood.
 
“With the 14 freshmen and two transfer student-athletes we will welcome to campus in August, I am very confident that this group will be able to deliver a solid energy and work ethic toward themselves and their teammates that will benefit Billiken swimming and diving,” McCoy mentioned. “Coming off our huge success last season, this new group will absolutely help our program continue to build our standing in the Atlantic 10 Conference.”
 
2026-27 Men’s Team Additions
Paddy Donnelly • Freshman • Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette H.S.) – Breaststroker whose present instances would have positioned him thirteenth within the 100 breast and 14th within the 200 breast within the 2026 A-10 Championships … will add wanted depth within the breast and IM occasions and has the potential to compete for medley relay spots … as a senior, was 200 IM and 100 breast sectional champion, All-State, All-Conference and Academic All-State … 200 IM and 100 breast sectional champion, All-State honorable point out and All-Conference honorable point out as a junior … received the 200 IM sectional crown in his sophomore season … set the college 200 IM file … additionally competed with Shorewood Swim Club … two-time state champion, two-time state runner-up and Speedo Summer Junior Nationals qualifier … Wisconsin Swimming Breakout Swimmer of the Year (2025-26) … clocked membership information (each SCY and LCM) within the 200 IM, 50 breast, 100 breast and 200 breast … three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … first honor roll all 4 years.
 
Fischer Jakowski • Freshman • Whitefish Bay, Wis. (Whitefish Bay H.S.) – Butterflyer who will add much-needed depth, particularly within the 200 fly … three-time All-State as a senior … All-State as a junior … posted college information within the 100 fly and 50 fly break up and was a member of the 200 medley relay workforce that clocked a college file … helped Whitefish Bay win state, sectional and convention titles in his senior season, place third within the state and declare the sectional championship as a junior, and seize the sectional crown in his sophomore marketing campaign … competed with the Ozaukee Aquatics NCSA workforce … Academic All-State as a senior.
 
Nolan Kohl • Freshman • Centennial, Colo. (Regis Jesuit H.S.) – Brother of Billiken girls’s swimmer Tierney Kohl … backstroker and secondary dash freestyler whose present 200 again time is .14 second off the Saint Louis file … present instances would have positioned him fourth within the 200 again, fifteenth within the 100 again and sixteenth within the 100 free on the 2026 A-10 Championships … All-America as a junior and senior … first-team All-State as a senior … set college information within the 200 again, 100 again, 100 free and 200 medley relay … helped Regis Jesuit win a state championship in his freshman season and end second within the state his closing three years … Junior Nationals qualifier whereas swimming for Aquawolves … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American as a junior and senior.
 
Atreyu McCauley • Freshman • Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill South H.S.) – Diver who will assist SLU with its aim of rebuilding and offering depth for its males’s diving program … All-State as a junior … district runner-up in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons … helped Park Hill South place second in 2022 and third in 2023 on the state meet … competed for Old Pike Sharks membership workforce … posted a grade level common of three.75 or increased in two totally different years.
 
Cooper McQueen • Freshman • Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill South H.S.) – Diver who’s a part of the Billikens’ aim of rebuilding and offering depth for its males’s diving program … two-time All-State, three-time convention champion and two-time district champion … helped Park Hill South place second in 2022 and third in 2023 on the state meet … four-time educational honoree.
 
Patrick Rhatigan • Freshman • La Grange, Ill. (Lyons Township H.S.) – Middle-distance freestyler and butterflyer whose present instances would have positioned him tenth within the 500 free, twelfth within the 200 free and thirteenth within the 200 fly on the 2026 A-10 Championships … will present much-needed middle-distance freestyle depth following SLU’s losses to commencement … ought to compete for an 800 free relay spot … twice earned All-America and All-State honors within the 200 free relay and 400 free relay … swam on school-record-setting relay groups at Lyons (400 free) and Fenwick (200 free) … helped Lyons to a fifth-place state end … set 9 workforce information along with his membership workforce, Lyons Aquatics … Lyons Township honor roll scholar.
 
Michael Stumpf • Freshman • St. Louis, Mo. (Chaminade H.S.) – Most lately was a platform qualifier for the 2026 USA Diving Nationals … will probably be a key consider rebuilding the depth and competitiveness of the Billikens’ diving program … All-America as a senior … All-State and All-Conference all 4 years … on the state meet, completed third as a freshman, junior and senior and fifth as a sophomore … six-time USA Diving nationwide qualifier … USA Diving zone medalist … set college file for 11 dives … additionally competed with Clayton Diving Alliance … three-time platform nationwide semifinalist … five-time platform nationwide qualifier … four-time nationwide qualifier in 1-meter and 3-meter … six-time regional championship medalist … six-time zone championship platform medalist … six-time zone championship qualifier … first educational honors as a senior.
 
Brandon Suliga • Freshman • Hinsdale, Ill. (Hinsdale Central H.S.) – Sprint freestyler whose present 50 free time is .24 second off the SLU file and would have positioned 14th on the 2026 A-10 Championships … will probably be a key competitor in freestyle relays … All-America and All-State as a senior … member of quartets that set college information within the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relays … helped Hinsdale Central seize nationwide and state titles in 2023, 2024 and 2025 in addition to the 2026 state championship … additionally competed for Hinsdale Swim Club … recipient of the All-American Academic Achievement Award.
 
Cole Wergley • Freshman • Aldie, Va. (John Champe H.S.) – Sprint fly and freestyler … will compete without cost and fly relay spots … first-team All-State and state runner-up within the 50 free in his senior season … made the All-State first workforce and swam on John Champe’s state champion 200 free relay workforce as a junior … honorable point out All-State within the 50 free, first-team All-District and first-team All-Region in his sophomore season … member of the school-record-setting 200 free, 200 medley and 400 free relay groups … with Nation’s Capital Swim Club, competed on the second-place 200 free relay and eighth-place 200 medley relay groups on the NCSA Junior Nationals.
 
2026-27 Women’s Team Additions
Hailey Eriksen • Junior • Omaha, Neb. (Marian H.S./Univ. of South Dakota) – Has two years of eligibility … registered collegiate greatest scores of 204.38 in 1-meter and 214.40 in 3-meter at South Dakota … brings much-needed depth to girls’s diving group … competed in 1-meter and 3-meter diving on the 2025 Summit League Championships … made the 2024-25 Summit League Honor Roll … two-time state qualifier at Marian, putting fifth as a senior and thirteenth as a junior … helped her workforce win the 2022 state championship … AAU nationwide qualifier whereas competing for Midwest Diving Academy … All-Academic as a junior and senior.
 
Trevi Ferranti • Freshman • Gallatin, Tenn. (Pope John Paul II H.S.) – Sister of latest graduate and former workforce captain Tino Ferranti … former dual-sport athlete in swimming and soccer … freestyler and backstroker whose athleticism will assist her compete within the dash occasions and for depth in dash relays … All-Region as a junior and senior … five-time particular person state finalist … in state competitors, swam on the eighth-place 200 free relay workforce as a junior and on the Eleventh-place 200 free relay and 14th-place 200 medley relay groups as a senior … set college information within the 50 free, 100 free and 100 again … NISCA Academic All-American as a senior … competed for Excel Aquatics in membership swimming … swam on Excel’s 400 medley relay workforce that completed seventh on the 2026 NCSA Spring Championships … 2022 Southeastern Swimming (SES) 200 free champion … multiple-year member of the SES zone workforce … Principal’s List scholar as a sophomore, junior and senior.
 
Kira Hunter • Freshman • Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville H.S.) – IM and distance freestyle … present instances would have positioned her Eleventh within the 400 IM, 14th within the 500 free and 1650 free, and fifteenth within the 200 free on the 2026 A-10 Championships … will present wanted depth in these occasions as SLU seems to qualify for a girls’s 400 IM championship or comfort closing for the primary time because the 2020-21 season … in state competitors, positioned sixth within the 500 free, 14th within the 200 free and seventh within the 400 free relay as a senior, and ninth within the 500 free, 14th within the 200 free and seventh within the 400 free relay as a junior … helped lead her workforce to a top-six state end yearly (together with fourth place twice), 4 sectional titles and two convention championships … honors graduate.
 
Mikayla Kellett • Freshman • St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles East H.S.) – Distance freestyler … will assist with the rebuilding of the Billikens’ distance free group … All-Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior … state qualifier within the 500 free and sectional runner-up within the 200 IM as a sophomore … helped St. Charles East to 4 convention runner-up finishes and three third-place showings in sectional competitors … competed in membership swimming with Academy Bullets … earned All-Academic accolades as a junior and senior.
 
Sarah Ramos • Freshman • Edmond, Okla. (Brooke Point [Va.] H.S.) – Sprint freestyler … will look to offer aggressive depth within the 50, 100 and 200 free occasions and choices for freestyle relays … received a regional title within the 100 free … clocked college information within the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free … was a member of the Black Hawks’ 200 medley and 400 free relay groups that captured 2026 district and regional championships … in membership swimming with Stingrays Swim Team, was a Rays National Team member who swam on relay items that set membership information within the 400 free (SCY and LCM), 800 free (SCY and LCM) and 200 free (LCM) … summa cum laude graduate.
 
Megan Sego • Sophomore • Batavia, Ill. (Batavia H.S./Illinois State Univ.) – Butterflyer who final yr supplied Illinois State with longer fly and IM depth on the Missouri Valley Conference Championships … earned All-State and All-Conference honors … competed on the state meet within the 100 fly as a freshman … her workforce was the sectional champion in her junior season … member of the West Chicago Co-Op squad that received the convention title yearly … additionally competed for the Academy Bullets and West Chicago Sharks in membership swimming … graduated within the high 5 p.c of her class.
 
Lexi Stramel • Freshman • Castle Rock, Colo. (Regis Jesuit H.S.) – Middle-distance freestyle and IM swimmer whose present instances would have positioned tenth within the 400 IM, thirteenth within the 500 free and fifteenth within the 200 free on the 2026 A-10 Championships … will present depth within the IM and middle-distance free occasions and can look to qualify for the A-10 400 IM championship closing … registered third-place 200 free and 500 free finishes on the state meet … helped lead Regis Jesuit to a state runner-up end … additionally competed with the Denver Swim Academy membership workforce … made the Academic All-State first workforce as a junior and senior.