Riley Smith '25 Recruiting Profile

After playing a variety of sports for years, I realized where my talents and interests were, and that was definitely in the pool. At the age of five I joined my first summer swim team where they taught me the various strokes, and I was hooked. Throughout the years I worked to improve my technique and found distance and breaststroke to be my peak strokes. When I joined Jersey Wahoos, they taught me to create attainable and achievable goals.  Each season I set out to attain a new level of competitive swim. This year for example I was able to qualify for Eastern Zone Senior Champs in several events and break 5 records. I have always practiced the way I want to swim my events in competition, quickly moving from the C interval to the A interval as a freshman. 

When I'm not swimming, I play tenor saxophone in my high school's Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble. I am a member of Student Council and Student Alliance, where I will assist incoming freshmen adjust to high school life. My number one priority is my academics, where I push myself to take Honors and Accelerated classes. I have been very successful in setting reachable academic goals and achieving straight A's.

While attending college I wish to learn skills for my future job, get used to being independent, and explore different career options. Some characteristics of mine that I know will help me at college is being a leader and not following in someone else's footsteps. I enjoy being creative and an out of the box problem solver. I am very outgoing and easy to talk to. I will continue to set and achieve new goals in these upcoming years. This is why my coaches at Jersey Wahoos recognized me with the Most Coachable honor. I know I would be a great asset to your swim team and school.