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Lily Andruss from Fort Worth, Texas, has announced her intention to swim and study at The Ohio State University beginning in the fall of 2027. She told SwimSwam:
“I am beyond blessed and humbled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at THE Ohio State University!! First, I want to give God all the glory for giving me this gift and opportunity. I am forever thankful to my family and friends for their continual love and support. In addition, I want to give a special thanks to Coach Bill, Coach Jason, Coach Dan, and the entire LAC staff who have been instrumental in making me the swimmer I am today. Lastly, I want to give a huge thanks to Coach Bill Dorenkott, Coach Ignacio Gayo, and the rest of the OSU staff for giving me this incredible opportunity! I could not be more grateful and honored to join The Ohio State family! Go Bucks!!”
The homeschooled high school junior swims with Lakeside Aquatic Club and specializes mainly in free and back. We named her one of the “Best of the Rest” on our Way Too Early list of top girls’ swimming recruits in the high school class of 2027.
Andrus had a strong showing at Winter Juniors West last year, placing 9th in the 200 free (1:47.30) and 10th in the 500 free (4:48.26) with a pair of best times. The previous year at the same meet, she had notched a pair of backstroke times, leading off LAC medley relays (25.58/54.45) that remain her best performances in the 50 back and 100 back.
At Justin Sectionals in March, Andrus finaled in the 50 free (17th), 100 free (9th), 200 free (5th), 500 free (10th), and 100 back (9th). She lowered her lifetime best in the 100 free to 49.66, dropping a full second, and swam a season-best 55.23 in the 100 back.
She then went straight into long-course season, competing at both the Sacramento and Fort Lauderdale stops of the PSS series. She chipped away at her PBs throughout the summer, going 27.10 in the 50 free and 1:04.69 in the 100 back at the beginning of June, dropping under 27 in the 50 free at the end of June, hitting 1:04.60 in the 100 back at Justin Futures, and wrapping with 56.47 in the 100 free at Summer Junior Nationals in August. There, she was an ‘A’ finalist in the 100 free and a ‘B’ finalist in the 200 free.
Andruss will join a stacked class of 2031 in Columbus. The Buckeyes have already received verbal commitments from “Honorable Mention” recruits Savannah Bowers and Shannon Conway, “BOTR” honorees Jenna Frost and Andruss, and Paige Burkey. Her times are very close to what it took to score at the 2025 Big Ten Championships, where 22.55/49.60/1:47.11/4:46.00 got second swims in the freestyle events, 53.97/1:57.84 made it in backstroke, and 1:59.51 was the time to hit in the 200 fly.
Best SCY times:
50 free – 23.68 100 free – 49.66 200 free – 1:47.30 500 free – 4:48.26 100 back – 54.45 200 back – 1:58.27 200 fly – 2:01.88If you have a commitment to report, please send an email with a photo (landscape, or horizontal, looks best) and a quote to Recruits@swimswam.com.
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