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Swimming and Diving

2025-26 Swimming and Diving Roster

Aaron Mercado

Dean Wall

  • Position Free-Fly
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hoschton, Ga.
  • Highschool Cherokee Bluff HS

Biography


Career Bests

2024-25
Competed in four events at the Summit League Championships, taking part in the prelims of the 50 free (21.33), 100 free (46.85), 100 fly (51.14) and 200 free relay...swam collegiate best times in the 50 free (20.89) and 100 fly (51.14) at the league championships while a collegiate best time in the 100 free (46.79) came at the St. Thomas Invite...had four top ten finishes on the season in the 50 free...Summit League Honor Roll...named to Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2023-24
Competed in six events at the Summit League Championships, swimming in the prelims of the 50 free (20.93), 100 free (46.89) and 100 fly (52.07) along with the 200 free relay, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay...swam season best times in those three individual events at the conference championships...placed in the top 10 in six events...Summit League Honor Roll.

Prep
A three-year state qualifier for Cherokee Bluff in Georgia 1-5A state meet. He swam to second place finishes in the 50 free and 100 free at the 2022 state meet. The futures finalist, who competed at the Southeastern Zones age group championships, served as an athlete representative for Georgia Swimming in 2022. The two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American plans to study exercise science at South Dakota.

Personal
Son of Hank an Michelle Wall.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Free-Fly
    6'2"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Free-Fly
    6'2"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Free-Fly
    6'2"