Lily Price Verbally Commits to Sacred Heart University: Potential from Jersey Shore Aims for NCAA Division I Arena

Lily Price, a senior at Tottenville High School in New York, has announced her verbal commitment to swim and study at Sacred Heart University, becoming the first publicized commit in the school's class of 2031. The news was publicized through SwimCloud platform. Price has been a member of her school's varsity swimming and diving team for the past three years. She currently trains year-round with YMCA of the Jersey Shore, specializing in backstroke and butterfly. The 2026-26 season saw Price drop over two seconds in the 100 back, almost a second and a half in the 200 back, a few tenths in the 100 fly, and a few hundredths in the 200 fly. Most of her current personal bests were set at the YMCA National Short Course Championships in March, where she placed 23rd in the 100 back (56.86), 28th in the 200 back (2:04.16), and 39th in the 200 fly (2:10.50), helping YMCA of the Jersey Shore win bronze in the 400 medley relay with a 56.20 on the leadoff leg. Her lifetime best in the 100 fly is 58.49 from the NJ EEX Holiday Classic XXXVIII in December. Sacred Heart competes in the MAAC, with the women's team placing fourth out of 12 teams in 2026. Price's times would position her as an immediate contributor with two full seasons of training before her first conference meet.