{"id":298992,"date":"2026-06-07T06:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298992\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:59:24","slug":"florida-state-adds-winter-juniors-qualifier-nicolas-lee-to-2027-recruiting-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298992\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State Adds Winter Juniors Qualifier Nicolas Lee To 2027 Recruiting Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Winter Juniors qualifier Nicolas Lee<\/a> has announced his verbal commitment to swim and study at Florida State University beginning in the fall of 2027. He publicized the news on SwimCloud, writing:<\/p>\n

I am incredibly thrilled and honored to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career as a Seminole at Florida State University! This dream would not have been possible without the support of so many people. First, I want to thank my family for their being there every step of the way throughout my swimming journey. I am also extremely grateful to my coaches, especially Coach James, and my teammates, at Hillsboro Heat for helping me grow as both an athlete and a person. I also want to thank Coach Studd and the rest of the coaching staff at FSU for this incredible opportunity and believing in me. GO NOLES!!! #FearTheSpear<\/p>\n

A rising senior at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, Oregon, Lee currently swims year-round with the Hillsboro HEAT Swim Team. A versatile swimmer, he excels at backstroke, middle-distance freestyle, and IM.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the 2025\u201326 short course season, Lee shaved about eight seconds in the 200 IM, three seconds in the 200 back, 200 free, and 500 free, a full second in the 100 back, and a few tenths in the 100 free.<\/p>\n

Lee registered the majority of his current lifetime bests at the PN BC Premier Invitational at the end of March, clocking 47.96\/1:43.71 in the 100\/200 back, 1:50.92 in the 200 IM, and 45.79 in the 100 free. He set his current PBs in the middle-distance free events at Winter Juniors \u2013 West in December, where he cracked the top 50 for the first time en route to placing 32nd in the 200 free (1:38.51), 49th in the 500 free (4:29.64).<\/p>\n

Top SCY Times:<\/p>\n

100 Freestyle: 45.79
\n200 Freestyle: 1:38.51
\n500 Freestyle: 4:29.64
\n100 Backstroke: 47.96
\n200 Backstroke: 1:43.71
\n200 IM: 1:50.92<\/p>\n

A Division I program, Florida State competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with the men\u2019s team placing sixth out of 15 teams at this past season\u2019s conference championships. To earn a second swim at the meet, it took times of 42.67\/1:34.69\/4:20.07 in the 50\/100\/200 free, 46.71\/1:42.39 in the 100\/200 back, and 1:44.99 in the 200 IM, putting Lee\u2019s current personal bests outside the cutoffs, though he has two full seasons of training ahead before his first conference meet.<\/p>\n

Lee joins Hudson Roybal, Julian Rusk<\/a>, Joey Curcio<\/a>, Grady Bell<\/a>, and Nicolas Kokidko<\/a> in verbally committing to the Seminoles\u2019 class of 2031 so far.<\/p>\n

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