By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
After a busy day one, the transfer portal slowed down on day two and into the weekend. The 45 day window opened this past Wednesday and will close on April 25th.
So far, a total of 178 women from 72 different schools are in the portal. Last year, a total of 191 entered the portal during the 45 day window, including 40 graduate transfers.
Auburn has the most from a single school with 13 women total. Cal Poly has 12 women while Virginia Tech, Indiana, and South Carolina each have nine.
The SEC, which Auburn is included in, is the conference with the most women in the portal so far as 40 have entered. The ACC has the second-most entries with 27 while the Big Ten has 25.
This weekend’s biggest name to enter the portal is Virginia’s Aimee Crosbie. Crosbie competed for the Cavaliers during her freshman season in 2023-2024 but did not compete at all this season. As a freshman, she finished her season at the Cavalier Invite swimming a 22.59 50 free, 49.48 100 free, and 54.36 100 fly. She originally hails from New Zealand and last competed at the 2024 New Zealand Championships last April.
Crosbie becomes the third athlete from Virginia to enter the portal. Earlier this month, the program announced it would cut their diving program as well as have a goal to be closer to 24 swimmers on their roster. This goal is lower than the ACCs maximum of 30.
Read the full story on SwimSwam: Auburn Up To 13 Women In Transfer Portal, SEC Makes Up 22.5% Of Portal So Far (Weekend Update)