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Michael Yuen, a Winter Juniors qualifier from Sugar Land, Texas, has sent his verbal commitment to Villanova University for the fall of 2026, and he will come in as a conference scorer.
“I’m super humbled and thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to pursue my academic and athletic career at Villanova University! First off, I’d like to thank God for blessing me with this amazing opportunity and my family for being my biggest supporters towards my endeavors. Next, I’d like to thank all my teammates and coaches, especially Coach Daniel, Coach Ben, and Coach Keogh. Lastly, I’d like to extend an immense gratitude to the coaching staff at Villanova University for making this opportunity of swimming at the Division 1 level possible. GO CATS!!!
#novanation”
Yuen swims for First Colony Swim Team in Texas where he was a member of their Winter Juniors West team in December. At that meet, he set a new personal best leading off the 400 freestyle relay (46.22). He also went new best times in the 200 fly (1:49.14) and the 200 IM (1:51.72).
He will be a senior this year at Strake Jesuit High School which is a Texas 6A school. At the Texas State Championships in February, Yuen swam the 200 freestyle, ultimately finishing 16th with his time of 1:41.92 in the finals. He was also a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American last season.
A few weeks later, Yuen competed at the Speedo Sectionals meet in Justin, where he set a host of new personal best times en route to five different event finals in the freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and IM events.
Yuen’s SCY Best Times
- 200 free- 1:39.51
- 100 fly- 49.21
- 200 fly- 1:48.82
- 200 IM- 1:51.72
Villanova is a Division I mid-major school that competes in the Big East Conference. At the 2025 Big East Championships, the men’s team was 4th overall, just 20 points away from Seton Hall in 2nd place.
Yuen will be a difference-maker on the team, coming in as a potential ‘A’ finalist in three different events. At last season’s conference meet, he would have been 5th in the 100 and 200 fly and 7th in the 200 freestyle.
He probably won’t swim the 100 fly and 200 freestyle, as they are on the same day. He doesn’t have an exceptional 3rd event at the moment, but two ‘A’ finals swims as a freshman will be huge for Villanova who is looking to make their way up the leaderboard. He will also likely end up on the 800 freestyle relay, as his best time would have been 2nd on the team last year.
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