U.S. Air Force Academy Adds Georgia High School State Finalist Sam Fields To 2027 Recruiting Class

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Georgia highschool state finalist Sam Fields has introduced his verbal dedication to swim and examine on the U.S. Air Pressure Academy starting within the fall of 2027. He publicized the information on Instagram, writing:

I’m tremendous excited and honored to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my athletic and educational profession at the US Air Pressure Academy. First, I want to thank my dad and mom and household for all the time believing in me all through this course of. Subsequent I want to thank Coach Pat, Coach Rick, and Coach Tyler for serving to develop my ardour for the game. Additionally, Coach Jordan and all my teammates at Swim Atlanta Halfway. Lastly I want to thank Coach Clayton and Coach Finch at USAFA for giving me this wonderful alternative! ⚡GO FALCONS⚡

A rising senior at Walton Excessive College in Georgia, Fields has been a member of the college’s varsity swimming workforce for the previous three years. He at the moment trains year-round with SwimAtlanta, the place he primarily makes a speciality of backstroke, freestyle, and IM.

Fields is coming off a 2025-26 quick course season that noticed him drop about eight seconds within the 200 IM, three seconds within the 200 again, two seconds within the 100 and 200 free, and a second within the 50 free and 100 again.

Fields’ present private bests had been set at varied meets all through the season: he clocked 49.77/1:47.95 within the 100/200 backat the Georgia Senior State Championships in December, 21.16 within the 50 free on the Georgia Excessive College Affiliation (GHSA) 6A State Championships in February, 1:50.90 within the 200 IM on the GA SA Better of the South meet in early March, and 46.65/1:41.83 within the 100/200 free on the Better Atlanta Divisionals on the finish of March.

An ‘A’ finalist every year of his highschool profession, Fields turned in his finest efficiency but on the GHSA 6A State Championships this previous season, ending fifth within the 100 again and seventh within the 200 IM, whereas serving to the 200 free relay take fourth and the 200 medley relay fifth.

Prime SCY Occasions:

50 Freestyle: 21.16
100 Freestyle: 46.65
200 Freestyle: 1:41.83
100 Backstroke: 49.77
200 Backstroke: 1:47.95
200 IM: 1:50.90

A Division I program, Air Pressure competes within the Mountain Pacific Sports activities Federation (MPSF), with the boys’s workforce beating out UNLV by 50 factors to win the workforce title this previous season. On the meet, Fields’ present profession bests would have certified for the ‘B’ last within the 200 IM, 100 again, and 200 again, the ‘C’ last within the 100 free and 200 free, and would have wanted a 20.88 within the 50 free to achieve the ‘C’ last there as nicely, setting him up as an instantaneous contributor with two full seasons of coaching nonetheless forward earlier than his first convention meet.

Fields joins Drew Hopkins and Charlie Wang in committing to Air Pressure’s class of 2031 to date.

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