MSU Swimming & Diving

For the first time since Michigan State abruptly eliminated the men's and women's swimming and diving programs in October 2020, members of the teams met face to face with the university president.

The four student-athletes who were in the room with president Samuel L. Stanley on Friday, June 10, were encouraged that they finally were able to get him to hear them out, but aren't convinced he's taking possible reinstatement seriously, despite swimming and diving parents and alums securing donor commitments of about $10 million that could fund both programs for at least the next four years.

The advocacy group, The Battle for Spartan Swim and Dive, has given Stanley a 37-page proposal for reinstatement of the programs, the first varsity programs cut by Michigan State in 20 years.