Hooch's Layton Commits to Swim for DI UNC

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chattahoochee High School’s Emma Layton has committed to swim for the NCAA Division I University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Layton will continue her athletic career under coach Richard DeSelm, a 1974-78 UNC alum and distance swimmer, and will participate in the ACC conference next fall.

Layton moved to Chattahoochee prior to her junior year and participated in the high school’s swim and dive program, earning the title of state champion in the 500-yard freestyle event. She also placed third in the 200-yard freestyle during the Georgia High School Association Swim and Dive State Championships this past February. She was named team MVP and also holds three state records, which she set at the 2015 State Championship Swim Meet.

In addition to qualifying for Junior National and National Championships meets, one of her most noteworthy accomplishments was her 11th-place finish in the 800-meter freestyle during the 2015 Summer Junior Nationals in San Antonio, Texas.

Layton is a two-year Scholastic All-American athlete and an honor roll and TAG student.

She has swum competitively for the past nine years, beginning her swimming career on the Goldsboro, North Carolina, YMCA club team in 2007.

Pictured with her are, seated, her parents Darrin and Ann Layton. And standing, from left, CHS Principal Tim Corrigan, CHS Athletic Director JJ Hicks, Coach Ron Loula and CHS Assistant Athletic Director Matthew Crooks