Woodstock High School Swimmer Commits to LSU

Submitted by Larry Blase

Woodstock High School swimming phenom Alarii Levreault-Lopez has accepted a swim scholarship to Louisiana State University.

Levreault-Lopez knew LSU was the college for him when he visited the Baton Rouge campus.

“I was so honored and so amazed by the way that the entire swim team treated each other that there was no way I could think of going anywhere else to swim for the next four years,” he said.

Levreault-Lopez has been a member of the Chattahoochee Gold club team since he was five-years-old.

“Chattahoochee Gold has been nothing short of the greatest life experience any teenager could ask for,” the teenager added. “I’ve learned so much in and out of the pool from the team coaches and swimmers that I’ll remember for the rest of my life. Gold really prepared me for the next step in my life and I couldn’t be more thankful.”

He broke his first Gold team record when he was age 12.

“It was then that I realized that if I put in the hard work and dedication, I would get the results at meets,” Levreault-Lopez recalled. “In the summer leading up to my junior year in high school, I experienced a moment like never before. It was then that I qualified for my first summer Junior National Championship meet in Irvine, California. It was a great moment for me and I realize that in the end, after putting all the hours and countless seconds in the water, the feeling of success is simply something that can’t be replicated.”

In 2013, Levreault-Lopez won his first state championship, the 400 Yard Individual Medley at the Georgia Short Course Senior State Championships.

Swimming for Woodstock, Levreault-Lopez was named the Cherokee Tribune Boys Swimmer of the Year in his sophomore and junior years. He ranks sixth academically in his graduating class and is on the executive board of the Student Government Association.

Levreault-Lopez will study petroleum engineering while swimming for the LSU Tigers.

“Swimming is the greatest experience I’ve ever had my life, and I’m excited to continue to do it at Louisiana State for the next four years,” he added.