Ryan Hoffer

Hoffer competed for Scottsdale Aquatic Club before joining the University of California Berkeley's swim program.^[2] He is the son of Allison and Scott Hoffer, who both swam at Arizona State University.

2015 World Junior Championships
	4×100 m freestyle	3:18.42
	4×100 m medley	3:37.51 (h)

At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore in August 2015, Hoffer won his first medal, a silver medal, in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, splitting a time of 49.97 seconds for the lead-off leg of the relay in the final and helping the relay attain a time of 3:18.42.^[5] In the 4×100 meter medley relay, Hoffer won his second medal swimming the butterfly leg of the relay on the prelims relay, and winning a silver medal when the finals relay finished second in a time of 3:37.51.^[4]

Hoffer won the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, and 100 freestyle at the 2015 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships.^[6][7] In the 50 yard freestyle, Hoffer broke the National Age Group record of 41.90 seconds set by Caeleb Dressel for the boys 17–18 age group with his time of 41.23 seconds, lowering the record by over 0.6 seconds.^[8] Hoffer also contributed to wins in the 4×50 medley relay, 4×200 freestyle relay, and 4×50 freestyle relay for Scottsdale Aquatic Club.^[7][9]

As a freshman at Cal, Hoffer earned individual All-American honors in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly events. In his sophomore and junior seasons, Hoffer added an All-American title in the 100 freestyle in addition to the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and relay accolades he had received as a freshman. Hoffer won the 50 freestyle at the 2019 NCAA Championships ahead of Cal teammate Pawel Sendyk en route to an NCAA team championship.^[10] At the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Hoffer won the 50 freestyle, this time ahead of teammate Bjorn Seeliger, the 100 freestyle, and the 100 butterfly, as well as the 200 freestlye relay and the 400 freestyle relay.^[11]

In the 2021 International Swimming League draft, Hoffer was picked by the DC Trident as the number two rookie pick for the entire league.^[1] In the fifth match of the regular season, Hoffer won the 50 meter freestyle in 21.25 seconds, finishing eight-hundredths of a second ahead of Shane Ryan of the Toronto Titans.^[12] In the eleventh match of the season, and the only play-in match of the year, Hoffer won the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 21.13 seconds, which was less than a tenth of a second faster than second-place finisher Thom de Boer of Team Iron.^[13]

As of November 28, 2021