Prior to CWRU

Was a four-year member of the Walnut Hills High School swimming and diving team, serving as captain his senior year...Coached by Tammy Smith and JC Prugh...Swam career-best times of 21.37 in the 50 Free, 46.75 in the 100 Free, and 51.11 in the 100 Fly...Helped team win Eastern Cincinnati Conference Championship in 2023...Named Team's MVP as a senior and earned Coach's Award as a sophomore...Received All-State honors in 2024-25 and 2025-26 and All-ECC Team honors all four years...Earned Cincinnati Enquirer Athlete of the Week honors on February 11, 2026...Placed on the Academic All-State Team as a junior and senior and earned NISCA Academic All-America honors as a senior...Member of the National Journalism Honors Society (Quill and Scroll)...Graduated cum laude...Was a Praestans Inter Sodales AP Latin Scholar...Also swam for the Cincinnati Aquatic Club, where he was coached by Jessi Carpenter-Thomas, Rob Jackson, and Matt Harrison...Set club records in the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, and 800 Free Relay...Qualified for the USA Swimming Futures meet.

Personal

Born February 6...Son of Jennifer Varatta JD Varatta...His mother, Jennifer, played basketball at Miami University from 1993-97, where she was the 1997 MAC Defensive Player of the Year and two-time All-MAC Second Team selection...His father, JD, played baseball at the University of Cincinnati from 1994-98...Member of the pre-law society, Phi Alpha Delta.