Addison Kaufmann, who attends Alton High School in Alton, Illinois, has made a verbal commitment to Cleveland State University for the 2015-16 season. Kaufmann swims with the Tri-City Area YMCA Tidalwaves with whom he competed at the 2014 National YMCA Short Course Championships.
Kaufmann swam the 100 breast and 200 IM for Alton at the 2014 Illinois High School Association Boys State Meet. His top times are:
| 100y breast: 1:00.01 | 100m breast: 1:09.32 |
| 200y breast: 2:08.83 | 200m breast: 2:37.67 |
| 200y IM: 1:56.23 | 200m IM: 2:19.50 |
| 50y free: 22.16 | 50m free: 25.58 |
| 100y free: 48.53 | 100m free: 54.90 |
| 200y free: 1:44.60 | 200m free: 2:01.47 |
Cleveland State men finished second to Oakland University at the Horizon League conference championships last year. Kaufmann is very near scoring range (there are only two finals for each event in the Horizon League) in almost all his events and should prove to be a great asset to the Vikings.