SEC Swimmers of the Year: Brooks Curry Wins; Morgan Scott, Ellen Walshe Split

Morgan Scott; Photo Courtesy: Luke Jamroz Photography

SEC Swimmers of the Year: Brooks Curry Wins; Morgan Scott, Ellen Walshe Split

LSU’s Brooks Curry was named the Men’s Swimmer of the Year by the SEC Wednesday, as part of the annual SEC Swimmers of the Year.

On the women’s side, Morgan Scott of Alabama and Tennessee’s Ellen Walshe split the award. Walshe was also named Freshman of the Year, opposite Georgia’s Matt Sates. Anthony Nesty was named the men’s swim coach of the year, with Tennessee’s Matt Kredich was the women’s winner.

Texas A&M’s NCAA champion Kurtis Mathews won Men’s Diver of the Year, his coach Jay Larew claiming the diving coach award. The Women’s Diver of the Year award was split between Maha Amer of Florida, Kentucky’s Kyndal Knight and South Carolina’s Brooke Schultz. Doug Shaffer of LSU was the Women’s Coach of the Year for tutoring Freshman of the Year Chiara Pellacani. Mohamed Farouk of Alabama was the top men’s freshman diver.

Wednesday’s news release includes the All-SEC first and second teams, plus the all-freshman team.

SEC Swimmers of the Year

Male Swimmer of the Year: Brooks Curry, LSU
Male Freshmen Swimmer of the Year: Matthew Sates, Georgia
Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Anthony Nesty, Florida
Male Diver of the Year: Kurtis Mathews, Texas A&M
Male Freshman Diver of the Year: Mohamed Farouk, Alabama
Men’s Diving Coach of the Year: Jay Lerew, Texas A&M
Female Co-Swimmers of the Year: Morgan Scott, Alabama and Ellen Walshe, Tennessee
Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Ellen Walshe, Tennessee
Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Matt Kredich, Tennessee
Female Divers of the Year: Maha Amer, Florida; Kyndal Knight, Kentucky; and Brooke Schultz, South Carolina
Female Freshmen Diver of the Year: Chiara Pellacani, LSU
Women’s Diving Coach of the Year: Doug Shaffer, LSU

Curry the NCAA champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle, got the men’s award despite Luca Urlando of Georgia winning the Commissioner’s Trophy as the high scorer at SEC Championships. The junior won gold in the 100 free and silver in the 100 free at SECs.

Sates made an instant impact upon his midseason arrival. The South African won the NCAA title in the 500 freestyle and was third in the 200 free. He won both events at SECs. He helped the Bulldogs finish second in the 800 free relay in an SEC record time.

Nesty led Florida to its 10th consecutive SEC championship. He’s earned the honor all three years at the helm. The Gators finished third at NCAAs.

Mathews, a native of Australia, won both springboard events at SECs. He became Texas A&M’s first NCAA diving champion when he won the 1-meter final, then added 3-meter gold. He was one of four men’s divers that Larew helped qualify for NCAAs.

Farouk was fifth on both 1-meter and platform at his first SECs.

Scott turned in an outstanding SECs for Alabama, the senior sweeping the sprint events and winning gold in four relays, including the SEC record-setting 200 medley and 400 medley squads. Scott finished second in the 100 free and fourth in the 50 free at NCAAs to go with three top-four relay finishes.

Walshe, a native of Ireland, won the 100 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM at SECs. She placed eighth in the 100 fly and 400 IM at NCAAs.

Kredich helped the Lady Vols win seven events at SECs en route to the second conference title. He helped 11 Lady Vols collect a total of 28 All-America honors at NCAAs.

Amer recorded three top-10 finishes at SECs, the highest a fourth on 3-meter springboard. Schultz won the 1-meter and 3-meter at SECs; she was ninth on 1-meter at NCAAs. Knight was third on 1-meter and platform at SECs.

Pellacani, a native of Italy, was second in both springboard events at SECs.

All-SEC First Team

Men

Derek Maas, Alabama
Amro Al-Wir, Florida
Adam Chaney, Florida
Trey Freeman, Florida
Eric Friese, Florida
Dillon Hils, Florida
Oskar Lindholm, Florida
Macguire McDuff, Florida
Alberto Mestre, Florida
Alfonso Mestre, Florida
Kieran Smith, Florida
Matthew Sates, Georgia
Luca Urlando, Georgia
Juan Celaya-Hernandez, LSU
Brooks Curry, LSU
Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Kurtis Mathews, Texas A&M

Women

Kalia Antoniou, Alabama
Cora Dupre, Alabama
Tanesha Lucoe, Alabama
Diana Petkova, Alabama
Morgan Scott, Alabama
Rhyan White, Alabama
Avery Wiseman, Alabama
Kailyn Winter, Alabama
Gillian Davey, Kentucky
Riley Gaines, Kentucky
Brooke Schultz, South Carolina
Mona McSharry, Tennessee
Julia Mrozinski, Tennessee
Tjasa Pintar, Tennessee
Trude Rothrock, Tennessee
Kristen Stege, Tennessee
Ellen Walshe, Tennessee

All-SEC Second Team

Men

Kaique Alves, Alabama
Jonathan Berneburg, Alabama
Matthew Menke, Alabama
Tyler Sesvold, Alabama
Reid Mikuta, Auburn
Aidan Stoffle, Auburn
Nathaniel Stoffle, Auburn
Logan Tirheimer, Auburn
Matthew Yish, Auburn
Tyler Watson, Florida
Andrew Abruzzo, Georgia
Ian Grum, Georgia
Zach Hills, Georgia
Jake Magahey, Georgia
Max Berg, Kentucky
Jakob Clark, Kentucky
Victor Martin Roig, Kentucky
Mason Wilby, Kentucky
Manny Vazquez Bas, South Carolina
Nolan Briggs, Tennessee
Micah Chambers, Tennessee
Jarel Dillard, Tennessee
Bryden Hattie, Tennessee
Michael Houlie, Tennessee
Bjoern Kammann, Tennessee
Kayky Mota, Tennessee
Scott Scanlon, Tennessee
Aleksey Tarasenko, Tennessee
Kaloyan Bratanov, Texas A&M
Anze Erzen, Texas A&M
Ethan Gogulski, Texas A&M
Victor Povzner, Texas A&M
Andres Puente Bustamante, Texas A&M

Women

Kensey McMahon, Alabama
Talia Bates, Florida
Micayla Cronk, Florida
Katelyn Mack, Florida
Ekaterina Nikonova, Florida
Duné Coetzee, Georgia
Callie Dickinson, Georgia
Zoie Hartman, Georgia
Dakota Luther, Georgia
Abby McCulloh, Georgia
Maxine Parker, Georgia
Bailey Bonnett, Kentucky
Caitlin Brooks, Kentucky
Izzy Gati, Kentucky
Kyndal Knight, Kentucky
Lauren Poole, Kentucky
Sophie Sorenson, Kentucky
Kaitlynn Wheeler, Kentucky
Chiara Pellacani, LSU
Helle Tuxen, LSU
Amy Feddersen, Missouri
Megan Keil, Missouri
Sierra Smith, Missouri
Sarah Thompson, Missouri
Brooklyn Douthwright, Tennessee
Josephine Fuller, Tennessee
AJ Kutsch, Tennessee
Jasmine Rumley, Tennessee
Chloe Stepanek, Texas A&M

All-Freshman Team

Men

Kaique Alves, Alabama
Charlie Hawke, Alabama
Linus Kahl, Alabama
Jacques Rathle, Auburn
Nathaniel Stoffle, Auburn
Peter Bretzmann, Florida
Mason Laur, Florida
Oskar Lindholm, Florida
Macguire McDuff, Florida
Julian Smith, Florida
Matthew Sates, Georgia
Adrian Abadia Garcia, LSU
Michael Laitarovsky, South Carolina
Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Bjoern Kammann, Tennessee

Women

Avery Wiseman, Alabama
Avery Bargeron, Auburn
Elettra Neroni, Florida
Ekaterina Nikonova, Florida
Duné Coetzee, Georgia
Angharad Evans, Georgia
Eboni McCarty, Georgia
Abby McCulloh, Georgia
Chiara Pellacani, LSU
Brooklyn Douthwright, Tennessee
Josephine Fuller, Tennessee
Julia Mrozinski, Tennessee
Summer Smith, Tennessee
Sara Stotler, Tennessee
Ellen Walshe, Tennessee
Aviv Barzelay, Texas A&M

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