The Southeastern Conference announced its annual men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming & diving awards to cap the 2016-17 season.<\/p>\n
Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> of Florida was named the Male Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive year. At the 2017 NCAA Championships, Dressel won individual titles in the 50 free, 100 fly and 100 free to help the Gators earn a third-place finish. He now ranks second in program history with six national titles to his credit. Dressel also finished first in the same three events at the 2017 SEC Championships.<\/p>\n Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> of Georgia was named the Female Swimmer of the Year. Smoliga took first place in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 100 backstroke and 100 free at this year\u2019s SEC Championships. She earned second place in the 50 free, 100 back and 100 free at the 2017 NCAA Championships last month.<\/p>\n Liam Stone<\/strong> of Tennessee was tabbed the Male Diver of the Year. He set the SEC meet record in the 1-meter springboard with a final score of 468.30. Stone also took third place in the 3-meter and 10th in the platform at the SEC Championships. At the NCAA Championships, he took fourth in both the 1-meter and the 3-meter.<\/p>\n Lauren Reedy<\/strong> of Missouri was chosen as the Female Diver of the Year. She won the 1-meter and took fifth in the 3-meter at the SEC Championships this season. Reedy earned a ninth-place finish in both the 1-meter and the 3-meter at the NCAAs.<\/p>\n Maxime Rooney<\/strong> of Florida was selected as the Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year. He was a part of the foursome that finished second in the 400 free relay and third in the 800 free relay, while taking sixth place in the 200 free at the NCAA Championships. Rooney took the top spot in the 200 free at the SEC Championships, and was a member of the winning 400 and 800 free relay teams.<\/p>\n Asia Seidt<\/strong> of Kentucky was tabbed the Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year. She won the 200 back at the SEC Championships, and finished third in the 100 back and fourth in the 200 IM. Seidt took third in the 200 back and eighth in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n Juan Hernandez<\/strong> of LSU and Allison Maillard<\/strong> of Auburn were selected as the Freshman Divers of the Year. Hernandez set the SEC meet record in the men\u2019s platform and earned a second-place finish in the 1-meter and the 3-meter. Maillard finished eighth in the 3-meter and women\u2019s platform as well as ninth in the 1-meter.<\/p>\n Connor Oslin<\/strong> of Alabama claimed the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Oslin, who won a share of this award last season, is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American with a 3.93 grade point average in biology (pre-med).<\/p>\n Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong> of Georgia and Sarah Gibson<\/strong> of Texas A&M share this year\u2019s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Van Landeghem was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and was named the organization’s 2016 Dean William Tate Scholar, an award given annually to an outstanding inductee having earned a perfect 4.0 in his or her field of study. A senior studying psychology, she is Georgia’s first-ever student-athlete to receive the award. Gibson, recipient of the 2017 SEC Commissioner’s Trophy, will graduate in May 2017 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering while carrying a perfect 4.0 GPA. She was a 2016 first-team Academic All-American and a President\u2019s Endowed Scholar.<\/p>\n Gregg Troy<\/strong> of Florida was voted the Men\u2019s Swimming Coach of the Year. Troy led the Gators to the program\u2019s fifth consecutive and 38th overall SEC Championship title in February along with a third-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n Steve Bultman<\/strong> of Texas A&M was selected as the Women\u2019s Swimming Coach of the Year. The Aggies won their second consecutive SEC title in February and earned a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the highest finish in program history.<\/p>\n Doug Shaffer<\/strong> of LSU was named the Men\u2019s Diving Coach of the Year. Shaffer led his squad to seven top-10 finishes at the SEC Championships.<\/p>\n Todd Sherritt<\/strong> of South Carolina was selected the Women\u2019s Diving Coach of the Year. Sherritt earned this honor after his divers took first place in the 3-meter and platform events at this year\u2019s SEC Championships.<\/p>\n Male Swimmer of the Year: <\/strong>Caeleb Dressel, Florida Female Swimmer of the Year:<\/strong> Olivia Smoliga, Georgia Commissioner\u2019s Trophy<\/strong> Women<\/em> All-SEC First Team<\/strong> Women<\/em> All-SEC Second Team<\/strong> Women<\/em> All-Freshman Team<\/strong> Women<\/em> Press release courtesy of the SEC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Southeastern Conference announced its annual men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming & diving awards to cap the 2016-17 season. 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\n Male Freshman of the Year:<\/strong> Maxime Rooney, Florida
\nMen\u2019s Swimming Coach of the Year:<\/strong> Gregg Troy, Florida
\nMale Diver of the Year:<\/strong> Liam Stone, Tennessee
\nMale Freshman Diver of the Year:<\/strong> Juan Hernandez, LSU
\nMen\u2019s Diving Coach of the Year:<\/strong> Doug Shaffer, LSU
\nMale Scholar-Athlete of the<\/strong> Year:<\/strong> Connor Oslin, Alabama<\/p>\n
\nFemale Freshman Swimmer of the Year:<\/strong> Asia Seidt, Kentucky
\nWomen\u2019s Swimming Coach of the Year:<\/strong> Steve Bultman, Texas A&M
\nFemale Diver of the Year:<\/strong> Lauren Reedy, Missouri
\nFemale Freshman Diver of the Year:<\/strong> Allison Maillard, Auburn
\nWomen\u2019s Diving Coach of the<\/strong> Year:<\/strong>\u00a0Todd Sherritt, South Carolina
\nCo-Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year:<\/strong> Chantal Van Landeghem, Georgia & Sarah Gibson, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
\nMen<\/em>
\nCaeleb Dressel, Florida<\/p>\n
\nSarah Gibson, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
\nMen<\/em>
\nAnton McKee, Alabama
\nConnor Oslin, Alabama
\nChristopher Reid, Alabama
\nMichael Duderstadt, Auburn
\nKhader Baqlah, Florida
\nJack Blyzinskyj, Florida
\nChandler Bray, Florida
\nMitch D\u2019Arrigo, Florida
\nCaeleb Dressel, Florida
\nBayley Main, Florida
\nEnzo Martinez-Scarpe, Florida
\nMaxime Rooney, Florida
\nJan Switkowski, Florida
\nMark Szaranek, Florida
\nPace Clark, Georgia
\nChase Kalisz, Georgia
\nJuan Celaya-Hernandez, LSU
\nAkaram Mahmoud, South Carolina
\nFynn Minuth, South Carolina
\nLiam Stone, Tennessee
\nTyler Henschel, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
\nAshley Neidigh, Auburn
\nChelsea Britt, Georgia
\nVeronica Burchill, Georgia
\nEmily Cameron, Georgia
\nMeghan Raab, Georgia
\nOlivia Smoliga, Georgia
\nChantal Van Landeghem, Georgia
\nGeena Freriks, Kentucky
\nAsia Seidt, Kentucky
\nLauren Reedy, Missouri
\nAllyson Nied, South Carolina
\nJulia Vincent, South Carolina
\nMadeline Banic, Tennessee
\nMeghan Small, Tennessee
\nLisa Bratton, Texas A&M
\nJorie Caneta, Texas A&M
\nB\u00e9ryl Gastaldello, Texas A&M
\nSarah Gibson, Texas A&M
\nSydney Pickrem, Texas A&M
\nKatie Portz, Texas A&M
\nClaire Rasmus, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
\nMen<\/em>
\nLaurent Bams, Alabama
\nRobert Howard, Alabama
\nLuke Kaliszak, Alabama
\nPavel Romanov, Alabama
\nZane Waddell, Alabama
\nZach Apple, Auburn
\nKyle Darmody, Auburn
\nPeter Holoda, Auburn
\nZiv Kalontarov, Auburn
\nScott Lazeroff, Auburn
\nLuis Martinez, Auburn
\nHugo Morris, Auburn
\nJoe Patching, Auburn
\nGunnar Bentz, Georgia
\nTaylor Dale, Georgia
\nJay Litherland, Georgia
\nKevin Litherland, Georgia
\nMichael Chadwick, Missouri
\nDaniel Hein, Missouri
\nAndrew Sansoucie, Missouri
\nFabian Schwingenschloegl, Missouri
\nCody Bekemeyer, South Carolina
\nNils Wich-Glasen, South Carolina
\nKyle Decoursey, Tennessee
\nTurker Ayar, Texas A&M
\nCory Bolleter, Texas A&M
\nBrock Bonetto, Texas A&M
\nMauro Castillo Luna, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
\nBridget Blood, Alabama
\nBailey Scott, Alabama
\nAshton Ellzey, Auburn
\nErin Falconer, Auburn
\nJulie Meynen, Auburn
\nAllyx Purcell, Auburn
\nAlyssa Tetzloff, Auburn
\nAutumn Finke, Florida
\nMegan Kingsley, Georgia
\nMeryn McCann, Georgia
\nKylie Stewart, Georgia
\nRachel Zilinskas, Georgia
\nKendal Casey, Kentucky
\nAli Galyer, Kentucky
\nDanielle Galyer, Kentucky
\nRebecca Hamperian, Kentucky
\nMadison Winstead, Kentucky
\nLizzie Cui, LSU
\nHannah Stevens, Missouri
\nErika Brown, Tennessee
\nColleen Callahan, Tennessee
\nRachel Rubadue, Tennessee
\nKira Toussaint, Tennessee
\nBethany Galat, Texas A&M
\nMadison Hudkins, Texas A&M
\nAlais Kalonji, Texas A&M
\nLexie Lupton, Texas A&M
\nKristin Malone, Texas A&M
\nAshley McGregor, Texas A&M
\nAmy Miller, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
\nMen<\/em>
\nZane Waddell, Alabama
\nPetter Fredriksson, Auburn
\nSantiago Grassi, Auburn
\nKhader Baqlah, Florida
\nChandler Bray, Florida
\nMaxime Rooney, Florida
\nJavier Acevedo, Georgia
\nClayton Forde, Georgia
\nWalker Higgins, Georgia
\nJuan Celaya-Hernandez, LSU
\nKarl Luht, LSU
\nDaniel Hein, Missouri
\nMicah Slaton, Missouri
\nTaylor Abbott, Tennessee<\/p>\n
\nAyumi Macias, Arkansas
\nAlison Maillard, Auburn
\nJulie Meynen, Auburn
\nEmma Ball, Florida
\nVeronica Burchill, Georgia
\nMeryn McCann, Georgia
\nAli Galyer, Kentucky
\nAsia Seidt, Kentucky
\nMadison Winstead, Kentucky
\nAlbury Higgs, South Carolina
\nSpence Atkins, Tennessee
\nMeghan Small, Tennessee<\/p>\n