{"id":261394,"date":"2017-06-19T04:41:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T11:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=261394"},"modified":"2017-06-19T06:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T13:26:07","slug":"katie-ledecky-runner-up-for-pac-12-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-runner-up-for-pac-12-athlete-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Runner-Up for Pac-12 Student-Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pac-12 Network announced its &#8220;12Best&#8221; June 18 via Twitter and a live webcast. <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, two-time Pac-12 individual Champion and five-time NCAA Champion, earned runner-up honors for Pac-12 Student-Athlete of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The Pac-12 Conference has more NCAA titles than any other conference in the NCAA. The conference hit their historic 500th win when the Washington women&#8217;s crew team won their respective championship in May.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford women&#8217;s swimming &amp; diving made their contribution this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\" target=\"_blank\">winning the 2017 Pac-12 Championships<\/a>. The meet featured a handful of incredible swims including American Records by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-breaks-another-record-but-ally-howe-steals-the-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ally Howe<\/a><\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanford-punctuates-pac-12-championship-with-400-free-relay-american-and-ncaa-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">400 freestyle relay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But few athletes have made the impact on collegiate swimming that Katie Ledecky has, and she has only been competing for one season. At her debut Pac-12 Championships, she set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-takes-down-american-and-ncaa-records-in-500-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">American records in the 500 free<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-takes-down-400-im-american-record-at-pac-12-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\">400 IM<\/a>, and took second to <strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong> in the 200 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her efforts, Ledecky earned runner-up status in this year&#8217;s race for the Pac-12 Student-Athlete of the Year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katieledecky\">@katieledecky<\/a> checks in at No. 2 on our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/12Best?src=hash\">#12Best<\/a> student-athletes of 2016-17!<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YfMNDWtSGW\">https:\/\/t.co\/YfMNDWtSGW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y05xd7ETXM\">pic.twitter.com\/y05xd7ETXM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pac12Network\/status\/876620047355006976\">June 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pac-12 Network gave\u00a0<strong>Kelsey Plum<\/strong>, of Washington Women&#8217;s Basketball, top honors. Plum is the All-time leading scorer in NCAA women&#8217;s basketball history with 3,527 points. Plum was the first overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Stars.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nShe&#8217;s the ?<\/p>\n<p>The one. The only. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kelseyplum10\">@Kelseyplum10<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/12Best?src=hash\">#12Best<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FIRbqTK8XE\">pic.twitter.com\/FIRbqTK8XE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pac12Network\/status\/876620287281844224\">June 19, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ledecky was the only swimmer to make the list of the Pac-12 &#8220;12Best&#8221; Athletes for 2017. Stanford earned three spots, tallying the most on the list. Washington and USC each had two athletes earn &#8220;12Best&#8221; honors. Plum and Ledecky led the way for five women (including one beach volleyball pair) making the list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>2017 Pac-12 12Best:<\/h2>\n<p>1. <strong>Kelsey Plum<\/strong> &#8211; Washington Basketball<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> &#8211; Stanford Swimming\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Edward Cheserek<\/strong> &#8211; Oregon Cross Country\/Track<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>MyKayla Skinner<\/strong> &#8211; Utah Gymnastics<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Lonzo Ball<\/strong> &#8211; UCLA Basketball<\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Christian McCaffrey<\/strong> &#8211; Stanford\u00a0Football<\/p>\n<p>7. <strong>Dillon Brooks<\/strong> &#8211; Oregon Basketball<\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>Kelly Claes\/Sara Hughes<\/strong> &#8211; USC Beach Volleyball<\/p>\n<p>9. <strong>Inky Ajanaku<\/strong> &#8211; Stanford Volleyball<\/p>\n<p>10. <strong>Adoree&#8217; Jackson<\/strong> &#8211; USC Football<\/p>\n<p>11. <strong>Sydney Wiese<\/strong> &#8211; Oregon State Basketball<\/p>\n<p>12. <strong>John Ross<\/strong> &#8211; Washington Football<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pac-12 Network announced its &#8220;12Best&#8221; June 18 via Twitter and a live webcast. 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