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GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Recent University of Florida graduate Caeleb Dressel<\/strong><\/a> was awarded the honor of the 2017-18 Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference Male Athlete of the Year, the league announced Friday. Dressel and the female winner, South Carolina women\u2019s basketball athlete A\u2019ja Wilson<\/strong>, were selected by a vote of the league\u2019s athletics directors.<\/p>\n

Dressel is the first UF male recipient since Tim Tebow<\/strong> won his second honor in 2009. The Gators had three female athletes win the honor in consecutive years, Bridget Sloan<\/strong> (2016), Lauren Haeger<\/strong> (2015) and Hannah Rogers<\/strong> (2014).<\/p>\n

Dressel\u2019s Senior Year:<\/h3>\n

It was another stellar season for the two-time Olympic Gold Medalist. Dressel became a 10-time NCAA Champion, the most titles by a male swimmer. Here are highlights from his final collegiate season.<\/p>\n

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    • Dressel had one of the most accomplished NCAA Championships in history, earning four titles in four days (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 FR).<\/li>\n
    • With those four titles, he passed Ryan Lochte (8) for the most National Championships all-time on the men\u2019s side.<\/li>\n
    • His time of 17.63 in the 50 free is an American, NCAA, US Open, UF and pool record and he is the first human to have ever broke 18 seconds in the event \u2013 he did so, twice.<\/li>\n
    • He became the first man in history to sweep the 50 free and the 14th man to sweep any event during his four-year college career.<\/li>\n
    • Became the first human to break 40 seconds in the 100 free, posting a time of 39.90 to earn his third title in the event.<\/li>\n
    • Won his second title in the 100 fly, breaking the American, NCAA, US Open, UF and pool records with his mark of 42.80.<\/li>\n
    • Dressel earned his first relay title in the 200 free relay, finishing with a school record time of 1:14.39.\n
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      • This was the first 200 FR title in school history on the men\u2019s side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • He earned seven All-America honors (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 FR, 400 FR, 200 MR, 400 MR), bringing the total to 28 over his four years as a Gator.\n
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        • 28 All-America honors are the most that can be earned by any swimmer over the course of a career.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Earned CSCAA Swimmer of the Year after his performance.<\/li>\n
        • Helped Florida to a fifth-place finish after scoring in all seven events he swam in.<\/li>\n
        • AAU James E. Sullivan Semifinalist.<\/li>\n
        • Laureus Breakout Athlete of the Year Finalist.<\/li>\n
        • Google Cloud Academic All-American.<\/li>\n
        • CSCAA Scholar All-America.<\/li>\n
        • SEC Male Swimmer of the Meet\/Commissioner\u2019s Trophy<\/li>\n
        • SEC Male Swimmer of the Year<\/li>\n
        • School Records held:<\/li>\n
        • 50 free \u2013 17.63<\/li>\n
        • 100 free \u2013 39.90<\/li>\n
        • 100 breast \u2013 50.03<\/li>\n
        • 100 fly \u2013 42.80<\/li>\n
        • 200 IM \u2013 1:38.13<\/li>\n
        • 200 FR (Dressel, Switkowski, Martinez-Scarpe, M. Szaranek) \u2013 1:14.39<\/li>\n
        • 400 FR (Baqlah, Switkowski, Dressel, M. Szaranek) \u2013 2:45.73<\/li>\n
        • 200 MR (Taylor, Bray, Switkowski, Dressel) \u2013 1:22.33<\/li>\n
        • 400 MR (B. Main, Dressel, Switkowski, Rooney) \u2013 3:03.16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  What They Said\u2026<\/h3>\n

                  \u201cCongratulations to Caeleb on another fantastic year. Caeleb is a phenomenal athlete. He has been key in our continued SEC\/NCAA championship runs. He is a tremendous role model for the sport and has set the standard for a student-athlete. He is an outstanding ambassador of the University of Florida. This is a great honor and he is well deserving of it.\u201d \u2013 Gator men\u2019s swimming head coach Anthony Nesty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

                  \u201cIt is an honor to be nominated for, let alone win, such a prestigious award. I am grateful to the athletic directors for selecting me to be in the company of all the other outstanding student-athletes in the conference. It has been a privilege to be a part of Gator Nation and the SEC.\u201d \u2013 Florida swimmer Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \u201cIt takes a high level of discipline in life and a strong commitment to your sport to consistently perform at A\u2019ja\u2019s level on the court and achieve at Caeleb\u2019s level in the pool,\u201d said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey<\/strong>. \u201cWe are proud to honor these student-athletes who not only excelled in the SEC, but were also recognized as the best in their sport across the country. They are great examples of what it means to be a student-athlete in the Southeastern Conference.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

                  Other 2018 Nominees:<\/h3>\n

                  Each member school can nominate a male and a female for SEC Athlete of the Year. The league athletic directors vote for the winner. Here is a complete list of the 2017-18 nominees:<\/p>\n

                  Male:<\/strong> Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama (football), Kenzo Cotton, Arkansas (track & field), Casey Mize, Auburn (baseball), Roquan Smith, Georgia (football), Devin White, LSU (football), Robert Domanic, Ole Miss (track & field), Nuno Borges, Mississippi State (tennis), Drew Lock, Missouri (football), Akram Mahmoud, South Carolina (swimming & diving), Zhipeng Zeng, Tennessee (swimming & diving), Tyler Davis, Texas A&M (basketball), and Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt (golf).<\/p>\n

                  Female:<\/strong> Lauren Stephenson, Alabama (golf), Maria Fassi, Arkansas (golf), Taylor St. Jacques, Auburn (equestrian), Rhamat Alhassan, Florida (volleyball), Keturah Orji, Georgia (track & field), Olivia Gruver, Kentucky (track & field), Aleia Hobbs, LSU (track & field), Arianne Hartono, Ole Miss (tennis), Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State (basketball), Karissa Schweizer, Missouri (track & field), Erika Brown, Tennessee (swimming & diving), Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&M (swimming & diving), and Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt (tennis).<\/p>\n

                  All-Time SEC Athletes of the Year:<\/h3>\n

                  The SEC Athletes of the Year Awards were first presented in 1976 for men and 1984 for women. The honor was renamed the Roy F. Kramer Athletes of the Year in 2004 to honor the former commissioner who served the conference from 1990-2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                  Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year Recipients<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  Year \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nMale<\/strong><\/td>\nFemale<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2018<\/strong><\/td>\nCaeleb Dressel, Florida (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\nA’ja Wilson, South Carolina (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2017<\/strong><\/td>\nBrent Rooker, Mississippi State (baseball)<\/td>\nKendell Williams, Georgia (track & field)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2016<\/strong><\/td>\nJarrion Lawson, Arkansas (track & field)<\/td>\nBridget Sloan, Florida (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2015<\/strong><\/td>\nAndrew Benintendi, Arkansas (baseball)<\/td>\nLauren Haeger, Florida (softball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2014<\/strong><\/td>\nA.J. Reed, Kentucky (baseball)<\/td>\nHannah Rogers, Florida (softball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2013<\/strong><\/td>\nJohnny Manziel, Texas A&M (football)<\/td>\nAllison Schmitt, Georgia (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2012<\/strong><\/td>\nAnthony Davis, Kentucky (basketball)<\/td>\nBrooke Pancake, Alabama (golf)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2011<\/strong><\/td>\nJohn-Patrick Smith, Tennessee (tennis)<\/td>\nKayla Hoffman, Alabama (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2010<\/strong><\/td>\nMark Ingram, Alabama (football)<\/td>\nSusan Jackson, LSU (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2009<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Tebow, Florida (football)<\/td>\nCourtney Kupets, Georgia (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2008<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Tebow, Florida (football)<\/td>\nCandace Parker, Tennessee (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2007<\/strong><\/td>\nDavid Price, Vanderbilt (baseball)<\/td>\nMonica Abbott, Tennessee (softball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2006<\/strong><\/td>\nXavier Carter, LSU (track & field)<\/td>\nSeimone Augustus, LSU (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2005<\/strong><\/td>\nRyan Lochte, Florida (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\nKirsty Coventry, Auburn (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2004<\/strong><\/td>\nAlistair Cragg, Arkansas (cross country\/track)<\/td>\nJeana Rice, Alabama (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2003<\/strong><\/td>\nAlistair Cragg, Arkansas (cross country\/track)<\/td>\nLaToya Thomas, Mississippi State (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2002<\/strong><\/td>\nWalter Lewis, LSU (track & field)<\/td>\nAndree’ Pickens, Alabama (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2001<\/strong><\/td>\nMatias Boeker, Georgia (tennis)<\/td>\nAmy Yoder Begley, Arkansas (cross country\/track)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  2000<\/strong><\/td>\nKip Bouknight , South Carolina (baseball)<\/td>\nKristy Kowal, Georgia (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1999<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Couch, Kentucky (football)<\/td>\nChamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1998<\/strong><\/td>\nPeyton Manning, Tennessee (football)<\/td>\nChamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1997<\/strong><\/td>\nDanny Wuerffel, Florida (football)<\/td>\nTrinity Johnson, South Carolina (softball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1996<\/strong><\/td>\nDanny Wuerffel, Florida (football)<\/td>\nSaudia Roundtree, Georgia (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1995<\/strong><\/td>\nTodd Helton, Tennessee (baseball)<\/td>\nJenny Hansen, Kentucky (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1994<\/strong><\/td>\nCorliss Williamson, Arkansas (basketball)<\/td>\nNicole Haislett, Florida (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1993<\/strong><\/td>\nJamal Mashburn, Kentucky (basketball)<\/td>\nNicole Haislett, Florida (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1992<\/strong><\/td>\nShaquille O’Neal, LSU (basketball)<\/td>\nVicki Goetze, Georgia (golf)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1991<\/strong><\/td>\nShaquille O’Neal, LSU (basketball)<\/td>\nDaedra Charles, Tennessee (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1990<\/strong><\/td>\nAlec Kessler, Georgia (basketball)<\/td>\nDee Foster, Alabama (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1989<\/strong><\/td>\nDerrick Thomas, Alabama (football)<\/td>\nBridgette Gordon, Tennessee (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1988<\/strong><\/td>\nWill Perdue, Vanderbilt (basketball)<\/td>\nDara Torres, Florida (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1987<\/strong><\/td>\nCornelius Bennett, Alabama (football)<\/td>\nLillie Leatherwood King, Alabama (track & field)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1986<\/strong><\/td>\nBo Jackson, Auburn (football)<\/td>\nJennifer Gillom, Ole Miss (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1985<\/strong><\/td>\nWill Clark, Mississippi State (baseball)<\/td>\nPenney Hauschild, Alabama (gymnastics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1984<\/strong><\/td>\nTerry Hoage, Georgia (football)<\/td>\nTracy Caulkins, Florida (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1983<\/strong><\/td>\nHerschel Walker, Georgia (football\/track and field)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1982<\/strong><\/td>\nBuck Belue, Georgia (football\/baseball)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1981<\/strong><\/td>\nRowdy Gaines, Auburn (swimming)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1980<\/strong><\/td>\nKyle Macy, Kentucky (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1979<\/strong><\/td>\nReggie King, Alabama (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1978<\/strong><\/td>\nJack Givens, Kentucky (basketball)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1977<\/strong><\/td>\nLarry Seivers, Tennessee (football)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                  1976<\/strong><\/td>\nHarvey Glance, Auburn (track & field)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                  The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with the University of Florida Athletics. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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