{"id":431775,"date":"2020-05-12T17:21:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T00:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=431775"},"modified":"2020-05-14T10:35:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:35:13","slug":"south-carolinas-william-riggs-nominated-for-mcwhorter-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-carolinas-william-riggs-nominated-for-mcwhorter-award\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina\u2019s William Riggs Nominated for McWhorter Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secsports.com\/article\/29162517\/riggs-shields-nominated-mcwhorter-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has named senior swimmer<\/a> <strong>William Riggs<\/strong> as its male nominee for the SEC\u2019s H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship Award.<\/p>\n<p>Riggs is majoring in risk management and insurance\/finance. The native of Richmond, Va., is a two-time member of the Dean\u2019s List, a five-time Athletic Director\u2019s Honor Roll member and has been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll all four seasons. He was also named to the SEC Community Service Team in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In the pool, Riggs is a butterfly specialist who finished sixth in program history in the 200 butterfly. He swam that event at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Volleyball player <strong>Mikayla Shields<\/strong> is South Carolina\u2019s female nominee. The McWhorter Award gives post-graduate scholarships of $20,000 to the top male and female senior athlete from the conference\u2019s 14 schools. The 26 finalists each receive a $10,000 scholarship. Riggs joins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alabama-nominates-zane-waddell-for-mcwhorter-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alabama\u2019s<\/a> <strong>Zane Waddell<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/auburns-bailey-nero-named-nominee-for-sec-mcwhorter-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auburn\u2019s<\/a> <strong>Bailey Nero<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/floridas-tori-bindi-nominated-for-secs-h-boyd-mcwhorter-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida\u2019s<\/a> <strong>Tori Bindi<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kentucky-nominates-asia-seidt-glen-brown-for-mcwhorter-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kentucky&#8217;s<\/a> <strong>Asia Seidt<\/strong> and <strong>Glen Brown<\/strong> as swimmers nominated for the 2020 award.<\/p>\n<p><em>The H. 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