{"id":463965,"date":"2021-03-02T19:29:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T02:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=463965"},"modified":"2021-03-02T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T02:29:11","slug":"stanfords-alex-liang-named-pac-12-mens-swimming-scholar-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanfords-alex-liang-named-pac-12-mens-swimming-scholar-athlete-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford&#8217;s Alex Liang Named Pac-12 Men&#8217;s Swimming Scholar-Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"m_8749399443664324283\">Stanford senior <strong>Alex Liang<\/strong> has been named the Pac-12 Men\u2019s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Conference office announced today. The award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports the Pac-12 sponsors, was established to honor collegiate student-athletes that are standouts both academically and in their sports discipline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_8749399443664324283\">Liang, a freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer from Palo Alto, Calif., is majoring in economics and holds a cumulative 3.59 GPA. Liang received the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention as a sophomore in 2018. The senior was also Pac-12\u2019s all-academic selection in 2019 and 2020 and was twice named a Scholar All-American by the CSCAA (2018, 2020).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/pac-12-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Pac-12 news<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_8749399443664324283\">As a three-time All-American entering the 2020-21 season, Liang has received titles in 400 IM (2019- 15th; 2020), 800 free relay (2019- 12th). As a junior, Liang was also 2020 Pac-12 Champion in the 400 medley relay in 2020 (3:06.81) and ranks in the top 10 in the 400 IM and 200 fly on the Stanford record book.The senior ranks third all-time at Stanford in the 400 IM (3:42.19) and seventh all-time at Stanford in the 200 fly (1:42.74).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_8749399443664324283\">In order to be eligible for the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, student-athletes must be a senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50 percent of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum one year in residence at the institution. Each Pac-12 institution may nominate one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members at the conclusion of each sport\u2019s regular season. The athletics accomplishments of the nominees are a consideration in voting for the award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_8749399443664324283\">A Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be named in each of the Pac-12\u2019s 24 sponsored sports: baseball, men\u2019s basketball, women\u2019s basketball, beach volleyball, men\u2019s cross country, women\u2019s cross country, football, men\u2019s golf, women\u2019s golf, women\u2019s gymnastics, women\u2019s lacrosse, men\u2019s rowing, women\u2019s rowing, men\u2019s soccer, women\u2019s soccer, softball, men\u2019s swimming &amp; diving, women\u2019s swimming &amp; diving, men\u2019s tennis, women\u2019s tennis, men\u2019s track &amp; field, women\u2019s track &amp; field, women\u2019s volleyball, and wrestling. The award was first established during the 2007-08 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with the Pac-12<\/i><i>. 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