Robert Howard, Erika Brown, Sydney Pickrem Earn SEC Top Awards

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The Southeastern Conference announced its annual men’s and women’s swimming & diving awards to cap the 2018-19 season. Robert Howard of Alabama was named the Male Swimmer of the Year, while Robert Finke and Kieran Smith of Florida were tabbed as the Co-Male Freshmen Swimmers of the Year. Tennessee’s Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng of Tennessee and Matthew Wade were chosen as the Male Diver and the Male Freshman Diver of the Year, respectively. Anthony Nesty of Florida was selected as the Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year, and Dave Parrington of Tennessee was named the Men’s Diving Coach of the Year.

Erika Brown of Tennessee and Sydney Pickrem of Texas A&M share the Female Swimmer of the Year award. Olivia Carter of Georgia was named the Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year. Brooke Schultz of Arkansas was voted the Female Diver of the Year. Kyndal Knight of Kentucky and Aimee Wilson of LSU share the Female Freshman Diver of the Year honors. Steve Bultman of Texas A&M was chosen as the Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year, and Dale Schultz of Arkansas was tabbed the Women’s Diving Coach of the Year.

For the All-SEC Teams, the First Team consists of the top finisher in each event at the SEC Championships, and the Second Team consists of the second- and third-place finishers in each event. The All-Freshman Teams consist of any redshirt or true freshman who finished either in the top eight or is the highest scoring freshman of each event at the SEC Championships, excluding relay events.

The complete list of the 2019 SEC Swimming & Diving All-SEC Awards is as follows:

Swimmer of the Year:

  • Robert Howard, Alabama
  • Erika Brown, Tennessee
  • Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&M
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Freshmen Swimmers of the Year:

  • Robert Finke, Florida
  • Kieran Smith, Florida
  • Olivia Carter, Georgia

Swimming Coach of the Year:

  • Anthony Nesty, Florida (Men’s)
  • Steve Bultman, Texas A&M (Women’s)

Diver of the Year:

  • Colin Zeng, Tennessee
  • Brooke Schultz, Arkansas

Freshman Diver of the Year:

  • Matthew Wade, Tennessee
  • Kyndal Knight, Kentucky
  • Aimee Wilson, LSU

Diving Coach of the Year:              

  • Dave Parrington, Tennessee (Men’s)
  • Dale Schultz, Arkansas (Women’s)

Commissioner’s Trophy

Men

Robert Howard, Alabama

Women

Erika Brown, Tennessee

All-SEC First Team

Men

  • Knox Auerbach, Alabama
  • Laurent Bams, Alabama
  • Jonathan Berneburg, Alabama
  • Jack Blake, Alabama
  • Sam DiSette, Alabama
  • Robert Howard, Alabama
  • Zane Waddell, Alabama
  • Khader Baqlah, Florida
  • Robert Finke, Florida
  • Trey Freeman, Florida
  • Maxime Rooney, Florida
  • Kieran Smith, Florida
  • Camden Murphy, Georgia
  • Juan Celaya Hernandez, LSU
  • Daniel Hein, Missouri
  • Caleb Hicks, Missouri
  • Danny Kovac, Missouri
  • Mikel Schreuders, Missouri
  • Itay Goldfaden, South Carolina
  • Fynn Minuth, South Carolina
  • Joey Reilman, Tennessee
  • Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng, Tennessee
  • Benjamin Walker, Texas A&M

Women

  • Brooke Schultz, Arkansas
  • Erin Falconer, Auburn
  • Claire Fisch, Auburn
  • Julie Meynen, Auburn
  • Alyssa Tetzloff, Auburn
  • Leah Braswell, Florida
  • Olivia Carter, Georgia
  • Courtney Harnish, Georgia
  • Asia Seidt, Kentucky
  • Emma Barksdale, South Carolina
  • Marissa Roth, South Caorlina
  • Madeline Banic, Tennessee
  • Erika Brown, Tennessee
  • Bailey Grinter, Tennessee
  • Stanzi Moseley, Tennessee
  • Nikol Popov, Tennessee
  • Meghan Small, Tennessee
  • Anna Belousova, Texas A&M
  • McKenna DeBever, Texas A&M
  • Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&M
  • Katie Portz, Texas A&M
  • Claire Rasmus, Texas A&M

All-SEC Second Team

Men

  • Liam McCloskey, Auburn
  • Clark Beach, Florida
  • Will Davis, Florida
  • Marco Guarente, Florida
  • Bayley Main, Florida
  • Grant Sanders, Florida
  • Kacper Stokowski, Florida
  • Javier Acevedo, Georgia
  • James Guest, Georgia
  • Chase Lane, Kentucky
  • Danny Zhang, Kentucky
  • Nick Alexander, Missouri
  • Jack Dahlgren, Missouri
  • Kyle Goodwin, Missouri
  • Kyle Leach, Missouri
  • Giovanny Lima, Missouri
  • Rafael Davila, South Carolina
  • Alec Connolly, Tennessee
  • Kyle Decoursey, Tennessee
  • Matthew Garcia, Tennessee
  • Michael Houlie, Tennessee
  • Braga Verhage, Tennessee
  • Josh Walsh, Tennessee
  • Clayton Bobo, Texas A&M
  • Shaine Casas, Texas A&M
  • Adam Koster, Texas A&M
  • Angel Martinez, Texas A&M
  • Kurtis Mathews, Texas A&M
  • Steven Richardson, Texas A&M
  • Mark Theall, Texas A&M
  • Sam Thornton, Texas A&M

Women

  • Kensey McMahon, Alabama
  • Anna Hopkin, Arkansas
  • Kobie Melton, Arkansas
  • Molly Moore, Arkansas
  • Marlena Pigliacampi, Arkansas
  • Robyn Clevenger, Auburn
  • Carly Cummings, Auburn
  • Taylor Ault, Florida
  • Emma Ball, Florida
  • Sherridon Dressel, Florida
  • Isabella Garofalo, Florida
  • Brooke Madden, Florida
  • Vanessa Pearl, Florida
  • Veronica Burchill, Georgia
  • Sofia Carnevale, Georgia
  • Dakota Luther, Georgia
  • Bailey Bonnett, Kentucky
  • Courtney Clark, Kentucky
  • Geena Freriks, Kentucky
  • Riley Gaines, Kentucky
  • Ali Galyer, Kentucky
  • Lizzie Cui, LSU
  • Aimee Wilson, LSU
  • Haley Hynes, Missouri
  • Kayla Jones, Missouri
  • Megan Keil, Missouri
  • Annie Ochitwa, Missouri
  • Sammie Jo Porter, Missouri
  • Sarah Thompson, Missouri
  • Tess Cieplucha, Tennessee
  • Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Texas A&M
  • Alais Kalonji, Texas A&M
  • Jing Quah, Texas A&M

All-Freshman Team

Men

  • Kevin Li, Alabama
  • Nico Perner, Alabama
  • Conner Pruitt, Auburn
  • Will Davis, Florida
  • Robert Finke, Florida
  • Trey Freeman, Florida
  • Kieran Smith, Florida
  • Kacper Stokowski, Florida
  • Andrew Abruzzo, Georgia
  • Mason Wilby, Kentucky
  • Danny Zhang, Kentucky
  • Jack Dahlgren, Missouri
  • Ike Khamis, Missouri
  • Danny Kovac, Missouri
  • Anton Down-Jenkins, South Carolina
  • Michael Houlie, Tennessee
  • Matthew Wade, Tennessee
  • Shaine Casas, Texas A&M

Women

  • Kalia Antoniou, Alabama
  • Kensey McMahon, Alabama
  • Rhyan White, Alabama
  • Emily Hetzer, Auburn
  • Leah Braswell, Florida
  • Vanessa Pearl, Florida
  • Elizabeth Perez, Florida
  • Olivia Carter, Georgia
  • Dakota Luther, Georgia
  • Riley Gaines, Kentucky
  • Izzy Gati, Kentucky
  • Kyndal Knight, Kentucky
  • Sophie Sorenson, Kentucky
  • Aimee Wilson, LSU
  • Megan Keil, Missouri
  • Sarah Rousseau, Missouri
  • Sinclair Larson, Tennessee
  • Kylie Powers, Texas A&M

— The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with the SEC. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com.

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