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Kerns is a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022-24) and is a member of the Gamecocks’ school record team int he 400 medley relay. Current photo via SEC Sports
Kerns is a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022-24) and is a member of the Gamecocks’ school record team int he 400 medley relay.
Mehraban looks to boost the sprint free group at Texas as the team had no individual finalists in the 50 or 100 freestyles at 2025 NCAAs.
A versatile competitor, Hansen is poised to be one of Kentucky’s top-ranked competitors in the 100 and 200 free when she arrives on campus.
Williams, a major in Health Science with an emphasis in Health and Wellness Services, is the #2 all-time performer in Missouri history in the women’s 200 fly.
We sat down with Bob Bowman, the Director of Swimming at the University of Texas, who delivered the Longhorns a national title in his first year at the helm
April 24th, 2025 College, News, SEC
Courtesy: SEC Sports
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (April 23, 2025) – Louise Rydqvist of South Carolina’s women’s golf team and Liam Kerns of the Gamecocks’ men’s swimming and diving team have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the University of South Carolina.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league’s top male and female scholar-athletes.
The Southeastern Conference will name the 2025 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 30.
Highlights of South Carolina’s nominees include:
LOUISE RYDQVIST, South Carolina, Golf
Major: Finance/Marketing           
LIAM KERNS, South Carolina, Swimming & Diving
Major: Biological Sciences
ABOUT THE MCWHORTER AWARDS
The SEC provides the league’s male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship.  The 30 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship.
The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 16 SEC institutions and are announced in April, as well as honored by the league membership in late May at SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Fla.
Last year’s McWhorter Award recipients were Lukas Engelhardt of the Ole Miss men’s tennis team and Elizabeth Franklin of the Razorbacks’ women’s soccer team.




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