UF S&D | Gators Flood SEC Postseason Awards List

Anthony Nesty named Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year for the third-straight season; Maha Amer earns Female Diver of the Year honors

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Southeastern Conference announced its postseason awards on Wednesday and the Gators took home both Female Diver of the Year and Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year, as well as 10 All-SEC First Team honors, five All-SEC Second Team honors and seven All-Freshman Team accolades.

Maha Amer earned the title of Co-Female Diver of the Year, alongside Kyndal Knight (Kentucky) and Brooke Schultz (South Carolina) after her stellar performances at the SEC Championships. She finished fourth on the 3-meter springboard, sixth on the platform and 10th in the 1-meter event. This is the first major SEC award of Amer’s career.

Head Coach Anthony Nesty earned his third-straight SEC Men’s Coach of the Year title, the first Florida coach in program history to earn the honor in each of their first three seasons at the helm. He took home Coach of the Year accolades after leading the team to their 10th-straight SEC Championship.

10 Gator men earned spots on the All-SEC First Team: Amro Al-Wir, Adam Chaney, Trey Freeman, Eric Friese, Dillon Hillis, Oskar Lindholm, Macguire McDuff, Alberto Mestre, Alfonso Mestre and Kieran Smith. The First Team consists of the top finisher in each event at the SEC Championships.

100 back

Adam Chaney

200 back

Kieran Smith

1650 free

Trey Freeman

400 IM

Kieran Smith

200 FR

Chaney, Friese, K. Smith, McDuff

400 FR

McDuff, Chaney, Friese, K. Smith

800 FR

K. Smith, Freeman, Lindholm, Alfonso Mestre

200 MR

Chaney, Hillis, Friese, Alberto Mestre

400 MR

Chaney, Al-Wir, Friese, K. Smith

Four women and one man landed on the All-SEC Second Team, which consists of the second- and third-place finishers in each event at the SEC Championships. Talia Bates, Micayla Cronk, Katie Mack and Ekaterina Nikonova made up the women’s awards, while Tyler Watson earned the first SEC honor of his career on the men’s side.
400 FR (W)

Bates, Nikonova, Cronk, Mack

1650 free (M)

Tyler Watson

Florida had five men and two women earn a spot on the All-Freshman Team after their performances at the 2022 SEC Championships. The All-Freshman Team consists 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 Championship, excluding relay events.

Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Anthony Nesty
Co-Female Diver of the Year: Maha Amer

All-SEC First Team
Men
Amro Al-Wir
Adam Chaney
Trey Freeman
Eric Friese
Dillon Hillis
Oskar Lindholm
Macguire McDuff
Alberto Mestre
Alfonso Mestre
Kieran Smith

All-SEC Second Team
Men
Tyler Watson, Florida

Women
Talia Bates, Florida
Micayla Cronk, Florida
Katie Mack, Florida
Ekaterina Nikonova, Florida

All-Freshman Team
Men
Peter Bretzmann, Florida
Mason Laur, Florida
Oskar Lindholm, Florida
Macguire McDuff, Florida
Julian Smith, Florida

Women
Elettra Neroni, Florida
Ekaterina Nikonova, Florida

Full Awards
Male Swimmer of the Year

Brooks Curry, LSU

Female Co-Swimmers of the Year

Morgan Scott, Alabama and Ellen Walshe, Tennessee

Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year

Matthew Sates, Georgia

Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year

Ellen Walshe, Tennessee