COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams team celebrated the 2017-18 seasons at its annual banquet on Sunday afternoon at the Columns Club. A total of 18 awards were handed out on the day, highlighted by the Most Valuable male and female swimmer and diver awards, awarded to Sharli Brady (Most Valuable Female Swimmer), Mikel Schreuders (Most Valuable Male Swimmer), Madeline McKernan (Most Valuable Female Diver) and Kyle Goodwin (Most Valuable Male Diver).
A three-time College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American, Brady will earn her bachelor's degree in communication sciences and disorders in May. She concluded her career as the most decorated Mizzou women's individual All-American in program history, with eight individual accolades. In total, Brady earned 10 All-America honors, including two-time All-America first team honors in the 400 IM. This past season, she finished sixth in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships. Brady is Missouri's record holder in the 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 fly, all three of which she reset numerous times during her career.
Schreduers earned two All-America honorable mention honors at the NCAA Championships during his junior season. He helped the Tiger 800 free relay team earn a ninth-place finish, it's highest-ever, at NCAAs, and placed 10th individually in the 200 free. The junior reset his own 200 free school record with a 1:32.92 on the leadoff leg of Mizzou's 800 free relay at NCAAs. Schreuders also claimd All-SEC second team accolades in the 800 free relay, thanks to Missouri's second-place finish at the SEC Championships, and in the 200 free, where he earned third at SECs.
A three-time NCAA Championships qualifier, McKernan concluded her Tiger career at last month's NCAAs. She competed on 1-meter and platform at the Championships after finishing sixth on platform and seventh on 1-meter at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships. McKernan earned All-SEC second team honors on platform after a third-place finish on platform at the 2018 SEC Championships, her first-ever podium finish at the meet. She stands as the only female Tiger to claim All-America first team honors on platform, as she finished seventh at the 2016 NCAA Championships as a sophomore.
Goodwin qualified for his third NCAA Championships meet in three tries as a junior in 2017-18. He narrowly missed a place in the 3-meter consolation final at NCAAs, with a 19th-place finished , just over three points away from the final spot in the B final. At this year's SEC Championships, Goodwin made the finals on both springboards, where he tied for sixth on 1-meter and finished eighth on 3-meter. He posted a career-high 407.15 in 3-meter prelims at SECs, and a personal-best 398.90 at November's Mizzou Invite.
Award Winners
Pohlkamp Award - Drew Dvorchak
Harry Bell Award - Courtney Evensen
Tiger Up Award - Devan Sweeney
Joe Goldfarb Award - Jacob Wielinski
Most Improved Female Swimmer - Lauren Savoy
Most Improved Male Swimmer - Caleb Rhodenbaugh
Most Improved Female Diver - Kendra Kieser
Most Improved Male Diver - Will Gottsch
Female Newcomer of the Year - Annie Ochitwa
Male Newcomer of the Year - Carter Grimes
Female Swimming Strength and Conditioning Award - Maddie Gehrke
Male Swimming Strength and Conditioning Award - Luke Mankus
Female Diving Strength and Conditioning Award - Kendra Kieser
Male Diving Strength and Conditioning Award - Hunter Fritter
Most Valuable Female Swimmer - Sharli Brady
Most Valuable Male Swimmer - Mikel Schreuders
Most Valuable Female Diver - Madeline McKernan
Most Valuable Male Diver - Kyle Goodwin