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Sharli Brady Named Google Cloud Academic All-American

COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri senior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) earned a spot on the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Women's At-Large Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced on Thursday.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri senior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) earned a spot on the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Women's At-Large Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced on Thursday. Brady is the fifth member of the Tiger women's swimming and diving program to claim Academic All-America honors, joining swimmer Stacy Hall in 1996 (third team), diver Kristy Wanner in 2001 (second team), swimmer Molly Christensen in 2003 (third team) and diver Lauren Reedy in 2017 (third team).

The Women's At-Large teams for the Academic All-America® program include the sports of beach volleyball,bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo.

A College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American, Brady earned 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. She also won the 2017 U.S. Open 400 IM national title. 

Out of the pool, Brady is a three-time SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll recipient and a member of Mizzou's Tiger Leadership Institute and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She also spent time as a student clinician working with an English Language Learner from China and two children with delayed speech.