Brady, Goodman Nominees for McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award
4/19/2018 9:44:00 AM | General, Women's Swimming and Diving, Track & Field, MizzouMade
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Missouri's Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) of the Swimming and Diving team and Ben Goodman (Colorado Springs, Colo.) of the Track and Field program are nominees for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award, as announced by the Southeastern Conference Thursday. One male and one female from each of the SEC's 14 institutions were nominated for the scholarship, and the overall recipients of the award will be announced on April 26.
Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC official sponsor, provides the league's male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship. The 26 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 14 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla., in early June.
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. She also won the 2017 U.S. Open 400 IM national title.
Out of the pool, Brady is 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.
A two-year captain and four-year letter winner on the track and field team, Goodman will earn his bachelor's degree in Sport Management in May. He has competed in seven SEC Championship meets while donning the Black & Gold, including a 15th-place finish in the 800m run at the 2017 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. At the 2015 SEC Indoor Championships, Goodman ran a leg on Mizzou's DMR team which earned All-SEC honors with a third-place finish. The team's time of 9:46.65 ranks sixth all-time in program history.
In the classroom, Goodman is a nine-time Dean's List honoree and six-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member. He has volunteered his time around the Columbia community at Smart Training for Faster Cross Country Running Camp, Smithton Middle School and Mizzou Made spirit week. Goodman recently completed an internship with the Athletic Department, where he worked in the event management and academic offices.
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