Surtin, Williams Named Mizzou Nominees for McWhorter Award
4/21/2025 12:52:00 PM | General, Wrestling, Swimming & Diving
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri's Noah Surtin (wrestling) and Taylor Williams (Swim & Dive) were announced as Mizzou's nominees for the Southeastern Conference's H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 21. The McWhorter Award has been presented annually by the SEC since 1986 to the league's top male and female scholar-athletes.
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 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 announced in May, as well as honored by the league membership at SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Florida.
Noah Surtin, Wrestling
Major: Master of Science and business (Bachelor of Health and Science in 2023)
- Four-time NCAA Qualifier (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)
- Four-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)
- Three-time Academic All-Big 12 (2022, 2023 and 2024)
- 2021 Academic All-MAC
- Two-time CSC Academic All-District (2022-23 and 2023-24)
- Two-time conference finalist
- 66-30 career record with a .427 bonus-point rate
- 2022-23 Ben Askren Most Falls Award
Taylor Williams, Swim & Dive
Major: Health Science with an emphasis in Health and Wellness Services
- SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll 2023-24, 2022-23
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 2021-22
- Mizzou Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Co-President 2024-25
- 2024 NCAA Qualifier in the 100 Fly and 200 Fly
- No. 2 Women's 200 Fly (1:55.88) in program history set at Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 17, 2023)
- No. 4 Women's 100 Fly (51.78) in program history set at Mizzou Qualifier (March 3, 2024)
- Owns 15 first-place finishes in her career
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