UK Swimming & Diving Announces Annual Awards

LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky swimming and diving head coach Lars Jorgensen and company announced the recipients for the end-of-year program awards on Friday afternoon.
 
“The coaching staff and I sure wish we could be together for our annual banquet,” Jorgensen said. “It’s a time of the year where we get to celebrate the program and our seniors in front of their families. It’s a special time each and every year, but we are thankful that technology allows us to celebrate in this way.”
 
The award winners are as follows:
 
Captain’s Award                        
This award is presented to an athlete that has high character and demonstrates strong leadership skills.
 
Recipients: Wyatt Amdor, Bailey Bonnett, Chase Lane, Ali Galyer, Asia Seidt
 
Most Improved Swimmer      
This award goes to the swimmer who has improved their performance the most from the previous year at UK in the eyes of the coaching staff. Such factors as dedication to practice, desire to excel, competitive spirit, as well as actual performance in competition, are taken into consideration.
 
Recipients: Connor Blandford, Riley Gaines
 
Most Improved Diver                              
This award is given to the diver who has improved their performance the most in the previous year at UK in the eyes of the coaching staff.  Such factors, as dedication to practice, desire to excel, competitive spirit, as well as actual performance are taken into consideration.
 
Recipients: Caiden Lake, Morgan Southall
 
Freshman Award
This award goes to the person who, as a freshman, has been an outstanding contributor to the team.
 
Recipients: Caitlin Brooks, Jakob Clark
 
UK Swimming and Diving Booster Club Award     
This award to given to the competitor who has the combination of skills, competitive desire, team spirit, and the ability to come through for the team in competition.  Outside the pool, this person is the type of student-athlete who will help others on the team with schoolwork, who will help with recruiting, and will be a credit to the team and university. 
 
Recipients: Wyatt Amdor, Bailey Bonnett
 
Team Spirit
This award is given to the individual who displays a continual, sincere interest in the team.  This person has shown a high degree of enthusiasm for all their teammates in practice, meets, on trips and in regard to recruiting.
 
Recipients: Lauren Denham, Mason Wilby
 
Bridgette Alexander 100% Award
This award is given to the competitor who constantly gives an all-out performance meet after meet, whether in a winning or losing cause.  The competitor has demonstrated a willingness to give that extra amount of energy to the team.
 
Recipients: Izzy Gati, Alex Taylor
 
Bob Bradley Scholarship Award   
This award goes to the upperclassman with the highest overall all GPA.  In order to be considered for this award the athlete must have completed 24 hours of coursework and have a GPA above 3.0.
 
Recipients: Emma Dellmore, Hayley Griesser, Cara Hudson, Olivia Huffman, Sarah Loheide, Payton Neff, Kelly Rodriguez, Asia Seidt, Peter Wetzlar
 
Mike Lyden MVP Award
This award goes to the UK Diver who during the season was able to contribute at all the meets and, especially, at the Southeastern Conference Championships.
 
Recipients: Kyndal Knight, Danny Zhang
 
Wildcat of the Year Award
This award goes to the UK team member, swimmer or diver, who during the season was able to consistently score points for the team, both in dual meets and, especially, at the Southeastern Conference Championships.
 
Recipients: Asia Seidt, Danny Zhang
 
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