Oswald Named SEC Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year

By Jacob Most



May 17, 2013 –

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Chelsea Oswald has added to her already-impressive collection of awards both on and off the track as she was named Southeastern Conference Track and Field Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Friday.

Oswald was named 2013 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipient earlier this season. The McWhorter Award goes to the conference’s top scholar-athlete across all sports.

Oswald was also named First Team All-SEC as she won two conference championships – at 5,000 and 10,000 meters – last weekend at the SEC Meet.

She set the SEC 10K record, and was fewer than two seconds off the conference 5K record.

Oswald is an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient and also the recipient of the NCAA Elite 89 Award, which goes to the competitor with the highest grade point average at each of the NCAA Championships. She won the award for the indoor season.

Oswald has been a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll and the Dean’s List each semester of her collegiate career. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout her college career, and was a 2012 USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.

She has maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout her college career, as she recently graduated with a degree in Biology.

Oswald was a 2012 cross country All-American and 2013 indoor track and field All-American in the distance medley relay and at 3,000 meters. She was First Team All-SEC for the 2012 cross country season as she was Bronze Medalist at the Conference Championship.

The Medina, Ohio native was selected to the 2013 SEC Track and Field Community Service Team.

The league office announced all the 2013 Outdoor Track and Field Awards on Friday, with five Wildcats picking up some form of All-Conference accolades.

Raymond Dykstra, Andrew Evans and Matt Hillenbrand all earned Second Team All-SEC accolades as each of the three was runner up in their respective events (Javelin, Discus and 1,500 meters) the SEC Championships.

Evans and Dykstra were both All-SEC selections last season. Hillenbrand was First-Team All-SEC for the 2013 Indoor Season as he was the conference mile champion.  

Mackay Wilson was named to the Freshman All-SEC Team as his sixth-place performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at SECs was the highest finish by a freshman in that event.

First Team All-SEC honors go to the first-place finisher in each of the 21 events per gender at the SEC Championships. Second-place accolades go to each event runner-up. Freshman All-SEC status is awarded to the top freshman finisher in each event.

Kentucky will next compete at the NCAA Championship East Preliminary Rounds May 23-25 at Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, N.C., hosted by North Carolina A&T State University.

Kentucky will send 27 entries (14 men and 13 women) to the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds.

2013 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Awards
Men’s Coach of the Year: Chris Bucknam, Arkansas

Men’s Runner of the Year: Isiah Young, Ole Miss

Men’s Field Athlete of the Year: Damar Forbes, LSU

Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year: Jimmy Clark, Florida

Men’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: Maicel Uibo, Georgia

Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Nathanael Franks, Arkansas

Women’s Coach of the Year: Pat Henry, Texas A&M

Women’s Runner of the Year: Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU

Women’s Field Athlete of the Year: Makeba Alcide, Arkansas

Women’s Freshman Runner of the Year: Jennifer Madu, Texas A&M

Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M


Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year:


Chelsea Oswald, Kentucky

Men’s All-SEC First Team

Shermond Allsop, LSU

Ricky Babineaux, Texas A&M

Aldrich Bailey, Jr., Texas A&M

Diondre Batson, Alabama

Rodney Brown, LSU

Kemoy Campbell, Arkansas

Jimmy Clark, Florida

Omar Craddock, Florida

Caleb Cross, Arkansas

Wayne Davis II, Texas A&M

Aaron Ernest, LSU

Damar Forbes, LSU

Sam Humphreys, Texas A&M

Andrew Irwin, Arkansas

Henry Lelei, Texas A&M

Deon Lendore, Texas A&M

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, LSU

Leoman Momoh, Arkansas

Marcus Popenfoose, Auburn

Patrick Rono, Arkansas

Carlyle Roudette, Texas A&M

DJ Smith, Auburn

Kyle Strawn, Florida

Maicel Uibo, Georgia

Isiah Young, Ole Miss

Men’s All-SEC Second Team

Marquis Dendy, Florida

Raymond Dykstra, Kentucky
Andrew Evans, Kentucky

Dushane Farrier, Alabama

Justin Fondren, Alabama

Akheem Gauntlett, Arkansas

Najee Glass, Florida

Hugh Graham, Jr., Florida

Solomon Haile, Arkansas

Arman Hall, Florida

Akeem Haynes, Alabama

Scottie Hearns, Mississippi State

Matt Hillenbrand, Kentucky

Matthew Hoty, Tennessee

Stanley Kebenei, Arkansas

Sam Kendricks, Ole Miss

Kevin Lazas, Arkansas

Henry Lelei, Texas A&M

Eddie Lovett, Florida

Sean Obinwa, Florida

Jeremy Postin, Florida

Alex Sanders, Alabama

Leonardo Seymore, Florida

Ameer Webb, Texas A&M

Men’s SEC All-Freshman Team

100m: Markesh Woodson, Missouri

110mH: Jermaine Collier, South Carolina

200m: Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, LSU

400m: Arman Hall, Florida

400mH: Scottie Hearns, Mississippi State

800m: Hector Hernandez, Texas A&M

1,500m: Robbie Farnham-Rose, Alabama

Steeplechase: Mackay Wilson, Kentucky

5,000m: Jimmy Clark, Florida

10,000m: Jimmy Clark, Florida

High Jump: Justin Fondren, Alabama

Pole Vault: Jake Blankenship, Tennessee

Long Jump: Jarrion Lawson, Arkansas

Triple Jump, Imani Brown, Alabama

Shot Put: Ashinia Miller, Georgia

Discus: Ashinia Miller, Georgia

Hammer Throw: Elias Hakansson, Alabama

Javelin: Piotr Antosik, Mississippi State

Decathlon: Maicel Uibo, Georgia

Women’s All-SEC First Team

Makeba Alcide, Arkansas

Saniel Atkinson-Grier, Georgia

Ciarra Brewer, Florida

Kamaria Brown, Texas A&M

Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU

Donique’ Flemings, Texas A&M

Gwendolyn Flowers, Arkansas

Regina George, Arkansas

Natoya Goule, LSU

Carly Hamilton, Georgia

Grace Heymsfield, Arkansas

Morgann Leleux, Georgia

Jennifer Madu, Texas A&M

Sparkle McKnight, Arkansas

LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M

Chelsea Oswald, Kentucky

Kearsten Peoples, Missouri

Ashton Purvis, Texas A&M

LaKeidra Stewart, Texas A&M

Elizabeth Tepe, Georgia

Shelbi Vaughan, Texas A&M

Marija Vucenovic, Florida

Chrishuna Williams, Arkansas

Women’s All-SEC Second Team

Kierre Beckles, South Carolina

Leslie Boozer, Georgia

Erica Bougard, Mississippi State

Ebony Eutsey, Florida

Destinee Gause, Florida

Denise Hinton, LSU

Jessie Johnson, Auburn

Megan Malasarte, Georgia

Latoya McDermott, LSU

Cory McGee, Florida

Fawn Miller, Florida

Valentina Muzaric, Auburn

Ugonna Ndu, Florida

Kearsten Peoples, Missouri

Takeia Pinckney, LSU

Robin Reynolds, Florida

Jeannelle Scheper, South Carolina

Agata Strausa, Florida

Toshika Sylvester, LSU

Semehar Tesfaye, Arkansas

Lanie Whittaker, Florida

Women’s SEC All-Freshman Team

100m: Jennifer Madu, Texas A&M

100mH: Racquel Moses, Ole Miss

200m: Felicia Brown, Tennessee

400m: Shaunae Miller, Georgia

400mH: Tyler Brockington, South Carolina

800m: Andria Aguilar, LSU

1,500m: Lily Williams, Vanderbilt

Steeplechase: Jessica Kamilos, Arkansas

5,000m: Jessica Kamilos, Arkansas

10,000m: Katelyn Greenleaf, Alabama

High Jump: Leontia Kallenou, Georgia

Pool Vault: Jessie Johnson, Auburn

Long Jump: LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M

Triple Jump: LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M

Shot Put: Cassie Wertman, Tennessee

Discus: Shelbi Vaughan, Texas A&M

Hammer Throw: Daina Levy, Auburn

Javelin: Marija Vucenovic, Florida

Heptathlon: Jennifer Cannon, Vanderbilt

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