Anderson, Reed Nominated for SEC’s Boyd McWhorter Scholarship

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Bowen Anderson of the Kentucky swimming and diving team and Katie Reed of the Wildcat softball program have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the University of Kentucky.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league’s top male and female scholar-athletes.
The Southeastern Conference will name the 2019 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 25.
Highlights of Kentucky’s nominees include:
BOWEN ANDERSON, Swimming and Diving, Kentucky
Major: Biology

• Pre-med student, he has a 3.98 cumulative grade-point average with a major in Biology
• Freestyle specialist who has top times of 1:39.65 in the 200 free, 4:25.91 in the 500 free, 9:27.10 in the 1000 free and 1:47.17 in the 200 butterfly
• Olympic Trials qualifier in the 400 free, 2016
• On his path to medical school, he has done shadowing at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Facial and Reconstruction Surgery, Neurosurgery, Sports Medicine/Orthopedics and Family Medicine
• Also did volunteer work and shadowing in the Emergency Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Member of Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership and honor society
• Elected to UK Athletics’ Frank G. Ham Society of Character, 2018
• Recipient of University of Kentucky Heritage Scholarship, 2015-2019
• College of Arts and Science Dean’s List every semester at UK
• Received the Swimming and Diving Team award for highest GPA
• Red Cross certified for first aid, CPR and lifeguard

KATIE REED, Kentucky, Softball
Major: Human Health Sciences

• Headed to dental school, she is an All-America shortstop on the field and has a 4.0 grade-point average in the classroom
• SEC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, 2018
• One of three national finalists – across all sports and divisions – for the NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship
• 2017 All-American and a three-year All-SEC honoree
• Remarkable combination of offensive production and defensive prowess
• Has started every game of her four years, with a career batting average of .345, 18 home runs, 111 RBI and 55 stolen bases
• Has been on ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 four times for amazing plays at shortstop and has been named to the SEC All-Defensive Team
• Finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, 2019
• Elected as team captain three years, has led the team to three NCAA Regional appearances and two NCAA Super Regionals
• President of UK’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, helping lead an initiative for an ongoing in-depth partnership with Special Olympics Kentucky
• Elected to UK Athletics Frank G. Ham Society of Character

Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC official sponsor, provides the league’s male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete 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 late May.