The following is a press release courtesy of Eastern Michigan University:
CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com)–The Mid-American Conference announced Wednesday, March 11, that Eastern Michigan University men’s swimming and diving senior Brian Moore (Anthem, Ariz.-Boulder Creek) has been named the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week. The award is the first of Moore’s career, and the third earned by a member of the swimming and diving team this season.
The MAC Scholar Athlete award is presented weekly to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and performs well during the week’s competition. Moore’s award is the ninth to be bestowed upon an EMU student-athlete for the academic year, with other honorees including: Andrew Henry and Chris Hodges (men’s swimming), Willy Fink (men’s cross country/track and field), Megan McCabe (soccer), Kelsey Murphy (women’s golf), Natalie Uy (women’s track and field), and Victoria Voronko (women’s cross country).
Moore, who holds a 3.23 GPA in finance, went out in style in the final meet of his EMU career at the 2015 MAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, March 4-7, writing his name into the record books in six events and earning five medals en route to helping the Eagles win their 32nd championship title in program history. Individually, Moore posted the school and MAC record in the 100 free in 43.40 seconds, becoming the first EMU swimmer to go below 44 seconds in the event. Moore went on to finish runner-up in the event by a mere hundredth of a second in 43.74 seconds, and also placed second in the 50 free after swimming the second-fastest 50 mark in EMU laurels in 20.04 seconds. In the 200 free, Moore took third in a remarkably close race in 1:35.72, the second-fastest time in EMU history as Moore is just one of two Eagles to swim below a 1:36.00 mark. The Anthem, Ariz. native also anchored four relays, all of which finished in the top four. Moore was on the EMU record-breaking 200 medley and 800 free relays that finished second overall, as well as the fastest EMU 200 free relay since 2008 and the 400 free relay that secured the Eagles’ victory, both of which took fourth in the conference. For his outstanding performances, Moore was named to the All-MAC First Team.
