Courtesy: SEC Sports
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (April 21, 2025) – Taylor Williams of the Missouri women’s swimming and diving team and Noah Surtin of the Tigers’ wrestling team have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the University of Missouri.
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 2025 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 30.
Highlights of Missouri’s nominees include:
TAYLOR WILLIAMS, Missouri, Swimming & Diving
Major: Health Science with an emphasis in Health and Wellness Services
- SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2024, 2023, 2022
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, 2021-22
- Mizzou Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Co-President, 2024-25
- NCAA Qualifier in the 100 Fly and 200 Fly, 2024
- 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
NOAH SURTIN, Missouri, Wrestling
Major: Master of Science and business (Bachelor of Health and Science in 2023)
- Four-time NWCA Scholar All-American, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
- Three-time Academic All-Big 12, 2024, 2023, 2022
- Academic All-MAC, 2021
- Two-time College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District, 2024, 2023
- Four-time NCAA Qualifier, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
- Two-time conference finalist
- Owns a 66-30 career record with a .427 bonus-point rate
- Ben Askren Most Falls Award, 2022-23
ABOUT THE MCWHORTER AWARDS
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 30 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 16 SEC institutions and are announced in April, as well as honored by the league membership in late May at SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Fla.
Last year’s McWhorter Award recipients were Lukas Engelhardt of the Ole Miss men’s tennis team and Elizabeth Franklin of the Razorbacks’ women’s soccer team.
