SEC Announces 2025-26 Swimming & Diving Awards

by SwimSwam 3

April 15th, 2026 College, News, SEC

Courtesy: SEC Sports

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 15, 2026) – The Southeastern Conference announced the annual men’s and women’s swimming & diving awards to conclude the 2025-26 season.

For the All-SEC Teams, the First Team consists of the top finisher in each event at the SEC Championships, the Second Team consists of the second-place finishers, and the Third Team consists of the third-place finishers. The All-Freshman Team consist of any redshirt or true freshman who finished either in the top eight or was the highest scoring freshman of each event at the SEC Championships, excluding relay events.

The complete list of the 2025-26 SEC Swimming & Diving All-SEC Awards is as follows:

Award Winner
Male Swimmer of the Year: Josh Liendo, Florida
Male Newcomer Co-Swimmers of the Year: Sean Niewold, Alabama and Cale Martter, Georgia
Male Freshmen Swimmer of the Year: Ahmed Jaouadi, Florida
Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Anthony Nesty, Florida
Male Diver of the Year: Bennett Greene, Tennessee
Male Freshman Diver of the Year: Emilio Trevino, Texas A&M
Men’s Diving Coach of the Year: Bryan Gillooly, Florida
Female Swimmer of the Year: Camille Spink, Tennessee
Female Newcomer Swimmer of the Year: Harriet Rogers, Arkansas
Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Kennedi Dobson, Georgia
Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Carol Capitani, Texas
Female Diver of the Year: Sophie Verzyl, South Carolina
Female Freshmen Diver of the Year: Desharne Bent-Ashmeil, Tennessee
Women’s Diving Coach of the Year: Juan Estevez, South Carolina

All-SEC First Team

Men

Women

All-SEC Second Team

Men

Women

All-SEC Third Team

Men

Women

All-Freshman Team

Men

Women

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MigBike
2 months ago

Congratulations to all athletes!

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2 months ago

How is Cooper Lucas not make any of these?

Crooked lane lines
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2 months ago

Did he place top 3 in anything at SEC?