Not Done Yet: Seidt Named a 2021 NCAA Top 10 Honoree

The next launch, written by Cami Moore, was initially printed on ukathletics.com.

INDIANAPOLIS – Kentucky native Asia Seidt continues to make her residence state proud, because the College of Kentucky alumna swimmer has been named a 2021 NCAA In the present day’s Prime 10 honoree, changing into one in all 10 recipients chosen by the NCAA Honors Committee. The distinguished award comes simply greater than a month after she was named the 2020 NCAA Girl of the Yr, Kentucky’s first honor of that sort.

The NCAA In the present day’s Prime 10 award acknowledges former student-athletes for his or her successes on the sphere, within the classroom and in the neighborhood. Recipients might be acknowledged throughout a digital Honors Celebration awards present on Wednesday, January 13. The present might be streamed at 7 p.m. ET on the NCAA Twitter account and on the ESPN app.

The honorees are chosen by the NCAA Honors Committee, composed of representatives of NCAA member faculties, conferences and distinguished residents, together with previous awardees.

Earlier than 2013, the award acknowledged eight student-athletes and was generally known as In the present day’s Prime VIII. The NCAA Honors Committee expanded the award to incorporate 10 honorees to acknowledge the rising variety of school athletes, sports activities and championship alternatives. This 12 months’s recipients competed in 10 sports activities, together with one rising sport.

Of all swimmers and divers – male or feminine – who’ve ever come by the Kentucky swimming and diving program, Seidt holds essentially the most data. Seidt has earned extra All-America honors, NCAA Championship podium finishes, Southeastern Convention Championship medals and All-SEC First Group alternatives than any UK swimmer or diver, man or girl, who has come earlier than her.

In the meantime, Seidt maintained a four.zero cumulative grade-point common and earned a Bachelor of Science diploma in kinesiology with the best honors. She is at present attending UK’s Bodily Remedy Graduate Program.

In her (practically 4) years at Kentucky, the Louisville native has earned 21 All-America honors, 15 SEC Championship medals, eight NCAA Championship podium finishes, 4 convention titles, one USA Swimming Summer season Nationals gold medal and one World College Video games silver medal.

Seidt holds 5 particular person faculty data, was twice named to the USA Swimming Nationwide Group, twice certified for Group USA Olympic Trials, was 3 times named to the All-SEC First Group, is the 2019 ELITE 90 recipient, the 2019 Arthur Ashe Feminine Sports activities Scholar of the Yr, the 2020 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Yr and the 2020 CoSIDA At-Giant Scholar-Athlete of the Yr.

One week forward of the canceled 2020 NCAA Championships, Seidt had three particular person occasions ranked within the nation’s prime seven, together with her finest occasion, the 200 backstroke, itemizing third within the nation with a seed time (1:48.86, 2020 SEC Championships) that wasn’t even her profession finest (1:48.65, 2019 NCAA Championships).

An inventory of her accomplishments is as follows:

• 2021 NCAA In the present day’s Prime 10 Award honoree
• 2020 NCAA Girl of the Yr four.zero GPA, B.S. in kinesiology
• 2020 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Yr
• 2020 CoSIDA At-Giant Feminine Pupil-Athlete of the Yr
• 2016, 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
• 21-time All-American, together with eight-time First Group All-American
• 2019 Gold Medalist at Phillips 66 Nationwide Championships in 200 Backstroke
• 2019 Silver Medalist at Phillips 66 Nationwide Championships in 400 Medley Relay
• 2019 Silver Medalist at World College Video games (Group USA) in 200 Backstroke
• 2019 NCAA Elite 90 recipient
• 2019 Arthur Ashe Feminine Sports activities Scholar of the Yr
• 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports activities Students First Group
• 2019 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Yr
• 2017-18, 2018-19 USA Swimming Nationwide Group
• 2018, 2019 U.S. World College Video games Group
• 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 NCAA qualifier
• 2017, 2018, 2019 All-SEC First Group, 2020 All-SEC Second Group, 2017 SEC All-Freshman Group
• 2017, 2018, 2019 SEC Champion in 200 Backstroke
• 2018 SEC Champion in 100 Backstroke
• 5-time silver medalist at SEC Championships
• Six-time bronze medalist at SEC Championships
• 2020 Frank G. Ham Society of Character
• 2017 SEC Freshman Feminine Swimmer of the Yr
• 2019, 2020 CoSIDA Educational All-America First Group
• 2018, 2019, 2020 CoSIDA Educational All-District First Group
• 2018, 2019, 2020 SEC Winter Educational Honor Roll
• 2017 SEC First-Yr Educational Honor Roll
• 2017, 2018, 2019 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Group
• Volunteered over 450 hours shadowing
• Volunteered over 200 hours to neighborhood service, together with The Hope Heart, Kentucky Aquatics and Massive Brothers Massive Sisters of the Bluegrass

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