Alex McMurtry picks up her second consecutive Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor.
Alex McMurtry Repeats as SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Saturday, March 24, 2018 | Gymnastics
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She owns a 3.98 grade point average in Applied Physiology & Kinesiology- Exercise Physiology
By: Mary Howard
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – University of Florida senior Alex McMurtry repeats as the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The league office announced the honor Saturday afternoon before the No. 5 Florida gymnastics team takes to the competition floor for the SEC Championships in the Chaifetz Arena.
A vote of the league coaches determines the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
This is Florida's third SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the 15-year history of the award. McMurtry is the first to claim the honor in consecutive seasons. Rebekah Zaiser (who is now Dr. Blickendorf after graduating from medical school) was Florida's first to claim the honor in 2008.
Owns a 3.98 grade point average in Applied Physiology & Kinesiology- Exercise Physiology
2017 NCAA Elite 90 Award recipient (given to student-athlete with top grade point average at each of the NCAA's 90 championship events)
2017 Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America At-Large first team and 2016 third team
Three-time National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC) Scholastic All-American (2015, 2016, 2017)
Academic All-SEC as a sophomore and junior; SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2015
Alex McMurtry (left) repeats as the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete for gymnastics. She is the second Gator gymnast to earn the honor in the award's 15-year history and first to repeat.
McMurtry is the defending NCAA and SEC all-around champion. Last year, she became the fifth Gator to claim both SEC Athlete and Scholar-Athlete awards for a sport in Florida Athletics history. She claimed the 2017 Honda Award as collegiate gymnastics top athlete.
Earlier this season, McMurtry completed her 'Gym Slam' with her 10.0 on balance beam versus Oklahoma. She is the second Gator and the 10th in NCAA history to earn a 10.0 for each of the four events. In her last performance on March 9, she equaled Florida's all-around best of 39.825 to give her a share of every Gator scoring record. McMurtry's 21 event titles leads the Gators in 2018.
Later Tonight:
Florida seeks its 11th league title at the SEC Championships Saturday in St. Louis' Chaifetz Arena.
Competition is in two sessions – seeds 5-8 compete at 3 p.m. ET and seeds 1-4 compete at 7 p.m. ET. Results from the two sessions combine to determine team and individual standings.
Both SEC Gymnastics Championships sessions are televised live.
