Two Gators - Alex McMurtry (above) and Caleb Chambliss - are nominees for the prestigious H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
Alex McMurtry & Caleb Chambliss Nominees for SEC McWhorter Scholarships
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 | Gymnastics, Men's Track and Field
Each receive a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship as Florida's nominee. One male and one female from the 28 nominees receive $20,000 as the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship winners.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 10, 2018) – Two Gators – track & field's Caleb Chambliss and gymnast Alex McMurtry -- are the University of Florida's nominees for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
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 SEC will name the 2018 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 26.
Highlights of Florida's nominees include:
CALEB CHAMBLISS, Men's Track and Field, Florida
Major: Psychology
ALEX McMURTRY, Gymnastics, Florida
Major: Applied Physiology & Kinesiology- Exercise Physiology
Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC official sponsor, provides the league's male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship. The 26 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 14 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla., in early June.
Three Gators have received this scholarship - Sarah Lowe (Basketball/2006); Matt Bonner (Basketball, 2003) and Janice Kerr (Gymnastics, 1989).
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 SEC will name the 2018 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 26.
Highlights of Florida's nominees include:
CALEB CHAMBLISS, Men's Track and Field, Florida
Major: Psychology
- Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member, 2015-17
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual, 2017
- Posted a 3.57 GPA for undergraduate studies
- Dean's List honoree, Spring 2017
- Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary (100 hurdles)
- Lowered his 110 hurdles personal record by 0.45 seconds as a redshirt junior
- Ran his 60 hurdles personal record (8.09) to open the 2017 indoor season
- Finished 12th in 110 hurdles at 2017 SEC Outdoor Championships
- Finished 13th in 110 hurdles at 2015 SEC Outdoor Championships
- Placed 14th in 60 hurdles at 2016 SEC Indoor Championships
- Competed at five SEC Championship meets during collegiate career
- Won the 110 hurdles title at the 2017 Hurricane Collegiate Invitational
ALEX McMURTRY, Gymnastics, Florida
Major: Applied Physiology & Kinesiology- Exercise Physiology
- NCAA Elite 90 Award, 2017
- CoSIDA Academic All-American, 2016 (third team), 2017 (first)
- Two-time SEC Scholar-Athlete of Year, 2017, 2018
- Three-time NACGC Scholastic Academic All-American, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2016, 2017, 2018
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, 2015
- 3.98 grade point average
- Honda Award for gymnastics, 2017
- 18-time All-American (10 NCAA / 8 NACGC Regular Season)
- NCAA Champion in All-Around & Uneven Bars, 2017
- SEC Gymnast (2017) and SEC Event Specialist Gymnast (2018) of the Year
- Six-time SEC champion (2018 vault, uneven bars; 2017 all-around, floor exercise; 2016 beam, 2015 vault)
- Four-time All-SEC, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC official sponsor, provides the league's male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship. The 26 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 14 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla., in early June.
Three Gators have received this scholarship - Sarah Lowe (Basketball/2006); Matt Bonner (Basketball, 2003) and Janice Kerr (Gymnastics, 1989).
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