Arkansas trio earns SEC awards

Brooke Schultz competes at FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 20, 2017. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

The University of Arkansas swimming and diving team swept the SEC weekly awards announced Tuesday. Sophomore Brooke Schultz was named Diver of the Week, Vanessa Hermann was selected Freshman of the Week, and junior Anna Hopkin was tabbed the Co-Swimmer of the Week.

Schultz set the 3-meter (391.43) pool record as well as the 1-meter (375.53) school and pool records in her springboard sweep against No. 25 Houston over the weekend. Her 1-meter score was a personal best, and both scores were the highest of any SEC diver for the week. This is her fifth weekly honor of the season.

Herrmann finished in the top three in all four events in which she competed, winning the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Both times were the fastest of any SEC freshman swimmer and were top-20 times in the NCAA for the week.

Hopkin won the four events she competed in and had the fastest times of the week in the SEC for the 100 and 200 freestyle. Her 400 freestyle relay time of 3:22.99 with teammates Kobie Melton, Molly More, and Kiera Michailoff-Russell was the second-fastest in the NCAA and fastest in the SEC.

Arkansas team recognized

The Arkansas swimming and diving team has been named a College Swimming Coaches Association of America Division I Scholar All-America Team, the organization announced Tuesday.

The award is in recognition of teams that achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the 2018 fall semester. Arkansas had 11 student-athletes who recorded a 4.0 GPA in the fall semester. Arkansas has recorded a team GPA above 3.50 for the eighth consecutive semester.