BIRMINGHAM -- Senior freestyler Chloe Stepanek was named the SEC Women's Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career, the league office announced Friday during the SEC Championship meet.
Stepanek boasts a 4.0 grade point average in biomedical sciences, while ranking among the best in the nation in the 100 and 200 free. She is a CSCAA Scholar All-American and a nine-time All-American in the pool. She was the 2023 Bill Erwin TAMU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and has also been named to the Athletics Director Honor Roll, Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll and First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. A native of Northport, New York, Stepanek holds the school record in the 200 free (1:42.40), as well as the fourth-fastest time in program history in the 100 free (47.78) and 50 free (22.06). She has earned four individual medals at SEC Championships, claiming a bronze medal in the 200 free this week. Stepanek is a three-time recipient of A&M's Most Valuable Swimmer award, while also earning a spot on the 2021, 2022 and 2023 All-SEC Second Team and the 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team. She has already clocked a qualifying time for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials and previously competed at the 2021 Trials.
Stepanek became the third Aggie earn the award a season ago, joining Lisa Bratton (2018) and Sarah Gibson (2017), and is the only A&M swimmer or diver to be honored multiple times. She also helped A&M earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors this year for the 39th time under head coach Steve Bultman.
Stepanek boasts a 4.0 grade point average in biomedical sciences, while ranking among the best in the nation in the 100 and 200 free. She is a CSCAA Scholar All-American and a nine-time All-American in the pool. She was the 2023 Bill Erwin TAMU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and has also been named to the Athletics Director Honor Roll, Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll and First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. A native of Northport, New York, Stepanek holds the school record in the 200 free (1:42.40), as well as the fourth-fastest time in program history in the 100 free (47.78) and 50 free (22.06). She has earned four individual medals at SEC Championships, claiming a bronze medal in the 200 free this week. Stepanek is a three-time recipient of A&M's Most Valuable Swimmer award, while also earning a spot on the 2021, 2022 and 2023 All-SEC Second Team and the 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team. She has already clocked a qualifying time for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials and previously competed at the 2021 Trials.
Stepanek became the third Aggie earn the award a season ago, joining Lisa Bratton (2018) and Sarah Gibson (2017), and is the only A&M swimmer or diver to be honored multiple times. She also helped A&M earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors this year for the 39th time under head coach Steve Bultman.