Joe Patching of the Auburn men’s swimming and diving team and Kasey Cooper of the Tiger softball team have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the Auburn University.
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 Southeastern Conference will name the 2017 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 27.
Highlights of Auburn’s nominees include:
Joe Patching, Men’s Swimming & Diving, Auburn
Major: Business
• Will earn his Bachelor’s degree from the College of Business in May 2017
• Dean’s List Fall 2014, Spring 2016 & Fall 2016
• Regions Bank Scholarship
• Chi Alpha Sigma Athletic Honors Society
• Financial Management Association Honors Society
• Auburn record holder in the 200- and the 400-yard IMs
• Owns 8 of the top 10 200-yard IM performances in school history
• Owns 6 of the top 10 400-yard IM performances in school history
• Was a part of the Auburn record-setting 800-yard free relay at the 2017 NCAA Championships
• Third-fastest performer in school history in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes
• Fourth-fastest performer in school history in the 200-yard freestyle
• Earned five All-America honors in 2017 to finish his career with 16 total
• Finished career with 51 dual meet individual victories, with 17 of in senior season
• Two-time SEC Community Service Team honoree
Kasey Cooper, Softball, Auburn
Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Expected to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Mechanical Engineering
• Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Dean’s List (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• NCAA Elite 90 Award Recipient
• CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
• SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2016)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• United States Women’s National Team member (2016, 2017)
• espnW National Player of the Year (2016)
• NFCA First Team All-America
• SEC Player of the Year (2016)
• All-SEC First Team (2015, 2016)
• Second player in SEC history to achieve 250 hits and 250 RBI in a career
• USA Softball Top 50 Watch List (2016, 2017)
• Holds Auburn career records in home runs, RBI, on-base percentage and slugging percentage
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 $15,000 post-graduate scholarship.