Ball State University Athletics
Men's Swim & Dive Holds Annual Awards Banquet
March 21, 2016 | Men's Swimming and Diving
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State men's swimming and diving team held its annual team awards banquet Sunday evening at the Knights of Columbus. Individual awards and scholarships were given to team members for their contributions over the course of the 2015-16 season.
After serving as co-captain for the 2015-16 campaign with senior Cole Smith, junior Tanner Barton was named as co-captain for the upcoming 2016-17 school year with junior Jacob Eckert as well.
Barton also earned the Mental Attitude award, Doug Coers Memorial Scholarship, and the Academic Award for his 4.0 average, while Eckert was named as Most Improved.
Other standouts included junior JD Middleton, who earned the Dave and Sandy Spade Scholarship and Zach Reichle, who was named Outstanding Freshman, while Smith was awarded Most Valuable for the 2015-16 season.
There were also High Point Awards given to Smith (Swimming, Sprint Freestyle), freshman Lane Sawyer (Diving), sophomore Isaac Walling (Distance Freestyle), Reichle (Breaststroke), sophomore Nate Slack (Backstroke), Barton (Butterfly) and Eckert (IM).
Team Awards 2015-16:
Mental Attitude: Tanner Barton
Most Valuable: Cole Smith
Most Improved: Jacob Eckert
Outstanding Freshman: Zach Reichle
Team Captains 2016-17: Tanner Barton & Jacob Eckert
Academic Award: Tanner Barton 4.0 GPA
Scholarship Awards:
Doug Coers Memorial Scholarship: Tanner Barton
Dave and Sandy Spade Scholarship: JD Middleton
High Point Awards:
High Point Swimming: Cole Smith
High Point Diving: Lane Sawyer
Sprint Freestyle: Cole Smith
Distance Freestyle: Isaac Walling
Breaststroke: Zach Reichle
Backstroke: Nate Slack
Butterfly: Tanner Barton
Individual Medley: Jacob Eckert
