SEC names Alabama nominees for McWhorter Award

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (April 10, 2023) - Grady Shiflet of the Alabama track & field team and Alyssa Shipman of the Crimson Tide softball squad have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the University of Alabama.

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 2023 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on May 2.

Highlights of Alabama's nominees include:

ATHLETE	SPORT	MAJOR
Grady Shiflet , Alabama	Track & Field	Political Science
Three-time UA Deans List Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll  USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, 2021  Four-time UA Presidents list  Holds the seventh-fastest indoor time at Alabama in the men's 800-meters NCAA Second Team All American, 2021  All-SEC Second Team, 2021  Silver medalist at the 2021 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships in the distance medley relay  Bronze Medalist at the 2021 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 800m

ATHLETE	SPORT	MAJOR
Ally Shipman, Alabama	Softball	Masters of Arts in Health Studies
Eight-time Dean's List honoree  Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll award winner  Inducted into The XXXI, an all-female honorary society at the University of Alabama that recognizes women who have shown great commitment to the University through service, leadership and character  NFCA All-South Region, 2022 All-SEC, 2022  Started 54 games during the 2022 season and accumulated 35 starts thru March of 2023

The SEC provides the league's male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year 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 announced in May, as well as honored by the league membership at SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Fla.

Last year's McWhorter Award recipients were Mississippi State football student-athlete Austin Williams and Lisa Gunnarsson of the LSU women's track & field team.