LAWRENCE, Kan. – Swimmer Manon Manning and baseball pitcher Jonah Ulane were named Kansas’ Dr. Robert Frederick Senior Scholar Athletes of the Year, Kansas athletics recently announced.
Manning and Ulane were recognized as the top senior scholar-athletes and given the award named Robert E. Frederick, former Director of Athletics and Professor at the University of Kansas. The award pays tribute to Dr. Frederick’s dedication to the excellence at KU and was named in his honor when he retired as the Director of Athletics in 2001.
Manning was the 2021 Big 12’s Women’s Swimming and Diving Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year. The Sellingen, Netherlands native finished the 2020-21 season with 23 top-four individual finishes. Included was a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:55.57) at the 2021 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships a she helped lead KU to a runner-up finish. Additionally, Manning qualified for the NCAA Swim Championships in both the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes.