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 ba
🏊♀️ Manning Named Big 12 Women s Swimming & Diving Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Kansas Jayhawks
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🏊♀️ Manon Manning Set for NCAA Swimming Championships on Friday
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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Committee announced the qualifiers for the 2021 NCAA Division I women’s swimming and diving championships on Wednesday, which will take place from March 17-20 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kansas senior Manon Manning qualified in the 100-yard backstroke for the first time in her career.
Manning becomes the latest Jayhawk to qualify for the swim portion of the championships since Dewi Blose qualified in 2020 in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke. The 2020 Championships were later canceled due to COVID.
Manning was recently crowned the Big 12 Champion in the women’s 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 1:55.57 to earn her first-career Big 12 title and become the first Jayhawk to win the Big 12 Championship in the event.