Head diving coach Jeff Shaffer was named SEC Male Diving Coach of the Year... ... while...
Head diving coach Jeff Shaffer was named SEC Male Diving Coach of the Year...
... while three student-athletes earned SEC honors, the league office announced.
Senior Kelly Marx was named Male Diver of the Year, Thad Ellis earned Male Freshman Diver of the Year and Jordan Anderson was named Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year.
The Auburn men picked up its SEC-record 14th-straight conference title on Saturday, defeating Florida 784-765.
The honor marks the fifth time Shaffer has been named SEC Coach of the Year, having earned the award four times as the men’s coach and one as the coach of the LSU women’s team. He previously won the award in 2008 after he led Marx to a title on the one-meter springboard and Dan Mazzaferro to the win on the platform. In all, his divers at Auburn have won 14 total SEC titles and nine NCAA titles.