SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 has announced their top Men's Swimming & Diving Honors for the 2016-17 season and a duo of Sun Devils have earned accolades. Cameron Craig has been named Pac-12 Men's Freshman Swimmer of the Year while Bob Bowman has been named Pac-12 Men's Swimming Coach of the Year.
Craig is the first Sun Devil to earn this award while Bowman is the third in ASU history to be named Coach of the Year for men's swimming, first in 21 years (Ron Johnson, 1983; Dr. Ernie Maglischo, 1996).
As one of the nation's top recruits coming into his collegiate career, Craig has lived up to expectations for his freshman season, qualifying for the USA Swimming National Junior Team early in the season. The two-time CollegeSwimming.com Men's Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week continued improvement throughout the season, winning Pac-12 championships in multiple events (100/200 free, 400 free relay).
For his performance at Pac-12's, he was named Swimmer of the Meet for the Pac-12 Men's Swimming & Diving Championships and earned Swimming World LumaLanes' Performance of the Week.
Going into NCAA's, he had the second fastest 200 free time in the nation, eighth fastest of all time, and earned All-American honors in the 400 free relay and 200 free, also earning Honorable Mention All-America accolades in the 200 and 800 free relays and 400 medley relay.
Bowman, coach and mentor of the world's most decorated Olympian, has transformed and revitalized the Sun Devil swim program over the last two seasons, as the men's team was named most improved while the women's was named second most improved in the nation this season.
Under Bowman's direction, the ASU men's team jumped 30 spots at NCAA's from a season ago and added 98 points to their team tally, garnering the most Sun Devil men's All-American accolades since 2003. For Bowman, this is his third conference Coach of the Year title after earning two Big Ten Coach of the Year honors at Michigan.
Outside of coaching, Bowman is heavily involved in a number of community-driven swim initiatives, including his work with the Michael Phelps Foundation, which provides underserved children with water safety training and programming.
The Sun Devils have another impressive recruiting class coming to Tempe for Bowman's third season and look to continue steady and significant improvement.
Craig is the first Sun Devil to earn this award while Bowman is the third in ASU history to be named Coach of the Year for men's swimming, first in 21 years (Ron Johnson, 1983; Dr. Ernie Maglischo, 1996).
As one of the nation's top recruits coming into his collegiate career, Craig has lived up to expectations for his freshman season, qualifying for the USA Swimming National Junior Team early in the season. The two-time CollegeSwimming.com Men's Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week continued improvement throughout the season, winning Pac-12 championships in multiple events (100/200 free, 400 free relay).
For his performance at Pac-12's, he was named Swimmer of the Meet for the Pac-12 Men's Swimming & Diving Championships and earned Swimming World LumaLanes' Performance of the Week.
Going into NCAA's, he had the second fastest 200 free time in the nation, eighth fastest of all time, and earned All-American honors in the 400 free relay and 200 free, also earning Honorable Mention All-America accolades in the 200 and 800 free relays and 400 medley relay.
Bowman, coach and mentor of the world's most decorated Olympian, has transformed and revitalized the Sun Devil swim program over the last two seasons, as the men's team was named most improved while the women's was named second most improved in the nation this season.
Under Bowman's direction, the ASU men's team jumped 30 spots at NCAA's from a season ago and added 98 points to their team tally, garnering the most Sun Devil men's All-American accolades since 2003. For Bowman, this is his third conference Coach of the Year title after earning two Big Ten Coach of the Year honors at Michigan.
Outside of coaching, Bowman is heavily involved in a number of community-driven swim initiatives, including his work with the Michael Phelps Foundation, which provides underserved children with water safety training and programming.
The Sun Devils have another impressive recruiting class coming to Tempe for Bowman's third season and look to continue steady and significant improvement.