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Posted: May 26, 2020 7:35 AMUpdated: May 26, 2020 8:35 AM

Downey is KU Scholar Athlete of The Year

 

A former Bartlesville High Lady Bruin swimmer continues to take in some out-of-the-pool awards.

Congrats to former Lady Bruin Haley Downey, who was honored as the University of Kansas Dr. Robert Frederick Senior Scholar Women’s Athlete of the Year.

Downey was recognized as the top senior scholar-athletes in a press release from KU over the weekend. Jayhawk basketball star Udoka Azubuke was the men’s winner.

This is the latest in a long list of accomplishments.

Downey was the 2020 Big 12’s Women’s Swimming and Diving Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year. The Bartlesville, Okla., native finished the 2019-20 season with 15 top-five individual finishes. Included was a second-place outcome in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.81) and a four-place result in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.30) at the 2020 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships as she helped lead KU to a runner-up finish.

Additionally, Downey set a personal-best time of 2:00.50 and a fifth-place result in the 200-yard individual medley at the league championship.

A three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection, Downey graduated from KU in May 2020 with a degree in exercise science and pre-physical therapy and she recorded a 4.0 grade point average her senior year. Additionally, Downey was the 2019-20 Team Academic Award honoree and recipient of the 2020 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, which is the highest academic honor presented by the Big 12.

Downey was a 2016 graduate of Bartlesville High.

She was one of four former Lady Bruin swimmers on KU’s roster this past winter, joining Erin Downey, Greta Olsen and Kate Steward

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