BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb. 22, 2023)—–Georgia’s Matthew Boling and Alabama’s Mercy Chelangat have been named the SEC Indoor Monitor and Discipline Scholar-Athletes of the 12 months by a vote of the league head coaches.

Boling holds a 3.40 grade level common and is a senior majoring in enterprise administration. He was voted CoSIDA (now CSC) Educational All-District in 2022 and was a 3rd staff Educational All-American in 2021. Boling was the recipient of the 2021 SEC Males’s Indoor Monitor & Discipline Scholar-Athlete of the 12 months award and was a USTFCCCA All-Educational honoree.

A local of Houston, Texas, Boling is ranked fifth nationally along with his altitude adjusted 20.49 to win the 200-meter sprint on the Texas Tech Open. He received the 300m on the Clemson Invitational after clocking a faculty report 32.40, which made him the No. 3 all-time collegiate performer with the No. 4 all-time collegiate efficiency.

Chelangat holds a 3.85 grade level common and earned a level in public well being in Might 2022. She is at present pursuing a second diploma in communication. Chelangat has earned CoSIDA Educational All-American accolades and was named the 2020-21 USTFCCCA Nationwide Cross Nation Scholar-Athlete of the 12 months and the 2021 SEC Girls’s Cross Nation Scholar-Athlete of the 12 months.

A local of Kericho, Kenya, Chelangat is ranked third within the 5000m with a time of 15:18.12 on the Boston College Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener. She can be No. 8 nationally within the 3000m with a time of 8:54.50 on the a hundred and fifteenth Millrose Video games earlier this season.

The 2023 SEC Championships will happen Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.