CANTON, Ga. – A duo of Millsaps men's and women's swimming and diving student-athletes were named to the 2024-25 Southern Athletic Association Swimming & Diving All-Sportsmanship Teams. Junior Ben Anderson and senior Chloee Beebe were selected by the Majors, announced by the SAA office on Wednesday.
Formed in 2011, the SAA places a special emphasis on good sportsmanship and fair play amongst all competitors.
Majoring in economics, Anderson was named to the 2024-25 Swimming and Diving All-SAA Sportsmanship Team after an outstanding season.
Anderson secured All-SAA Second Team honors in the 50-yard freestyle by covering the race in 21.05 seconds. He followed with a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (46.68) at the conference championship meet.
The Estes Park, Colo., native was twice named the SAA Men's Swimming Athlete of the Week after a strong finish against the University of Montevallo in October and again in January after strong performances against Centenary College.
Anderson has made Club-40 three times and the Spring SAA Academic Honor Roll twice to date.
Finishing strong behind Anderson, Beebe stood out on the 2024-25 SAA Swimming and Diving All-Sportsmanship team as well.
The Slidell, La., native has made the SAA Academic Honor Roll seven times thus far while also being a member of the Millsaps women's soccer team.
On Jan. 17, she finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:14.46) and also led the way in the 100-yard butterfly (1:07.73) against Centenary College. She helped the Majors secure a 102-78 triumph over the Ladies.
Majoring in biology and spanish with a minor in chemistry, she has conducted research on box turtles, crawfish and performed an honors project on unknown scorpion species.
While on campus, Beebe is a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority, ODK, AED, Tri-Beta, Sigma Phi Eta and Sigma Delta Pi.
During the summer of 2024, she shadowed at Kryder & Harr Vet Clinic while studying abroad in Yucatan, Mexico.
After graduation Beebe plans to attend graduate school to study veterinarian medicine.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
