Auburn, Ala. - Auburn cross country runner Ryan Kinnane was named SEC Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the league announced Wednesday.
The senior from Wichita, Kansas, earned his undergraduate degree in Spring 2023 in aviation management with a minor in business. Kinnane had a 3.95 undergraduate grade point average and is currently working on his Master of Business Administration.
It is the second year in a row that Kinnane has been named the SEC Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. He is the second men's Auburn cross country student-athlete in program history to receive the award joining Ty McCormack who won the initial award in 2014.
This season, Kinnane has been awarded SEC Runner of the Week, Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll, Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll and was the first Auburn men's cross country athlete ever to win UTSFCCCA national athlete of the week honors.
Kinnane has raced in three meets this season and was Auburn's top finisher in each meet, including a first-place finish at the Southern Showcase in the 8k with a time of 23:19.90.
The SEC also honored Ole Miss's Loral Winn who won the SEC Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The winning duo will be recognized at the SEC Cross Country Championships in Columbia, South Carolina this Friday, October 27.
This year's championships will be contested at the Charwood Golf Course with the men's 8k starting at 9:08 a.m. CT followed by the women's 6k at 9:50 a.m. CT. Both races will be televised live on the SEC Network.