BATON ROUGE, La. – The SEC office recognized LSU diving coach Drew Livingston and diver Montserrat Gutierrez Lavenant on Wednesday as the SEC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year and SEC Female Diver of the Year, respectively, for their accomplishments during the 2023-24 collegiate season.
Livingston was named the SEC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Just in his second year with the Tigers, Livingston has led LSU to two runner-up finishes at the NCAA Championships, two SEC titles, two SEC silver medalists, four SEC bronze medalists, seven NCAA All-American finishes, and three All-SEC honors.
“It is an honor to be considered the SEC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year,” Livingston said. In truth, this is a team award and a reflection of the quality of our women’s program. Maggie Buckley, Helle Tuxen, and Montse Lavenant all stepped up in big moments this year and showed why LSU has the strongest women’s diving program in the most competitive conference in the country. I consider it a privilege to coach these fantastic athletes. This is their award.”
Gutierrez Lavenant led the Tigers this season with her second career NCAA runner-up finish. Lavenant claimed second on platform with a final score of 304.70. She also won her second career SEC Championship on the three-meter springboard with a final score of 359.70. Lavenant podiumed on each event, placing second on platform (304.80) and third on one meter (310.55).
At the SEC Championships, Lavenant was named the Female Diver of the Meet for her accomplishments on the boards and the tower. This honor for Lavenant marks the first time since 2008 that a Tiger has been named the SEC Female Diver of the Year. Lavenant was named the SEC Freshman Diver of the Year in 2021.
“Congratulations to Montse for earning SEC Diver of the Year,” Livingston said. “It speaks volumes about her growth as a student-athlete. Montse has always touted herself as a ‘platform specialist,’ but she won this award because of her commitment to become an all-around diver. Her improvement showed on all three events at the SEC Championships and NCAA Championships. She was one of two divers in the entire country to score on all three boards at NCAAs. Montse deserves this recognition, and I’m proud of everything she continues to accomplish for LSU.”
At NCAAs, she was one of two divers to score in each event. In addition to her second-place finish on platform, she placed 13th on one meter (283.95) and sixth on three-meter (305.40). In the NCAA Zone D diving regional, Lavenant broke her school record on platform, improving her career best from 347.00 to 349.20.
Lavenant was one of four divers Livingston coached to an appearance at the NCAA Championships. The quartet earned five NCAA All-American honors for their performances at the national meet.
On top of the national awards, four Tigers earned All-SEC honors. For the All-SEC teams, the First Team consists of the top finisher in each event at the SEC Championships, and the Second Team consists of the second and third-place finishers in each event. The All-Freshman Teams consist of any redshirt or true freshman who finished either in the top eight or is the highest-scoring freshman of each event at the SEC Championships, excluding relay events. The full list is below:
All-SEC First Team
Men
Scotty Buff, Florida
Adam Chaney, Florida
Ed Fullum-Hout, Florida
Conor Gesing, Florida
Josh Liendo, Florida
Jonny Marshall, Florida
Macguire McDuff, Florida
Jake Mitchell, Florida
Aleksas Savickas, Florida
Julian Smith, Florida
Andrew Taylor, Florida
Jake Magahey, Georgia
Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Martin Espernberger, Tennessee
Bryden Hattie, Tennessee
Baylor Nelson, Texas A&M
Victor Povzner, Texas A&M
Alex Sanchez, Texas A&M
Women
Micayla Cronk, Florida
Isabel Ivey, Florida
Lainy Kruger, Florida
Molly Mayne, Florida
Camyla Monroy, Florida
Olivia Peoples, Florida
Aris Runnels. Florida
Bella Sims, Florida
Emma Weyant, Florida
Abby McCulloh, Georgia
Montserrat Lavenant, LSU
Brooklyn Douthwright, Tennessee
Josephine Fuller, Tennessee
Mona McSharry, Tennessee
Camille Spink, Tennessee
Joslyn Oakley, Texas A&M
All-SEC Second Team
Men
Kaique Alves, Alabama
Charlie Hawke, Alabama
Tim Korstanje, Alabama
Zarek Wilson, Alabama
Henry Bethel, Auburn
Michael Bonson, Auburn
Ryan Husband, Auburn
Sohib Khaled, Auburn
Kalle Makinen, Auburn
Mason Mathias, Auburn
Danny Schmidt, Auburn
Aidan Stoffle, Auburn
Nathaniel Stoffle, Auburn
Logan Tirheimer, Auburn
Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero, Florida
Giovanni Linscheer, Florida
Bradley Dunham, Georgia
Ian Grum, Georgia
Zach Hils, Georgia
Tomas Koski, Georgia
Levi Sandidge, Kentucky
Carson Paul, LSU
Collier Dyer, Missouri
Jan Zubik, Missouri
Nikoli Blackman, Tennessee
Micah Chambers, Tennessee
Flynn Crisci, Tennessee
Bjoern Kammann, Tennessee
Harrison Lierz, Tennessee
Guilherme Santos, Tennessee
Allen Bottego, Texas A&M
Connor Foote, Texas A&M
Rhett Hensley, Texas A&M
Women
Avery Wiseman, Alabama
Lawson Ficken, Auburn
Lisa Klevanovich, Auburn
Meghan Lee, Auburn
Stasya Makarova, Auburn
Lexie Mulvihill, Auburn
Emma Steckiel, Auburn
Ashlynn Sullivan, Auburn
Zoe Dixon, Florida
Shea Furse, Georgia
Zoie Hartman, Georgia
Helena Jones, Georgia
Eboni McCarty, Georgia
Sloane Reinstein, Georgia
Bri Roberson, Georgia
Rachel Stege, Georgia
Kamryn Wong, Missouri
Greta Pelzek, South Carolina
Emelie Fast, Tennessee
Katie Mack, Tennessee
Julia Mrozinski, Tennessee
Amber Myers, Tennessee
Jasmine Rumley, Tennessee
Sara Stotler, Tennessee
Giulia Goerigk, Texas A&M
Miranda Grana, Texas A&M
Bobbi Kennett, Texas A&M
Hayden Miller, Texas A&M
Chloe Stepanek, Texas A&M
Olivia Theall, Texas A&M
All-Freshman Team
Men
Tommy Hagar, Alabama
Scotty Buff, Florida
Conor Gesing, Florida
Jonny Marshall, Florida
Sean Sullivan, Florida
Andrew Taylor, Florida
Tomas Koski, Georgia
Carson Hick, Kentucky
Jere Hribar, LSU
Jovan Lekic, LSU
Raymond Prosinski, South Carolina
Logan Brown, Texas A&M
Women
Sydney Sanders, Alabama
Gaby Van Brunt, Alabama
Catherine Choate, Florida
Lainy Kruger, Florida
Molly Mayne, Florida
Carly Meeting, Florida
Camyla Monroy, Florida
Julia Podkoscielny, Florida
Jo Jo Ramey, Florida
Bella Sims, Florida
Helena Jones, Georgia
Madilyn McGlothen, Kentucky
Emelie Fast, Tennessee
Camille Spink, Tennessee
Miranda Grana, Texas A&M