Frank Erwin
1931 Joe Turner wins the Best Water-Man Cup . This cup is given annual to the best all round swimmer by the Texas Book Store. Athlete must be efficient in all water sports including diving to qualify.
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Skippy Browning | Diving | 1950-1952
The six-time diving All-American posted a three-year unbeaten streak in dual meet competitions while competing for the Longhorns. Browning won two NCAA and Southwest Conference titles while helping Texas win three-straight SWC titles and earned Diver of the Year accoladed in 1951 and 1952. He was a gold medalist in the 3-meter springboard in the 1952 Olympics and was the first of the long list of Longhorns to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Rick Carey | Swimming | 1982-1984
The five-time NCAA champion won three-straight titles in the 200 backstroke, while setting NCAA records each time. He helped Texas win SWC Championships from 1982-84. His Olympic career was highlighted by a pair of gold medals in the 1984 games with American records in both events. A decade letter, Carey was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Ian Crocker | Swimming | 2000-2004
Crocker was known as one of the most dominant butterfly swimmers leading Texas to a pair of NCAA team titles, 10 NCAA Individual titles, 24 All-America honors, 21 Big 12 titles and was tabbed as the 2004 CSCAA Swimmer of the Year. Crocker was also a three-time Olympic gold medalist and held the 100m butterfly world record for six years.
Troy Dumais | Diving. | 1999-2002
Dumais is the lone Longhorn to be a four-time Olympian for the United States, bring home a bronze medal in the 3-meter synchronized springboard at the 2012 London Games. While in Austin, he was a seven-time NCAA Champion and earned All-America honors four-straight seasons and was the first diver in NCAA history to claim four consecutive titles on the 3-meter springboard.
Townley Haas | Swimming | 2016-2019
Among his 10 NCAA titles, six of them were in individual events while helping Texas win four relays at the NCAA Championships. During his time, no one could stop Haas in the 200 freestyles, winning three-straight titles in the event. The 17-time All-American was the first man under 1:31 in the 200 free and two years later, established the NCAA, American and US Open records at 1:39.50. To add to the list, Haas is an Olympic gold medalist in the 800 freestyle relay team.
Brendan Hansen | Swimming | 2001-2004
There was no beating Hansen in the breaststroke during his collegiate tenure. Hansen was the first, and is still the only, to go eight-for-eight in NCAA breaststroke events. He helped Texas to five relay titles and three team titles, before being named the CSCAA Swimmer of the Year in 2003 with NCAA records in the 100 and 200 backstroke. He was also a three-time Olympic gold medalist .
Will Licon | Swimming| 2014-2017
With 11 national titles under his belt, seven individual and four relay, Licon left the Longhorns with a lasting legacy. He earned 15 All-American honors and captured 12 Big 12 titles, held six Big 12 records and set NCAA, American and US Open records in the breaststroke in the 200 breaststroke at the 2016 NCAA Championships.
Joseph Schooling | Swimming | 2015-2018
In his time with the Longhorns, Schooling won four individual NNCAA titles in the butterfly and seven All-American honors. In his sophomore season, he set NCAA and US Open records in both butterfly events and shared CSCAA Swimmer of the Year honors with his teammates Caeleb Dressell and Ryann Murphy. He became Singapore's first-ever Olympic gold medalist when we won the 100 butterfly with the Olympic record.
Frank Erwin Award Winners
The Frank Erwin Award was established In 1975 by Tex Robertson to honor outstanding individual achievement and contribution to Longhorn swimming and diving. The first recipient was, of course, Frank Erwin himself.
What does it mean to be a Texas Longhorn Swimmer? By Philip Nenon, ’79 – ‘82
Article is from the "WETS" newsletter
Phillip Nenon
When asked earlier this week to share my thoughts on this question, I found it both easy and very difficult. I’d spent time thinking about this topic with Kris’ retirement announcement. So I sit here now with a mix of emotions extremely happy for Kris and grateful for his (and Eddie’s) tremendous impact on me as an ex-athlete, person and even parent. But also a strange mix of excitement and some anxiety for coming changes with Texas Swimming since it remains important to me and generations of former UT swimmers.
Now the hard part of boiling down into a few words this question of what does it mean to be a Texas Longhorn Swimmer after this interesting week.
Accomplishment: Every one of the roughly 70 young men and women that jump in the pool every season day-in and day-out, come away with a sense of accomplishment. Some end up being Olympic gold medalists individually and national champions as a team. But the accomplishment is the same for the 35th swimmer on the roster struggling to make the traveling team or qualify for a championship time cut who put in the effort, improved their times, and helped push and inspire their teammates. Texas Swimming ingrained in all of us the recognition and appreciation for accomplishment for both self and team, which may be the greatest gift that can be imparted.
Rest of Phillips insightful article continues after the photos
Other things being a Texas Longhorn Swimmer mean to me: Embracing learning and welcoming criticism.
Learning to handle failure as well as success. Helping build a legacy that is continually rebuilt by those that follow. And transitioning my passion from “doing” swimming to contribute by watching and supporting.
Finally, the lingering satisfaction of jumping back in the pool to work out (even after a 25-year gap), not to relive past glories but simply to enjoy being an “old geezer” paddling along for the same physical and emotional benefits you got as a kid leading you to the Texas Swim Center, resulting in lessons and relationships that last a lifetime.
Well said!!! Philip was an all-American, member of the 1981 National Championship team and Captain of the 1982 team. He rarely misses an NCAA championship meet and is undoubtedly one of our most loyal WETS and Longhorn swimming and diving supporters. Hook’em!
Brendan Hansen induction speech to the TSDHOF is below.
http://www.tsdhof.org/brendan-hansen
2019 Ricky Berens is inducted into the Texas swimming and Diving Hall of Fame.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Berens won the gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Peter Vanderkaay, setting a new world record of 6:58.56.
Berens swam the third leg of the 4×100-meter freestyle preliminaries at the 2009 World Championships in Rome and earned a gold medal when the U.S. team placed first in the final. Berens also swam in both the preliminaries and final of the 4×200-meter freestyle, which won gold.[4] In the final, Berens swam the second leg in 1:44.13, the second fastest split from anyone in the event.
Nate Dusing came to Texas as an outstanding age group and high school swimmer, setting multiple age group national records as a butterflier and was named the 1997 USA High School Swimmer of the Year. He went on to become one of the University of Texas’s most versatile and outstanding swimmers. Nate was a member of two NCAA Championship teams (2000, 2001), an individual NCAA Champion in the 200 IM and 200 Back (2001), and a member of nine NCAA Championship relay teams while at Texas. Dusing represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he earned a silver medal by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, he received a bronze medal by swimming for the third-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. He was also a member of gold medal-winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships and the 2004 World Short Course Championships. Dusing currently works in the Medical Device industry and resides in Dripping Springs, Texas, with his wife of 18 years and Texas Soccer letter winner Michelle (Wickwire) Dusing. They have two daughters, Lyla (14) and Eva (12).