Swimming Alum Ryan McCoy ‘14 Named to Saint Louis Billiken Hall of Fame

12/19/2023

Brophy alum Ryan McCoy ‘14 has been selected for induction into the Billiken Hall of Fame, the Saint Louis University Department of Athletics has announced. He is among a group of 10 individuals and two teams selected for induction into the Billiken Hall of Fame.

At Brophy, McCoy was ranked as the No. 3 prep swimmer in Arizona and No. 193 in the country by CollegeSwimming.com. He had prep personal bests of 1:39.12 in the 200-yard freestyle, 9:26.85 in the 1000-yard freestyle and 1:50.49 in the 200-yard butterfly, and was a USA Swimming Winter National qualifier.

Induction festivities for the Billiken Hall of Fame Class of 2024 will take place in a private ceremony Friday, Feb. 2, in the Pavilion at Chaifetz Arena. The reception begins at 6 p.m., with the induction ceremony at 7 p.m. The inductees will be recognized at halftime of the Saint Louis-Fordham men's basketball game that tips off at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Chaifetz Arena.

Ryan McCoy (Men's Swimming, 2014-18) – McCoy won an astonishing 20 medals (five individual gold, four relay gold, five individual silver, three relay silver, three relay bronze) in A-10 Championships competition. He showed remarkable versatility at the conference meet in his senior year, capturing gold in the 100 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 800 freestyle relay. Among the 11 (eight individual, three relay) Saint Louis records McCoy owns are school marks in the 100 freestyle (44.03), 200 freestyle (1:35.99), 500 freestyle (4:22.77) and 100 butterfly (46.96). He also ranks third all-time at SLU in the 200 butterfly (1:48.77, which was once the school record) and seventh in the 1000 freestyle (9:41.77). A 2016 Olympic Trials participant, McCoy swam NCAA "B" qualifying times on 11 occasions encompassing four different events. He was the men's Rookie of the Meet at the 2015 A-10 Championships – the first SLU swimmer to earn the award – a four-time Billiken Most Valuable Performer and recipient of 10 A-10 weekly awards.

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