Texas Tech University Athletics
Seven Red Raiders Honored with Dr. Gerald Lage Award
February 27, 2019 | Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Academics, Track and Field
Tech student-athletes pick up Big 12's highest academic honor.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Seven Texas Tech student-athletes from the Red Raider soccer, track and field and women's tennis teams were accounced as Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award winners by the Big 12 on Wednesday. It is the Big 12's highest academic honor.
Four of the Red Raiders honored are recent graduates of Tech's soccer program: Brooke Denesik, Gabbie Puente, Gwennie Puente and Carly Wickenheiser. Zuliat Alli and Natalie Parks represented the track and field team, while Reagan Collins represented the women's tennis program.
The award is in its ninth year and has recognized a total of 691 conference student-athletes. The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87), and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients' names will be featured on the video board at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 13-16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
Texas Tech Award Winners
Zuliat Alli, Track & Field, Jr., Supply Chain Management
Reagan Collins, Women's Tennis, Jr., Mathematics
Brooke Denesik, Soccer, Sr., Accounting
Natalie Parks, Track & Field, Jr., Microbiology
Gabbie Puente, Soccer, R-Jr., Media & Communications
Gwennie Puente, Soccer, Sr., Sport Management
Carly Wickenheiser, Soccer, Sr., Public Relations
Four of the Red Raiders honored are recent graduates of Tech's soccer program: Brooke Denesik, Gabbie Puente, Gwennie Puente and Carly Wickenheiser. Zuliat Alli and Natalie Parks represented the track and field team, while Reagan Collins represented the women's tennis program.
The award is in its ninth year and has recognized a total of 691 conference student-athletes. The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87), and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients' names will be featured on the video board at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 13-16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
Texas Tech Award Winners
Zuliat Alli, Track & Field, Jr., Supply Chain Management
Reagan Collins, Women's Tennis, Jr., Mathematics
Brooke Denesik, Soccer, Sr., Accounting
Natalie Parks, Track & Field, Jr., Microbiology
Gabbie Puente, Soccer, R-Jr., Media & Communications
Gwennie Puente, Soccer, Sr., Sport Management
Carly Wickenheiser, Soccer, Sr., Public Relations
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