Big 12 Recognizes 47 Red Raiders on All-Academic List

Big 12 Recognizes 47 Red Raiders on All-Academic List

May 06, 2020 | Academics, Track and Field

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Women produce 27 honorees, men have 20 recognized.

By: Jeremy O'Brien

IRVING, Texas – Texas Tech landed a total of 47 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Track & Field Team Wednesday. The women's team led the way with 27 selections, while the men tallied 20.

Four Tech student-athletes – three from the men's team and one from the women's – were given distinguished recognition for holding perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for the term. This included Braden Darrow, Steven Duran and Cole Whatley for the men's team, and Bret Leigh Nance for the women's squad.

"With so many exceptional athletes on this team, it is sometimes really hard to pick just one MVP," began Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Wes Kittley. "Today, there are 47 of them. We tell our team all the time to keep at it and results will come – in the classroom and on the track – and boy did they come. I am so proud of these academic accomplishments and the fact that we have so many athletes working hard and getting recognized by this award."

First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

Women's Honorees
First Team
Zuliat Alli | Sr. | General Business MBA
Nokuthula Dlamini | R-Sr. | Interdisciplinary Studies (Graduate)
D'Jenne Egharevba | Sr. | Psychology
Allison Halloran | Sr. | Speech Pathology & Hearing Sciences
Kate Halloran | Sr. | Mass Communications (Graduate)
Kaylee Hinton | R-Sr. | Mass Communications (Graduate)
Kaitlyn Irving | So. | Kinesiology
Brianna Johnson | Sr. | Nutrition
Binta Ka | So. | Pre-Speech Language & Hearing Sciences
Sara Limp | R-Sr. | Kinesiology (Graduate)
Arianna Lopez | Jr. | Animal Sciences
Jazmyn Martinez | Jr. | Criminology
Bret Leigh Nance | Sr. | Agriculture Communication
Chinne Okoronkwo | Sr. | Human Sciences
Natalie Parks | Sr. | Microbiology and Spanish
Lexye Price | So. | Human Sciences – Undeclared
Ryleigh Redding | So. | Kinesiology
Peyton Ricks | Jr. | Nutritional Sciences Dietetics
Seasons Usual | Jr. | Kinesiology
Ivy Walker | Sr. | Sport Management
Chloe Wall | Jr. | Marketing
Sydney White | So. | Business Administration
Kyra Young | So. | Business Administration

Second Team
Dorleta Armendariz-Lasa | Sr. | Marketing
Oluwatoni Dada | So. | Civil Engineering
Brooke Merrick | Sr. | Marketing and Management
Allyn Tyer | So. | Kinesiology

Men's Honorees
First Team
Bennett Barnett | So. | Business Administration
Werner Bouwer | Sr. | Kinesiology
Ryan Champlin | Jr. | University Studies
Braden Darrow | Jr. | Management
Steven Duran | Sr. | Nutrition
Luke Estes | So. | Business Administration
Nathan Gift | Sr. | Sociology
Justin Hall | Sr. | Sport Management
Josiah Macinnis | Jr. | Communication Studies
Eric Maclean | So. | Electrical Engineering
Jack Scarborough | So. | Business Administration
Chancellor Stephenson | Sr. | Mathematics
Cole Whatley | So. | Mechanical Engineering
Phillip Wigington | Jr. | Management

Second Team
Ardran Carr | | Sr. | Counselor Education (Graduate)
Sven Cepus | So. | Finance
Clark Griffith | Sr. | Sport Management
Jah-Nhai Perinchief | Sr. | University Studies
John Romanow | Jr. | Nutritional Sciences