Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Announced
July 02, 2021 | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Women's Volleyball
LUBBOCK, Texas – A total of 39 Texas Tech student-athletes have earned selection to the 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. The recognition honors conference competitors who are new, incoming freshmen at their respective league institution for their achievements in the classroom. Â
Among the Texas Tech student-athletes to earn the honor, Avery Chaney (soccer), Camryn Stepp (women's tennis) and Rory Maguire (men's track and field) were nominated with 4.0 grade-point averages during their first year competing for the Red Raiders.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshmen that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team's scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team was introduced in the 2012-13 academic year.
Below is a rundown of Texas Tech's honorees by sport:
Baseball: Brandon Beckel, Jamie Hitt, Brady LeJeune-DeAcutis
Women's Basketball: Khadija Faye
Football: Tahj Brooks, Loic Fouonji, Myles Price, Caleb Rogers
Men's Golf: Baard Skogen, JP Roller
Women's Golf: Pyrene Delample
Soccer: Elise Anderson, Avery Chaney, Katie Odum, Briley Weatherford, Gisselle Kozarski
Softball: Kennedy Crites, Jacee Hamlin, Riley Love, Abbie Orrick, Arriana Villa
Women's Tennis: Kailey Evans, Camryn Stepp
Men's Track & Field: Andrew Hamilton, Noah Hamilton, Owen Likins, Rory Maguire, Daniel Omah, Edward Rush, Paul Sherrill, Jaden Tumale, Thomas Velvin, Kirk Zuber
Women's Track & Field: Kiah Dubarry-Gay, Nayanna Dubarry-Gay, Edna Rotich
Volleyball: Mackenzie Morgan, Maddie O'Brien, Reese Rhodes
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Among the Texas Tech student-athletes to earn the honor, Avery Chaney (soccer), Camryn Stepp (women's tennis) and Rory Maguire (men's track and field) were nominated with 4.0 grade-point averages during their first year competing for the Red Raiders.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshmen that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team's scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team was introduced in the 2012-13 academic year.
Below is a rundown of Texas Tech's honorees by sport:
Baseball: Brandon Beckel, Jamie Hitt, Brady LeJeune-DeAcutis
Women's Basketball: Khadija Faye
Football: Tahj Brooks, Loic Fouonji, Myles Price, Caleb Rogers
Men's Golf: Baard Skogen, JP Roller
Women's Golf: Pyrene Delample
Soccer: Elise Anderson, Avery Chaney, Katie Odum, Briley Weatherford, Gisselle Kozarski
Softball: Kennedy Crites, Jacee Hamlin, Riley Love, Abbie Orrick, Arriana Villa
Women's Tennis: Kailey Evans, Camryn Stepp
Men's Track & Field: Andrew Hamilton, Noah Hamilton, Owen Likins, Rory Maguire, Daniel Omah, Edward Rush, Paul Sherrill, Jaden Tumale, Thomas Velvin, Kirk Zuber
Women's Track & Field: Kiah Dubarry-Gay, Nayanna Dubarry-Gay, Edna Rotich
Volleyball: Mackenzie Morgan, Maddie O'Brien, Reese Rhodes
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Players Mentioned
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