Texas Tech University Athletics
Jung named to CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
June 08, 2022 | Baseball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech's Jace Jung was named a 2022 Academic All-America® first-team honoree, announced on Wednesday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Jung is one of six student-athletes to earn a repeat selection on the Academic All-America® Division I baseball teams, and one of just two that went back-to-back on the first team. Jung is the first Red Raider since 1995-96 to repeat as a first-team CoSIDA academic all-American when Clint Bryant earned the honors.
The announcement adds to Jung's already long resume of honors. Last week Jung was named a second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball News to add to his first-team All-Big 12 selection. He is currently one of 31 Golden Spikes semifinalists, an award that honors the top amateur baseball player in the country.
On May 12, Jung and Easton Murrell were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team and became eligible at that time to advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. All nominees must have had a 3.30 GPA or higher to go along with significant on-field contributions.
TEXAS TECH CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HISTORY
Pos.: Name, School, GPA, Yr., Major
P: Thomas Harrington, Campbell, 3.81, So., Kinesiology Pre-Physical Therapy Track
P: Alex Williams, Stanford, 3.42, Sr., Management Science & Engineering
C: Kyle Gurney, Bowling Green, 3.96, Jr., Business Analytics & Intelligence
C: Evan Russell, Tennessee, 3.42/4.00, Gr., Finance (U) / Ag. Leadership, Education & Communication (G)
IF: Jake Gelof, Virginia, 3.71, So., Media Studies
IF: Jace Jung (1), Texas Tech, 3.72, So., Sport Management
IF: Jake McCaw, Illinois State, 3.92/4.00, Gr., Business Information Systems (U) / MBA (G)
IF: Jack Smith, Washington State, 4.00/4.00, Gr., MBA (G)
IF: RJ Yeager (3), Mississippi State, 4.00/4.00, Gr., Workforce Education Leadership
OF: Aaron Anderson (1), Liberty University, 4.00/4.00, Gr., MBA
OF: Griffin Merritt, Cincinnati, 3.90, Sr., Biological Sciences
OF: Tanner O'Tremba, Arizona, 4.00, Sr., Psychology
DH: Mike Steffan, Canisius College, 3.98/3.88, Gr., Finance
(1) - 1st team Academic All-America® in 2020-21
(2) - 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2020-21
(3) - 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2020-21
For more information regarding the Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com.
Jung is one of six student-athletes to earn a repeat selection on the Academic All-America® Division I baseball teams, and one of just two that went back-to-back on the first team. Jung is the first Red Raider since 1995-96 to repeat as a first-team CoSIDA academic all-American when Clint Bryant earned the honors.
The announcement adds to Jung's already long resume of honors. Last week Jung was named a second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball News to add to his first-team All-Big 12 selection. He is currently one of 31 Golden Spikes semifinalists, an award that honors the top amateur baseball player in the country.
On May 12, Jung and Easton Murrell were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team and became eligible at that time to advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. All nominees must have had a 3.30 GPA or higher to go along with significant on-field contributions.
TEXAS TECH CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HISTORY
- Bobby Lewis (Second Team): 1973
- Gene Segrist (First Team): 1981
- Kevin Rucker (Second Team): 1981
- Gene Segrist (First Team): 1983
- Clint Bryant (First Team): 1995
- Clint Bryant (First Team/Student-Athlete of the Year): 1996
- Jimmy Frush (First Team): 1996
- Jimmy Frush (Second Team): 1997
- Steve Rowe (Second Team): 2002
- Braxton Fulford (Third Team): 2020
- Jace Jung (First Team): 2021
- Jace Jung (First Team): 2022
Pos.: Name, School, GPA, Yr., Major
P: Thomas Harrington, Campbell, 3.81, So., Kinesiology Pre-Physical Therapy Track
P: Alex Williams, Stanford, 3.42, Sr., Management Science & Engineering
C: Kyle Gurney, Bowling Green, 3.96, Jr., Business Analytics & Intelligence
C: Evan Russell, Tennessee, 3.42/4.00, Gr., Finance (U) / Ag. Leadership, Education & Communication (G)
IF: Jake Gelof, Virginia, 3.71, So., Media Studies
IF: Jace Jung (1), Texas Tech, 3.72, So., Sport Management
IF: Jake McCaw, Illinois State, 3.92/4.00, Gr., Business Information Systems (U) / MBA (G)
IF: Jack Smith, Washington State, 4.00/4.00, Gr., MBA (G)
IF: RJ Yeager (3), Mississippi State, 4.00/4.00, Gr., Workforce Education Leadership
OF: Aaron Anderson (1), Liberty University, 4.00/4.00, Gr., MBA
OF: Griffin Merritt, Cincinnati, 3.90, Sr., Biological Sciences
OF: Tanner O'Tremba, Arizona, 4.00, Sr., Psychology
DH: Mike Steffan, Canisius College, 3.98/3.88, Gr., Finance
(1) - 1st team Academic All-America® in 2020-21
(2) - 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2020-21
(3) - 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2020-21
For more information regarding the Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com.
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