Bears Continue Academic Excellence, Place Eight on Big 12 Team
5/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 15, 2008
The eight Baylor student-athletes honored were senior pitcher Erik Forestiere (political science), sophomore third baseman Shaver Hansen (business), sophomore pitcher Willie Kempf (business), sophomore pitcher Wade Mackey (speech communication), senior pitcher Tim Matthews (political science), sophomore right fielder Aaron Miller (business), redshirt freshman pitcher Shawn Tolleson (health science studies) and sophomore pitcher Kendal Volz (business).
Baylor baseball student-athletes have earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors 64 times in the league's 12-year history, 14 more than any other school in the conference.
Mackey and Matthews were first-team honorees for the second consecutive season; the other six were all first-time selections in their first year of eligibility.
The 2008 Academic All-Big 12 team consisted of 46 first-team members and 16 second-team selections. To qualify, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.00 GPA (cumulative or during the previous two semesters). First-team honorees consist of those who have maintained a GPA of at least 3.20; second-team honorees have maintained a GPA between 3.00 and 3.19.
All student-athletes must have participated in at least 60 percent of their team's games, while pitchers are required to have at least one inning pitched per team game or have appeared in 20 percent of their team's total games. True freshmen and first-year transfers are not eligible. Senior athletes who have participated for at least two seasons at their school are not required to meet participation minimums.
Baylor returns to action this weekend, traveling to
