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Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team Announced

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General 6/20/2013 12:00:00 AM

June 20, 2013

IRVING, Texas - A total of 383 student-athletes have been named to the inaugural Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, which honors conference competitors who are new, incoming freshman at their respective league institution.

Texas led all teams with 65 honorees, while Baylor (46), West Virginia (45), Oklahoma State (44) and TCU (40) had 40 or more members.

A total of 22 student-athletes were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages, including four from Baylor and Oklahoma State.

Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the 2012-13 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshman 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.

Baylor Student-Athletes
Acrobatics & Tumbling (9) - Sydney Evans, Ali Martelo, Hailey Minor, Courtney Pate, Madeline Pfeiffer, Lauren Phillips, Kaylee Satterfield, Ayana Taylor, Devyn White
Baseball (4) - Hunter Abbe, Matt Menard, Mitch Price, West Tunnell
Women's Basketball (1) - Chardonae Fuqua'
Equestrian (3) - Mary Brown, Kaylyn Paulsen, Paige Parker
Golf (4) - Andreas Gjesteby, Annette Lyche, Natalia Perez, Lauren Taylor
Soccer (3) - Katie Daigle, McKenna Martin, Hadley Young
Softball (4) - Sydney Betke, Robin Landrith *, Heather Stearns, Justine Young
Tennis (1) - Julian Lenz
Track & Field (11) - Haleigh Blackwell, Matthew Cochran *, JR Hardy, Chris McElroy *, Felix Obi, Jenna Pfeiffer, Kyle Scanlan, Kaylyn Schultz, Gretta Smith, Angela Tharpe, Katherine Zabilski *
Volleyball (6) - Krissi Fitzpatrick, Sam Hill, Laura Jones, Mackenzie Mayo, Adrien Richburg, Amy Rosenbaum

*Indicates nominated with a 4.00 GPA

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Players Mentioned

Hunter Abbe

#47 Hunter Abbe

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
Matt Menard

#23 Matt Menard

C
6' 0"
Freshman
Mitch Price

#30 Mitch Price

1B
6' 3"
Freshman
West Tunnell

#9 West Tunnell

IF
6' 1"
Freshman
Andreas Gjesteby

Andreas Gjesteby

5' 9"
Sophomore
Julian Lenz

Julian Lenz

6' 2"
Freshman
Felix Obi

Felix Obi

Jumps
6' 2"
Freshman
Sydney Evans

#43 Sydney Evans

Back Spot
Freshman
Ali Martelo

#14 Ali Martelo

Flyer
Freshman
Hailey Minor

#53 Hailey Minor

Back Spot
Freshman
Courtney Pate

#32 Courtney Pate

Base
Freshman
Madeline Pfeiffer

#20 Madeline Pfeiffer

Base
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Hunter Abbe

#47 Hunter Abbe

6' 0"
Freshman
RHP
Matt Menard

#23 Matt Menard

6' 0"
Freshman
C
Mitch Price

#30 Mitch Price

6' 3"
Freshman
1B
West Tunnell

#9 West Tunnell

6' 1"
Freshman
IF
Andreas Gjesteby

Andreas Gjesteby

5' 9"
Sophomore
Julian Lenz

Julian Lenz

6' 2"
Freshman
Felix Obi

Felix Obi

6' 2"
Freshman
Jumps
Sydney Evans

#43 Sydney Evans

Freshman
Back Spot
Ali Martelo

#14 Ali Martelo

Freshman
Flyer
Hailey Minor

#53 Hailey Minor

Freshman
Back Spot
Courtney Pate

#32 Courtney Pate

Freshman
Base
Madeline Pfeiffer

#20 Madeline Pfeiffer

Freshman
Base