For the third straight year, the Bears had over 40 selections, joining Oklahoma State and Texas as the only other Big 12 schools to do so since the honor started in the 2012-13 school year. BU's 137 all-time honorees are tied with Kansas for third in the league behind Texas (184) and Oklahoma (163). This year, OU led the way with 60 choices, followed by KU (50), UT (48) and OSU (45) as a total of 406 student-athletes were honored.

Of the league's 38 student-athletes with a 4.00 GPA, Baylor had two in equestrian's Rachel Van Allen and women's golf's Dylan Kim. The breakdown for the Bears' honorees by sport is as follows: acrobatics & tumbling (6), baseball (3), women's basketball (1), men's cross country (4), women's cross country (3), equestrian (3), women's golf (3), soccer (5), softball (6), men's track (4), women's track (5) and volleyball (2).

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 as introduced in the 2012-13 academic year.

Madison Aldis | Acrobatics & Tumbling | Pre-Business | Cypress, Texas
Meredith Aldis | Acrobatics & Tumbling | Journalism-Public Relations | Cypress, Texas
Molly Gibbons | Acrobatics & Tumbling | Exercise Physiology | High Point, N.C.
Shayla Moore | Acrobatics & Tumbling | Sociology | Alpharetta, Ga.
Madison Sorley | Acrobatics & Tumbling | Pre-Business | Keller, Texas
Shelby Stewart | Acrobatics & Tumbling | Pre-Business | Lanexa, Va.
Jonathan Ducoff | Baseball | Business | Chappell Hill, Texas
Levi Gilcrease | Baseball | History | Odessa, Fla.
Theron Kay | Baseball | English | San Jose, Calif.
Kristy Wallace | Women's Basketball | General Studies | Loganholme, Australia
Brent Aydon | Men's Cross Country | Pre-Business | Southlake, Texas
Matthew Parham | Men's Cross Country | Biology: Pre-Health Care | Richmond, Texas
Eric Anderson | Men's Cross Country/Track | Pre-Business | Nashville, Tenn.
Joshua Bethany | Men's Cross Country/Track | Pre-Business | Monument, Colo.
Moriah Dadson | Women's Cross Country | Biology: Pre-Health | Care Southlake, Texas
Aubree Miller | Women's Cross Country/Track | Pre-Biology | Dallas, Texas
Rachel Covey | Women's Cross Country/Track | Pre-Business | Auburn, Wash.
Charlotte Green | Equestrian | Undecided | Desert Hot Springs, Calif.
Brittney Mirkov | Equestrian | Business | Sparta, N.J.
Rachel Van Allen | Equestrian | Business | Portland, Ore.
Dylan Kim | Women's Golf | Business | Plano, Texas
Giovana Maymon | Women's Golf Business | Huizquilucan, Mexico
Lauren Whyte | Women's Golf | Exercise Physiology | St. Andrews, Scotland
Precious Akanyirige | Soccer | Biochemistry | Pleasanton, Calif.
Delanie Davis | Soccer | Public Relations | Dallas, Texas
Katie Milberger | Soccer | Pre-Business | Sam Clemente, Calif.
Lauren O'Connell | Soccer | Health Science Studies Pre-Medical | Bakersfield, Calif.
Jamie Yearout | Soccer | Psychology | Overland Park, Kan.
Caitlin Charlton | Softball | Biology | Palmetto Bay, Fla.
Kina Cummings | Softball | Business | China Spring, Texas
Shelby Friedenburg | Softball | Kinesiology | Bruceville, Texas
Morgan Groppe | Softball | Business | Crawford, Texas
Kendall Potts | Softball | Business | Arlington, Texas
Jessica Tomchesson | Softball | Journalism | Valley Mills, Texas
Robert Dutton | Men's Track | Pre-Biology | Austin, Texas
Paul Gaschen | Men's Track | University Scholar | Lubbock, Texas.
Kiana Hawn | Women's Track | Exercise Physiology | Forney, Texas
Kaitlynn Lindsey | Women's Track | General Studies | Woodlands, Texas
Juanita Mainoo | Women's Track | Health Science Studies: Pre-Med/Dental | Little Elm, Texas
Jana Brusek | Volleyball | Biology | Chicago, Ill.
Ashley Myer| Volleyball | Secondary Mathematics | New Braunfels, Texas