2007 OSU Team and Individual Academic Highlights

2007 OSU Team & Individual Academic Highlights

OSU had 113 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big 12 in 2007 breaking the record set in 2006 of 101 (this number led all Big 12 schools).
OSU had a record 39 Academic All-Americans/Scholar-Athletes named in 2007 breaking the 2006 record of 24 (this led the Big 12).
OSU had 35 student-athletes earn President's Honor roll in the spring of 2007 and 39 were named to the President's Honor roll in the fall of 2007.
OSU had 67 student-athletes earn Dean's Honor roll in the spring of 2007 and 63 were named to the Dean's Honor roll in the fall of 2007.
224 OSU student-athletes earned Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.0 or above) in the spring of 2007 and 225 earned the distinction in the fall of 2007.
OSU had 8 sports earn All-Academic team in 2007:

Men's Cross Country (OSU record 10^th year in a row!!!!)

Women's Cross County

Women's Soccer

Women's Tennis

Softball

Wrestling

Men's Track

Women's Track

OSU had six teams that led the conference in Academic All-Big 12 selections and four more teams finished second.
16 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholars were selected in 2007 (This number is the second highest total in school history behind 2006 when OSU had 17, which led the nation).
Diversity represented at OSU: With 33 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholars over the past two years, OSU leads the Big 12 conference (Texas is second with 19 over that span).
Darnell Smith (Football) became the first OSU student-athlete to win the prestigious John McClendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship.
Demarcus Conner won the Scholar-Baller Academic Momentum Award (one of 16 national winners selected). He was OSU's first-ever recipient of this award. Established in 1995, the Scholar-Baller^Â® Program, in conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) movement, evolved in response to concerns that the student-athlete's athletic role increasingly superseded the student role. In order to address this issue, the founding members of Scholar-Baller^Â®developed a groundbreaking program to bridge the gap between education and sport utilizing student-athletes' passion for entertainment and athletics. As a result, the Scholar-Baller^Â®program has produced unprecedented outcomes in student retention and academic achievement.
Niccole Grimaldi (Women's Soccer) was selected for the fall 2007 Big 12 “Good Works” team for outstanding performance in the classroom and community service.
Niccole Grimaldi (Women's Soccer) and B.J. O'Connor (Football) were selected as OSU Alumni Association Seniors of Significance. Since 2005, OSU has had seven student-athletes earn this prestigious honor.
Women's Track earned an OSU team record 20 Academic All-Big 12 picks in 2007.
OSU Wrestling led all sports with 39 Academic All-Americans/Scholar-Athletes. Since 2000, OSU is second in the nation with 21 NWCA Academic All-Americans.
OSU Softball led all women's sports with 37 Academic All-Americans/Scholar-Athletes.
221 OSU student-athletes, trainers, managers and spirit squad members were honored at the 2007 Academic Awards banquet for outstanding academic achievement in the classroom.
16 OSU student-athletes were honored for having a perfect 4.0 GPA.
95 OSU student-athletes graduated in 2007 (May/July or December).
24 baseball student-athletes earned a 3.0 or greater in the spring 2007.
OSU Football earned the highest team GPA in the history of OSU in the spring of 2007.
Nine sports teams earned a 3.0+ average in the fall of 2006 and 8 more in the spring of 2007.

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