43 Oklahoma State Athletes Honored on Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

June 15, 2017 | Cowboy Baseball, Cowgirl Equestrian, Cowboy Football, General, Cowboy Basketball, Cowboy Golf, Cowboy Tennis, Cowgirl Soccer, Cowgirl Tennis, Cowboy Cross Country & Track, Cowgirl Cross Country & Track

STILLWATER – The Big 12 announced its 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Thursday, as 43 Oklahoma State student-athletes from 10 different teams were included on the list. OSU had 10 student-athletes honored with a 4.00 grade point average, which marks the most of any school in the conference.

OSU's 43 total honorees also ranks among the top half of the league, with 441 total athletes included on the team that honors conference competitors who are new, incoming freshmen at their respective league institution.

The 10 Cowboy and Cowgirl teams with honorees included baseball (7), men's basketball (1), equestrian (1), football (6), men's golf (1), soccer (7), men's tennis (1), women's tennis (2), men's track and field (3) and women's track and field (14).

Of the 46 student-athletes across the league who were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages, OSU accounted for 10 of them, including Trey Reeves (men's basketball/Accounting), Tanner Morgan (football/Accounting), Julia Lenhardt (soccer/General Business), Aliona Bolsova (women's tennis/Housing & Merchandising Design), Lena Ruppert (women's tennis/Undeclared), Ryan Smeeton (men's track and field/Mechanical Engineering), Ariane Ballner (women's track and field/Undeclared), Sarah Johnson (women's track and field/General Business), Michelle Magnani (women's track and field/Health Education & Promotion/Exercise & Health), and Gianna Moulis (women's track and field/Biochemistry & Molecular Biology).

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 was introduced in the 2012-13 academic year.

Oklahoma State's 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Honorees
* denotes a 4.00 GPA

Baseball
Brady Basso	Finance	Pearland, Texas
Peyton Battenfield	Sports Management	Claremore, Okla.
Cade Cabbiness	General Business	Bixby, Okla.
Ryan Cash	Management	Plano, Texas
Cameron Dobbs	Undeclared	Dallas, Texas
Jonathan Heasley	Management	Plano, Texas
C.J. Varela	Accounting	Katy, Texas

Men's Basketball
Trey Reeves*	Accounting	Gans, Okla.

Equestrian
Hannah Janson	Management	Berkley, Mass.

Football
Chance Cook	Rangeland Ecology & Management	Canadian, Texas
AJ Green	Undeclared	DeSoto, Texas
Justice Hill	Finance	Tulsa, Okla.
Tanner Morgan*	Accounting	Ankeny, Iowa
Obinna Obialo	Undeclared	Coppell, Texas
Dillon Stoner	Marketing	Tulsa, Okla.

Men's Golf
Viktor Hovland	Undeclared	Oslo, Norway

Soccer
Claire Gantzer	Communication Sciences & Disorders	Plano, Texas
Dani Greenlee	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rockwall, Texas
Elise Hawn	Marketing	Melissa, Texas
Jaci Jones	Undeclared	Mustang, Okla.
Julia Lenhardt*	General Business	Frisco, Texas
Charmé Morgan	Applied Exercise Science/Pre-Professional	Frisco, Texas
Kirsten Siragusa	Health Education & Promotion/Exercise & Health	Rowlett, Texas

Men's Tennis
Mathieu Scaglia	Undeclared	Frejus, France

Women's Tennis
Aliona Bolsova*	Housing & Merchandising Design	Palafrugell, Spain
Lena Ruppert*	Undeclared	Weiden, Germany

Men's Track & Field
Garrett Calhoun	Mechanical Engineering Technology	Boise, Idaho
Alec Haines	Management	Wildwood, Mo.
Ryan Smeeton*	Mechanical Engineering	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Women's Track & Field
Ariane Ballner*	Undeclared	Elmshorn, Germany
Haley Geissler	Pre-Veterinary Animal Science	Owasso, Okla.
Anna Gunter	Accounting	Bartlesville, Okla.
Kami Hankins	Health Education & Promotion/Exercise & Health	Edmond, Okla.
Sarah Johnson*	General Business	Edmond, Okla.
Sinclaire Johnson	Economics/Pre-Law	Longwood, Fla.
Fenja Krohn	Psychology	Elmshorn, Germany
Elliett Kulkin	Health Education & Promotion/Exercise & Health	Tulsa, Okla.
Michelle Magnani*	Health Education & Promotion/Exercise & Health	Moorpark, Calif.
Gianna Moulis*	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Glenpool, Okla.
Kaylee Oyler	Pre-Veterinary Animal Science	Clinton, Okla.
Bailey Sutherlin	Mechanical Engineering/Pre-Medical	Ardmore, Okla.
Michaela Vasey	Psychology	Arlington Heights, Ill.
Kira White	Applied Exercise Science/Strength & Conditioning	Dallas, Texas