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Fifteen OSU Student-Athletes Earn Big 12 Lage Academic Honor
March 03, 2021 | General
STILLWATER – Fifteen Oklahoma State student-athletes were among the 121 honored by the Big 12 Conference with the 2021 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the league's highest academic honor.
Women's track paved the way with six honorees, while the equestrian team wasn't far behind with five. Soccer had two student-athletes earn the Lage Award, and softball and football each had one recipient.
The award is in its 11th year and has recognized a total of 901 conference student-athletes. OSU trailed only Kansas (18) and K-State (16) among the 10 Big 12 schools.
The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87), and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients' names will be featured on the video board at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championships, scheduled for March 10-13 at the T-Mobile Center and March 11-14 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.
Oklahoma State's Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
Chelsea Alexander - R-Jr., Softball, Agricultural Communications
Ariane Ballner - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Management and Marketing
Kate Gauthier - R-So., Equestrian, Pre-Veterinary Animal Science
Sydnee Gemar - R-Jr., Equestrian, Biological Science/Pre-Health Care
Kinsey Jones - R-So., Equestrian, Applied Exercise Science
Kalin Koechel - R-Jr., Equestrian, Agribusiness
Michelle Magnani - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Health Education & Promotion
Megan Mann - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Industrial Engineering & Management
Adam Martin - R-Jr., Football, Sports Media
Maleah Milner – Sr,. Soccer, Political Science
Katie Schell - Sr., Equestrian, Finance
Taylor Somers - R-Jr., Women's Track & Field, Psychology
Summer Thompson - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Applied Exercise Science
Hannah Webb - Sr., Soccer, Mathematics
Elissa White - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Microbiology/Cell & Molecular Biology
Women's track paved the way with six honorees, while the equestrian team wasn't far behind with five. Soccer had two student-athletes earn the Lage Award, and softball and football each had one recipient.
The award is in its 11th year and has recognized a total of 901 conference student-athletes. OSU trailed only Kansas (18) and K-State (16) among the 10 Big 12 schools.
The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87), and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients' names will be featured on the video board at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championships, scheduled for March 10-13 at the T-Mobile Center and March 11-14 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.
Oklahoma State's Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
Chelsea Alexander - R-Jr., Softball, Agricultural Communications
Ariane Ballner - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Management and Marketing
Kate Gauthier - R-So., Equestrian, Pre-Veterinary Animal Science
Sydnee Gemar - R-Jr., Equestrian, Biological Science/Pre-Health Care
Kinsey Jones - R-So., Equestrian, Applied Exercise Science
Kalin Koechel - R-Jr., Equestrian, Agribusiness
Michelle Magnani - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Health Education & Promotion
Megan Mann - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Industrial Engineering & Management
Adam Martin - R-Jr., Football, Sports Media
Maleah Milner – Sr,. Soccer, Political Science
Katie Schell - Sr., Equestrian, Finance
Taylor Somers - R-Jr., Women's Track & Field, Psychology
Summer Thompson - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Applied Exercise Science
Hannah Webb - Sr., Soccer, Mathematics
Elissa White - Sr., Women's Track & Field, Microbiology/Cell & Molecular Biology
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