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Cowboy Baseball’s Ehrhard Named Top Scholar-Athlete
July 03, 2024 | Cowboy Baseball
IRVING, Texas – Oklahoma State's Zach Ehrhard is the 2024 Big 12 Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, with his selection making him the first-ever Cowboy in program history to earn the honor.
Ehrhard is majoring in sports management and carries a 3.84 grade point average. The junior is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team performer and was also a 2024 CSC Academic All-America finalist after being named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
An outfielder for the Pokes, Ehrhard played in all 61 games this season and earned All-Big 12 First Team honors after hitting .330 with 14 home runs and 57 RBIs. He led the Big 12 with 75 runs scored, a total that ranked 19th nationally, and ranked second with 25 doubles and 54 walks.
Ehrhard's 25 doubles tied for the eighth most in a season in program history and ranked seventh in the NCAA this season.
In Big 12 play, Ehrhard posted a .404 batting average, the second highest in the league this season.
The Big 12 established its Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award in 2012-13, with a recipient named in each conference-sponsored sport. Every Big 12 institution nominates one individual per sport, with the winners selected by a vote of the league's head coaches for that sport (who are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes).
Scholar-Athlete of the Year nominees must be a junior or senior (athletic and academic standing), have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher, participate in at least 20 percent of the team's scheduled contests and have a minimum of one year in residence at the institution.
Ehrhard is majoring in sports management and carries a 3.84 grade point average. The junior is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team performer and was also a 2024 CSC Academic All-America finalist after being named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
An outfielder for the Pokes, Ehrhard played in all 61 games this season and earned All-Big 12 First Team honors after hitting .330 with 14 home runs and 57 RBIs. He led the Big 12 with 75 runs scored, a total that ranked 19th nationally, and ranked second with 25 doubles and 54 walks.
Ehrhard's 25 doubles tied for the eighth most in a season in program history and ranked seventh in the NCAA this season.
In Big 12 play, Ehrhard posted a .404 batting average, the second highest in the league this season.
The Big 12 established its Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award in 2012-13, with a recipient named in each conference-sponsored sport. Every Big 12 institution nominates one individual per sport, with the winners selected by a vote of the league's head coaches for that sport (who are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes).
Scholar-Athlete of the Year nominees must be a junior or senior (athletic and academic standing), have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher, participate in at least 20 percent of the team's scheduled contests and have a minimum of one year in residence at the institution.
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