Jayhawk Freshmen Post Impressive Year in the Classroom

Entire 2013-14 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (.pdf) 

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas’ next generation of stars on the playing field posted impressive performances in the classroom as 50 Jayhawks who recently completed their freshman year were among a total of 455 student-athletes named to the 2013-14 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Thursday. Kansas tied for third-most honorees among Big 12 Conference institutions.

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. 

Twelve different Kansas teams had players honored with the rowing team leading the charge with 13 individual honorees, including 4.0 nominee Lexie Lanphere.

Texas led all teams with 71 honorees, while Oklahoma (69), Baylor (50), Kansas (50) and Oklahoma State (40) had 40 or more members. A total of 35 student-athletes were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages, including six each from Kansas State and Oklahoma State.