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.
Kansas Honorees | Team | Major | Hometown |
MJ Farthing | Baseball | Human Biology | Reno, Nev. |
Jeremy Kravetz | Baseball | Journalism | Lansing, Ill. |
Sean Rackoski | Baseball | Engineering | Chandler, Ariz. |
Conner Frankamp | Basketball | Undecided | Wichita, Kan. |
Caelynn Manning-Allen | Basketball | Undecided | Chicago, Ill. |
Montell Cozart | Football | Sport Management | Kansas City, Mo. |
Chase Hanna | Golf | Business Administration | Leawood, Kan. |
Bailey Brandon | Rowing | Civil Engineering | Cameron Park, Calif. |
Kate Cropp | Rowing | Chemical Engineering | Lexington, Ohio |
Kylee Dewey | Rowing | Business | Silver Lakes, Kan. |
Laura Foster | Rowing | Sport Management | Golden, Colo. |
Jordan Helms | Rowing | Exercise Science | Le Mars, Iowa |
Maddie Irelan | Rowing | Journalism – News & Information | Dubln, Ohio |
Lexie Lanphere* | Rowing | Creative Writing & Pre-Veterinary Med | Shorewood, Wis. |
Olivia Loney | Rowing | Accounting | Lawrence, Kan. |
Mallory Miller | Rowing | Speech, Language & Hearing | Pleasant Hill, Mo. |
Kenzie Obrochta | Rowing | Sport Management | Buffalo, N.Y. |
Emma O’Neill | Rowing | Sport Management | St. Catherine’s, Ontario |
Allison Schaaf | Rowing | Pharmacy | Ankeny, Iowa |
Emily Ruble | Rowing | Early Childhood Education | Leavenworth, Kan. |
Tayler Estrada | Soccer | Exercise Science | Bentonville, Ark. |
Aurelie Gagnet | Soccer | Political Science | Montepellier, France |
Ashley Pankey | Soccer | Human Biology | Middletown, N.J. |
Morgan Williams | Soccer | Microbiology | Carrollton, Texas |
Taylor Dodson | Softball | Community Health | Grove, Calif. |
Taylor McElhaney | Softball | Community Health | Talala, Okla. |
Katelyn Schumacher | Softball | Biochemistry | Hays, Kan. |
Sophia Templin | Softball | Journalism | DeSoto, Kan. |
Hannah Angell | Swimming & Diving | Exercise Science & Pre-Physician Asst | Overland Park, Kan. |
Lindsay Manning | Swimming & Diving | Exercise Science | Spring, Texas |
Amanda Maser | Swimming & Diving | Community Health & Pre-Nursing | Trinity, Fla. |
Allison Merecka | Swimming & Diving | Community Health | Cypress, Texas |
Pia Pavlic | Swimming & Diving | Exercise Science & Pre-Physical Therapy | Medvode, Slovenia |
Leah Pfitzer | Swimming & Diving | Community Health | Kingwood, Texas |
Gretchen Pocisk | Swimming & Diving | Speech, Language & Hearing | Dayton, Ohio |
Yulduz Kuchkarova | Swimming & Diving | Psychology | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Sammie Schurig | Swimming & Diving | Communication Studies | Topeka, Kan. |
Lea Wissocq | Swimming & Diving | Business | Dunkerque, France |
Malika Baker | Track & Field | Global & International Studies | Lansing, Kan. |
Nashia Baker | Track & Field | Journalism – News Information | Lansing, Kan. |
Courtney Coppinger | Track & Field | Biology | Mission Hills, Kan. |
James Hampton | Track & Field | Business Administration | Wichita, Kan. |
Mackenzie Klaver | Track & Field | Pre-Nursing | Norwich, Kan. |
Talia Marquez | Track & Field | Journalism – News Information | Arvada, Colo. |
Grace Morgan | Track & Field | Exercise Science | Lawrence, Kan. |
Grace Pickell | Track & Field | Exercise Science | Prairie Village, Kan. |
Zainab Sanni | Track & Field | Exercise Science | Aurora, Colo. |
Emma Hanson | Volleyball | Journalism | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
Tayler Soucie | Volleyball | Exercise Science | Osawatomie, Kan. |
Cassie Wait | Volleyball | Business | Gardner, Kan. |