Completed Event: Women's Basketball at Missouri State on December 7, 2025 , Win , 73, to, 70 , (OT)
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IRVING, Texas – Fourteen members of the Kansas men’s and women’s cross country teams received Academic All-Big 12 recognition, announced Thursday by the league office. Headlining the group was junior Hannah Dimmick who earned a spot on the first team with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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A total of nine KU women were honored on the list of 70 total student-athletes, all of which made the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Seniors Nashia Baker (journalism), Malika Baker (international studies), Courtney Coppinger (biology) and Dimmick (exercise science) made the prestigious list for the third year in a row, while seniors Jennifer Angles (strategic communications) and Hannah Richardson (sport science) were listed on the first team for the second time.Â
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Dimmick claimed a spot on the first team after she was one of 12 female runners in the conference to post a perfect 4.0 GPA for the third-straight season.
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Joining them on the first team for the first time were junior Lydia Saggau (strategic communications) and redshirt freshmen Riley Cooney (biology) and Emmie Skopec (exercise science).
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The Jayhawk men featured four first-team selections. Senior James Hampton (business administration) earned a spot on the list for the third-straight year. He was joined by juniors Chris Melgares (exercise science) and Carson Vickroy (meteorology), who were named to the first-team list for the second time in their careers. Senior Jacob Ryan (exercise science) earned a first team nod for the first time.
Rounding out the honorees was sophomore Michael Melgares (marketing). The Manhattan, Kansas product was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team for the first time.
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Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, the men’s and women’s cross country academic all-league squads include those who have maintained a 3.00 GPA (either cumulative or over each of the two previous semesters) and have participated in 60 percent of his/her team’s scheduled contests. First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and members of the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
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