Kansas Earns 82 Academic All-Big 12 Selections and Sets New GPA Records for Fall 2024 Semester
1/27/2025 11:14:00 AM | General
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas Athletics once again excelled in the classroom, as 82 student-athletes were named to the Fall 2024 Academic All-Big 12 Team, the conference announced this week.
The 82 honorees represent football, volleyball, soccer, and cross country. Of those recognized, 77 KU student-athletes earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors, which requires maintaining a 3.20 or higher grade point average (GPA) and participating in at least 20 percent of their team's contests. Five student-athletes Tori Wingrove (women's cross country), Tanner Talley (men's cross country), Dylan Downing (football), Luke Hosford (football), Mackenzie Boeve (soccer) and Caroline Castans (soccer) all earned a 4.0 GPA in the fall semester.
The football program contributed 37 Academic All-Big 12 selections, which tied for the most in the conference with Iowa State. Kansas Cross Country had 22 honorees, with 20 of those student-athletes earning first team recognition. Volleyball posted 10 total selections, with all 10 placing on the first team. Soccer also delivered an impressive showing, with 11 student-athletes recognized overall.
Kansas' success in earning academic honors in the Big 12 reflects its strong commitment to supporting student-athletes both on and off the field. KU student-athletes achieved a combined 3.45 GPA during the Fall 2024 semester, setting a new program record. Impressively, Jayhawk student-athletes have now set or tied a program GPA record in each of the last four semesters.
Kansas had 109 student-athletes achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA for the Fall 2024 semester. Additionally, 82 percent of student-athletes earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll and 334 student-athletes posted a 3.00-3.99 GPA. Eight sport programs set or tied a program record GPA for the Fall 2024 semester. Women's basketball (3.67), football (3.24), men's golf (3.66), rowing (3.54, ties non-COVID era program record), softball (3.48), men's track & field (3.28, ties non-COVID era program record), men's cross country (3.57) and women's track & field (3.53, ties non-COVID era program record) each claimed a high mark in the classroom. For a record sixth-straight semester, all teams reached a 3.0 or higher term GPA. Women's golf led all programs with a 3.81 GPA.
See below for a full list of honorees.
| Name | Class | Sport | Major |
| Gabe Birkmeier | Jr. | Men's Cross Country | Marketing |
| Hobbs Campbell | So. | Men's Cross Country | Accounting |
| Isaac Graff | So. | Men's Cross Country | Political Science |
| Ryo Higuchi | So. | Men's Cross Country | Pre-Business |
| Cale Littrell | R-Jr. | Men's Cross Country | Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology |
| Lenny Njoroge | So. | Men's Cross Country | Pre-Engineering |
| Terry Robinson | Gr. | Men's Cross Country | Master of Accounting |
| Sawyer Schmidt | Jr. | Men's Cross Country | Biochemistry |
| Tanner Talley | Jr. | Men's Cross Country | Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Quenton Walion | Sr. | Men's Cross Country | Mechanical Engineering |
| Jack Weber | So. | Men's Cross Country | Pre-Business |
| Garrett Wilmes | Jr. | Men's Cross Country | Finance |
| Caroline Burrow | Sr. | Women's Cross Country | Marketing |
| Bethany Druse | So. | Women's Cross Country | Sport Management |
| Laya Erickson | So. | Women's Cross Country | Pre-Nursing |
| Delaney Fitzgerald | R-So. | Women's Cross Country | Psychology; History |
| Caroline Horning | Gr. | Women's Cross Country | Occupational TherapyOTD |
| Kenadi Krueger | R-Sr. | Women's Cross Country | Computer Science |
| Alyson Moore | R-Jr. | Women's Cross Country | Sport Management |
| Eden Schwarz | R-Jr. | Women's Cross Country | Exercise Science |
| Abi Street | So. | Women's Cross Country | Aerospace Engineering |
| Tori Wingrove | Jr. | Women's Cross Country | Exercise Science |
| Grayden Addison | R-Jr. | Football | Finance |
| Tabor Allen | Sr. | Football | Business Admin MBA |
| Cole Ballard | R-Fr. | Football | Finance |
| JB Brown | Sr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Logan Brown | R-Jr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Cobee Bryant | Sr. | Football | Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| OJ Burroughs | Sr. | Football | Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Bryce Cabeldue | Sr. | Football | Supply Chain Management |
| Jared Casey | Sr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Jalon Daniels | R-Jr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Dre Doiron | R-Jr. | Football | Studies in Equity and Social Diversity Graduate Certificate |
| Dylan Downing | R-Sr. | Football | Leadership Studies Graduate Certificate |
| Tommy Dunn Jr. | R-Jr. | Football | Marketing |
| Jalen Dye | R-Jr. | Football | Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Ben Easters | R-Jr. | Football | Business Admin MBA |
| Mason Ellis | R-So. | Football | Sport Management |
| Michael Ford Jr. | Sr. | Football | Business Admin MBA |
| Jayson Gilliom | R-Jr. | Football | Business Admin MBA |
| Nolan Gorczyca | R-Jr. | Football | Geography |
| Damon Greaves | So. | Football | Pre-Business |
| Luke Grimm | Sr. | Football | Secondary Level Education |
| Blake Herold | R-Fr. | Football | Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Daniel Hishaw | R-Jr. | Football | Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Luke Hosford | R-Sr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Trevor Kardell | Sr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Torry Locklin | R-Sr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Damarius McGhee | R-Jr. | Football | Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Mack Moeller | R-Jr. | Football | Business Administration |
| Cole Mondi | R-Jr. | Football | Psychology |
| Sevion Morrison | R-Jr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Devin Neal | Sr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Landon Nelson | R-Jr. | Football | Management & Leadership |
| Cole Petrus | R-So. | Football | Management & Leadership |
| Jereme Robinson | Sr. | Football | Sport Management |
| Quentin Skinner | Sr. | Football | Sports Management |
| Cornell Wheeler | R-Sr. | Football | Communication Studies |
| Trevor Wilson | R-Sr. | Football | Sports Management |
| Mackenzie Boeve | Gr. | Soccer | Exercise Science BS |
| Caroline Castans | So. | Soccer | Business |
| Mackenzie Hammontree | Jr. | Soccer | Exercise Science |
| Siera Herbert | So. | Soccer | Exercise Science |
| Jocelyn Herrema | So. | Soccer | PE Plus w/ Health Minor |
| Assa Kante | Jr. | Soccer | Finance |
| Raena Knust | Sr. | Soccer | Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Olivia Page | So. | Soccer | Sport Management w/ Business Minor |
| Avery Smith | Sr. | Soccer | Exercise Science and Psychology BGS |
| Lexi Watts | Jr. | Soccer | Marketing |
| Saige Wimes | So. | Soccer | Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Aisha Aiono | So. | Volleyball | Psychology |
| Caroline Bien | Sr. | Volleyball | Masters, Accounting |
| Raegan Burns | So. | Volleyball | Community Health |
| London Davis | Sr. | Volleyball | Behavioral Neuroscience |
| Ayah Elnady | Sr. | Volleyball | Masters, Business Analytics |
| Molly McCarthy | R-So. | Volleyball | Accounting and Finance |
| Bryn Mcgehe | Sr. | Volleyball | Community Health |
| Ellie Schneider | So. | Volleyball | Economics |
| Rhian Swanson | Jr. | Volleyball | Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Camryn Turner | Sr. | Volleyball | Sport Management |
