Baylor Places 134 Student-Athletes on Big 12 Academic Honor Rolls
6/30/2026 1:14:00 PM | Baseball, Equestrian, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field, Student-Athlete Center for Excellence
Bears claim 21 Lage Award nominees, 32 Rookie Team and 81 Spring Academic Team honorees across 12 sports
IRVING, Texas – Baylor Athletics had a strong showing in the latest round of Big 12 Conference academic honors, with student-athletes recognized across the Dr. Gerald Lage Award nominees, the All-Big 12 Academic Rookie Team and the All-Big 12 Spring Academic Team.
Twenty-one Baylor student-athletes were nominated for the Dr. Gerald Lage Award, given in memory of Lage, who served as Oklahoma State's faculty athletics representative to the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. Nominees must have lettered at least once, maintained residence at their institution for a minimum of one academic year, and earned 90 hours of credit with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.80 at the time of nomination.
Baylor also placed 32 student-athletes on the All-Big 12 Academic Rookie Team. To qualify, first-year student-athletes must have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00, appeared in at least one contest, and been on the roster for their sport's entire NCAA championship segment.
In addition, 81 Baylor student-athletes earned spots on the All-Big 12 Spring Academic Team. To be eligible, student-athletes must hold a 3.20 GPA or higher, either cumulative or over the previous two semesters, and must have appeared in at least 20% of their team's scheduled contests. Seniors who have competed for at least two years but fall short of the participation threshold are also eligible, while freshmen are not.
Twelve of Baylor's Spring Academic Team honorees were nominated with a 4.0 GPA: Caleb Bergman, Jake Kolkhorst, Faith Piper, Peyton Tanner, Luc Koenig, Arman Zamani, Kanalu Wong, Katelyn Andrews, Raynah Cheng, Bella Copeland, Tenly Kuhn and Ella Perry.
2025-26 GERALD LAGE AWARD
Juliette Earley Equestrian
Isabelle Hildebrandt Equestrian
Caroline Muth Equestrian
Kaitlyn Smith Equestrian
Jonas Appel Men's Golf
Alex Heard Men's Golf
Claire Kniss Soccer
Lauren Omholt Soccer
Natalie Vatter Soccer
Skylar Zinnecker Soccer
Ashlee Zirkel Soccer
Arman Zamani Men's Tennis
Na Dong Women's Tennis
Lindsay Patton Women's Tennis
Ben Archer Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Ethan Wrase Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Raynah Cheng Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Molly Haywood Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Kat Helmer Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Alencia Lentz Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Victoria Davis Volleyball
2025-26 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM
Bo Caraway Baseball
Brady Janusek Baseball
Cole Lanclos Baseball
Cash McDade Baseball
Luke McLeod Baseball
Dylan Perez Baseball
Hunter Snow Baseball
Drew Perry Men's Basketball
Lila Badham Equestrian
Patrick Babb Men's Golf
Tyler Sanford Men's Golf
Paloma Ibarra-Ambia Women's Golf
Obi Chan Women's Golf
Gianna Gusman Softball
Harper Haas Softball
Kaygen Marshall Softball
Ella Brown Softball
Blake Anderson Men's Tennis
Drew Hedgecoe Men's Tennis
Luna Ivkovic Women's Tennis
Werner Bezuidenhout Men's Track and Field
Ewan Curtis Men's Track and Field
Bailey Hashmi Men's Track and Field
Caleb McCarver Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Dennis Minkah Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Jenna Flynn Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Rachel Haws Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Evanna Jacobsen Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Alyssa Jones Women's Track and Field
Success Oyibu Women's Track and Field
Cymia Yourish Women's Track and Field
Madison Morgan * Volleyball
Ksenia Rakhmanchik Volleyball
2026 ALL-BIG 12 SPRING ACADEMIC TEAM
Tyce Armstrong Gr. Baseball
Brayden Bergman So. Baseball
Caleb Bergman * Sr. Baseball
Caleb Bunch Sr. Baseball
Ethan Calder Sr. Baseball
Camden Clewett So. Baseball
Brytton Clements So. Baseball
Lucas Davenport Sr. Baseball
Luke DeVasher Jr. Baseball
Cade Dodson So. Baseball
Will Glatch Gr. Baseball
Mason Green Jr. Baseball
Ty Johnson Gr. Baseball
JJ Kennett Jr. Baseball
Jake Kolkhorst * Gr. Baseball
Grayson Murry Sr. Baseball
Pearson Riebock So. Baseball
RJ Ruais Sr. Baseball
Travis Sanders Sr. Baseball
Stefan Stahl Sr. Baseball
Cade Waibel Jr. Baseball
John Youens Jr. Baseball
Jonas Appel Sr. Men's Golf
Samuel Dossey Sr. Men's Golf
Alex Heard Jr. Men's Golf
Martin Kemp So. Men's Golf
Evan Vo Gr. Men's Golf
Leah Cran Jr. Softball
Karynton Dawson So. Softball
Abi Flores Sr. Softball
Georgia Lindsey So. Softball
Faith Piper * So. Softball
Savanna Pogue So. Softball
Sadie Ross So. Softball
Peyton Tanner * So. Softball
Kaislynn Tovar Jr. Softball
Jensen Vienne Gr. Softball
Averie Waddell So. Softball
Lillie Walker Gr. Softball
Kaci West Gr. Softball
Louis Bowden Jr. Men's Tennis
Luc Koenig * Sr. Men's Tennis
Connor Van Schalkwyk Jr. Men's Tennis
Quintan Van Wijk Sr. Men's Tennis
Zsombor Velcz Sr. Men's Tennis
Arman Zamani * Sr. Men's Tennis
Na Dong Sr. Women's Tennis
Kennedy Gibbs Sr. Women's Tennis
Zuzanna Kubacha Jr. Women's Tennis
Lindsay Patton Sr. Women's Tennis
Alian Zack So. Women's Tennis
Sebastian Berntsen So. Men's Track and Field
Caden Blitz So. Men's Track and Field
Laurenz Colbert Gr. Men's Track and Field
Ricquan Graham Gr. Men's Track and Field
Tyler Honeyman So. Men's Track and Field
Wirt Jackson Jr. Men's Track and Field
Nolan Keenan Jr. Men's Track and Field
Brian Limage Gr. Men's Track and Field
Straton Miller Jr. Men's Track and Field
Demario Prince Jr. Men's Track and Field
Aiden Ramshaw Sr. Men's Track and Field
William Sistruck Gr. Men's Track and Field
Aren Spencer Sr. Men's Track and Field
Jackson Sterrett So. Men's Track and Field
Kanalu Wong * Jr. Men's Track and Field
Ethan Wrase Sr. Men's Track and Field
Jaemari Allen Jr. Women's Track and Field
Katelyn Andrews * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Lucy Benton So. Women's Track and Field
Raynah Cheng * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Bella Copeland * So. Women's Track and Field
Sally Corder Sr. Women's Track and Field
Janae De Gannes Jr. Women's Track and Field
Molly Haywood Sr. Women's Track and Field
Kat Helmer Jr. Women's Track and Field
Lillianna Ifft So. Women's Track and Field
Nita Koom-Dadzie Sr. Women's Track and Field
Tenly Kuhn * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Alencia Lentz Jr. Women's Track and Field
Serafima Lucero So. Women's Track and Field
Sameena Mathew Sr. Women's Track and Field
Keidra Mills Jr. Women's Track and Field
Regina Paseiro So. Women's Track and Field
Ella Perry * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Rosanna Pugh Sr. Women's Track and Field
Allie Scott Sr. Women's Track and Field
Rickeisha Simms So. Women's Track and Field
Sydney Smith Jr. Women's Track and Field
Calisha Taylor Gr. Women's Track and Field
Ryan Vasquez Jr. Women's Track and Field
Iyanna Webb So. Women's Track and Field
* Nominated with a 4.0 GPA
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Twenty-one Baylor student-athletes were nominated for the Dr. Gerald Lage Award, given in memory of Lage, who served as Oklahoma State's faculty athletics representative to the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. Nominees must have lettered at least once, maintained residence at their institution for a minimum of one academic year, and earned 90 hours of credit with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.80 at the time of nomination.
Baylor also placed 32 student-athletes on the All-Big 12 Academic Rookie Team. To qualify, first-year student-athletes must have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00, appeared in at least one contest, and been on the roster for their sport's entire NCAA championship segment.
In addition, 81 Baylor student-athletes earned spots on the All-Big 12 Spring Academic Team. To be eligible, student-athletes must hold a 3.20 GPA or higher, either cumulative or over the previous two semesters, and must have appeared in at least 20% of their team's scheduled contests. Seniors who have competed for at least two years but fall short of the participation threshold are also eligible, while freshmen are not.
Twelve of Baylor's Spring Academic Team honorees were nominated with a 4.0 GPA: Caleb Bergman, Jake Kolkhorst, Faith Piper, Peyton Tanner, Luc Koenig, Arman Zamani, Kanalu Wong, Katelyn Andrews, Raynah Cheng, Bella Copeland, Tenly Kuhn and Ella Perry.
2025-26 GERALD LAGE AWARD
Juliette Earley Equestrian
Isabelle Hildebrandt Equestrian
Caroline Muth Equestrian
Kaitlyn Smith Equestrian
Jonas Appel Men's Golf
Alex Heard Men's Golf
Claire Kniss Soccer
Lauren Omholt Soccer
Natalie Vatter Soccer
Skylar Zinnecker Soccer
Ashlee Zirkel Soccer
Arman Zamani Men's Tennis
Na Dong Women's Tennis
Lindsay Patton Women's Tennis
Ben Archer Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Ethan Wrase Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Raynah Cheng Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Molly Haywood Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Kat Helmer Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Alencia Lentz Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Victoria Davis Volleyball
2025-26 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM
Bo Caraway Baseball
Brady Janusek Baseball
Cole Lanclos Baseball
Cash McDade Baseball
Luke McLeod Baseball
Dylan Perez Baseball
Hunter Snow Baseball
Drew Perry Men's Basketball
Lila Badham Equestrian
Patrick Babb Men's Golf
Tyler Sanford Men's Golf
Paloma Ibarra-Ambia Women's Golf
Obi Chan Women's Golf
Gianna Gusman Softball
Harper Haas Softball
Kaygen Marshall Softball
Ella Brown Softball
Blake Anderson Men's Tennis
Drew Hedgecoe Men's Tennis
Luna Ivkovic Women's Tennis
Werner Bezuidenhout Men's Track and Field
Ewan Curtis Men's Track and Field
Bailey Hashmi Men's Track and Field
Caleb McCarver Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Dennis Minkah Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Jenna Flynn Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Rachel Haws Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Evanna Jacobsen Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Alyssa Jones Women's Track and Field
Success Oyibu Women's Track and Field
Cymia Yourish Women's Track and Field
Madison Morgan * Volleyball
Ksenia Rakhmanchik Volleyball
2026 ALL-BIG 12 SPRING ACADEMIC TEAM
Tyce Armstrong Gr. Baseball
Brayden Bergman So. Baseball
Caleb Bergman * Sr. Baseball
Caleb Bunch Sr. Baseball
Ethan Calder Sr. Baseball
Camden Clewett So. Baseball
Brytton Clements So. Baseball
Lucas Davenport Sr. Baseball
Luke DeVasher Jr. Baseball
Cade Dodson So. Baseball
Will Glatch Gr. Baseball
Mason Green Jr. Baseball
Ty Johnson Gr. Baseball
JJ Kennett Jr. Baseball
Jake Kolkhorst * Gr. Baseball
Grayson Murry Sr. Baseball
Pearson Riebock So. Baseball
RJ Ruais Sr. Baseball
Travis Sanders Sr. Baseball
Stefan Stahl Sr. Baseball
Cade Waibel Jr. Baseball
John Youens Jr. Baseball
Jonas Appel Sr. Men's Golf
Samuel Dossey Sr. Men's Golf
Alex Heard Jr. Men's Golf
Martin Kemp So. Men's Golf
Evan Vo Gr. Men's Golf
Leah Cran Jr. Softball
Karynton Dawson So. Softball
Abi Flores Sr. Softball
Georgia Lindsey So. Softball
Faith Piper * So. Softball
Savanna Pogue So. Softball
Sadie Ross So. Softball
Peyton Tanner * So. Softball
Kaislynn Tovar Jr. Softball
Jensen Vienne Gr. Softball
Averie Waddell So. Softball
Lillie Walker Gr. Softball
Kaci West Gr. Softball
Louis Bowden Jr. Men's Tennis
Luc Koenig * Sr. Men's Tennis
Connor Van Schalkwyk Jr. Men's Tennis
Quintan Van Wijk Sr. Men's Tennis
Zsombor Velcz Sr. Men's Tennis
Arman Zamani * Sr. Men's Tennis
Na Dong Sr. Women's Tennis
Kennedy Gibbs Sr. Women's Tennis
Zuzanna Kubacha Jr. Women's Tennis
Lindsay Patton Sr. Women's Tennis
Alian Zack So. Women's Tennis
Sebastian Berntsen So. Men's Track and Field
Caden Blitz So. Men's Track and Field
Laurenz Colbert Gr. Men's Track and Field
Ricquan Graham Gr. Men's Track and Field
Tyler Honeyman So. Men's Track and Field
Wirt Jackson Jr. Men's Track and Field
Nolan Keenan Jr. Men's Track and Field
Brian Limage Gr. Men's Track and Field
Straton Miller Jr. Men's Track and Field
Demario Prince Jr. Men's Track and Field
Aiden Ramshaw Sr. Men's Track and Field
William Sistruck Gr. Men's Track and Field
Aren Spencer Sr. Men's Track and Field
Jackson Sterrett So. Men's Track and Field
Kanalu Wong * Jr. Men's Track and Field
Ethan Wrase Sr. Men's Track and Field
Jaemari Allen Jr. Women's Track and Field
Katelyn Andrews * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Lucy Benton So. Women's Track and Field
Raynah Cheng * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Bella Copeland * So. Women's Track and Field
Sally Corder Sr. Women's Track and Field
Janae De Gannes Jr. Women's Track and Field
Molly Haywood Sr. Women's Track and Field
Kat Helmer Jr. Women's Track and Field
Lillianna Ifft So. Women's Track and Field
Nita Koom-Dadzie Sr. Women's Track and Field
Tenly Kuhn * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Alencia Lentz Jr. Women's Track and Field
Serafima Lucero So. Women's Track and Field
Sameena Mathew Sr. Women's Track and Field
Keidra Mills Jr. Women's Track and Field
Regina Paseiro So. Women's Track and Field
Ella Perry * Jr. Women's Track and Field
Rosanna Pugh Sr. Women's Track and Field
Allie Scott Sr. Women's Track and Field
Rickeisha Simms So. Women's Track and Field
Sydney Smith Jr. Women's Track and Field
Calisha Taylor Gr. Women's Track and Field
Ryan Vasquez Jr. Women's Track and Field
Iyanna Webb So. Women's Track and Field
* Nominated with a 4.0 GPA
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