Ten Honored with Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Award
February 27, 2018 02:43 PM | Rifle, Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Ten West Virginia University student-athletes were awarded the 2018 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award by the Big 12 Conference, on Tuesday afternoon, the league's highest academic honor.
Marah Bieger (women's swimming & diving), Amelie Currat (women's swimming & diving) Allie Diehl (cross country), Gianna Gotterba (volleyball), Elizabeth Gratz (rifle), Alli Magaletta (women's soccer), Shamoya McNeil (track & field), Andrea Pettit (track & field/cross country), Abigail Rosiello (women's tennis) and Makenzie Stolar (women's tennis) were among the 92 Big 12 student-athletes honored.
The award, in its eighth year, has honored a total of 580 conference student-athletes.
The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87) and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients will receive public recognition at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 7-10, at the Sprint Center, in Kansas City.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUSports on Twitter.
Marah Bieger (women's swimming & diving), Amelie Currat (women's swimming & diving) Allie Diehl (cross country), Gianna Gotterba (volleyball), Elizabeth Gratz (rifle), Alli Magaletta (women's soccer), Shamoya McNeil (track & field), Andrea Pettit (track & field/cross country), Abigail Rosiello (women's tennis) and Makenzie Stolar (women's tennis) were among the 92 Big 12 student-athletes honored.
The award, in its eighth year, has honored a total of 580 conference student-athletes.
The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87) and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients will receive public recognition at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 7-10, at the Sprint Center, in Kansas City.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUSports on Twitter.
Players Mentioned
IM/Breast
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back/Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Distance
/ Track & Field
L
/ Volleyball
/ Rifle
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Distance
/ Track & Field
LH
/ TennisMic'd Up at Big 12s
Tuesday, March 03
SWIM: Senior Day Recap
Saturday, January 31
S&D: West Virginia State Games Recap
Tuesday, October 07
S&D: Gold-Blue Meet Recap
Tuesday, September 23
