Nineteen Earn Academic All-Big 12 Award
April 10, 2018 11:07 AM | Men's Soccer, Rifle
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Big 12 Conference today named 19 West Virginia University student-athletes to the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team.
The team recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at Conference institutions who participate in sports outside of Big 12 competition, including rifle and men's soccer.
Tops among the honorees are senior Elizabeth Gratz (marketing) and junior Ginny Thrasher (biomedical engineering) of the WVU rifle team, as the duo boasts 4.0 grade point averages (GPA). This marks the third straight season Gratz, a two-time NCAA Elite 90 winner, earns the honor with a perfect GPA.
Joining Gratz and Thrasher on the first team are teammates Jack Anderson (management), Will Anti (finance and accounting), Milica Babic (industrial engineering) and Morgan Phillips (sport & exercise psychology).
Thirteen members of the men's soccer team were honored, including seven first-team honorees: Stephen Banick (mathematics), Pascal Derwaritsch (sport management), Sebastian Garcia-Herreros (civil engineering), Steven James (sport management), Ryan Kellogg (finance), Andrew Rullow (sport management) and Ethan Shim (exercise physiology).
Six men's soccer players were named to the second team: Albert Andres-Llop (sport management), Jad Arslan (general business), Lucca Barbaris (general studies), Logan Lucas (global supply chain management), Joey Piatczyc (communication studies) and Jose Santos (criminology).
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.2 or better GPA, while the second team selections hold a 3.0 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation also are eligible.
The team recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at Conference institutions who participate in sports outside of Big 12 competition, including rifle and men's soccer.
Tops among the honorees are senior Elizabeth Gratz (marketing) and junior Ginny Thrasher (biomedical engineering) of the WVU rifle team, as the duo boasts 4.0 grade point averages (GPA). This marks the third straight season Gratz, a two-time NCAA Elite 90 winner, earns the honor with a perfect GPA.
Joining Gratz and Thrasher on the first team are teammates Jack Anderson (management), Will Anti (finance and accounting), Milica Babic (industrial engineering) and Morgan Phillips (sport & exercise psychology).
Thirteen members of the men's soccer team were honored, including seven first-team honorees: Stephen Banick (mathematics), Pascal Derwaritsch (sport management), Sebastian Garcia-Herreros (civil engineering), Steven James (sport management), Ryan Kellogg (finance), Andrew Rullow (sport management) and Ethan Shim (exercise physiology).
Six men's soccer players were named to the second team: Albert Andres-Llop (sport management), Jad Arslan (general business), Lucca Barbaris (general studies), Logan Lucas (global supply chain management), Joey Piatczyc (communication studies) and Jose Santos (criminology).
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.2 or better GPA, while the second team selections hold a 3.0 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation also are eligible.
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