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Thirty-Four Named Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
August 27, 2025 12:19 PM | General, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming & Diving, Rifle, Cross Country, Gymnastics, Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A total of 34 student-athletes from West Virginia University have been named recipients of the 2024-25 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the league announced on Wednesday.
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, who can only be recognized once, should have 90 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 or higher at the time of the nomination.
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).
2024-25 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
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, who can only be recognized once, should have 90 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 or higher at the time of the nomination.
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).
2024-25 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
| Scott Kean, West Virginia | Football |
| Brooke Alban, West Virginia | Gymnastics |
| Sierra Muns, West Virginia | Gymnastics |
| Emma Wehry, West Virginia | Gymnastics |
| Natalie Perrin, West Virginia | Rifle |
| Addison Dobson, West Virginia | Rowing |
| Emma Higgins, West Virginia | Rowing |
| Adriana Hogan, West Virginia | Rowing |
| Raquel Iga, West Virginia | Rowing |
| Cylie Leidy, West Virginia | Rowing |
| Grace Terlion, West Virginia | Rowing |
| Marcus Caldeira, West Virginia | Men's Soccer |
| Constantinos Christou, West Virginia | Men's Soccer |
| Ethan Dekel Daks, West Virginia | Men's Soccer |
| Annika Leslie, West Virginia | Women's Soccer |
| Preston Bennett, West Virginia | Men's Swimming and Diving |
| Justin Heimes, West Virginia | Men's Swimming and Diving |
| Adam McDonald, West Virginia | Men's Swimming and Diving |
| Maxwell Nielsen, West Virginia | Men's Swimming and Diving |
| Wesley Schauer, West Virginia | Men's Swimming and Diving |
| Morgan Burton, West Virginia | Women's Swimming and Diving |
| Sarah Krusinski, West Virginia | Women's Swimming and Diving |
| Abigail Sullivan, West Virginia | Women's Swimming and Diving |
| Mia Walters, West Virginia | Women's Swimming and Diving |
| Michaela Kucharova, West Virginia | Women's Tennis |
| Audrey Hall, West Virginia | Women's Track and Field/Cross Country |
| Lilian Haught, West Virginia | Women's Track & Field |
| Tatiana Moura, West Virginia | Women's Track and Field/Cross Country |
| Eden Williams, West Virginia | Women's Track & Field |
| Abbey Yuhasz, West Virginia | Women's Track and Field/Cross Country |
| Zara Zervos, West Virginia | Women's Track and Field/Cross Country |
| Alexis Finnvold, West Virginia | Women's Volleyball |
| Blake Boyers, West Virginia | Wrestling |
| Ian Bush, West Virginia | Wrestling |
Players Mentioned
AA
/ Gymnastics
Free
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
/ Wrestling
Free/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Wrestling
F
/ Men's Soccer
MF
/ Men's Soccer
MF
/ Men's Soccer
R
/ Rowing
Setter
/ Volleyball
Distance
/ Track & Field
Back
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
R
/ Rowing
R
/ Rowing
R
/ Rowing
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Tennis
R
/ Rowing
Breast/IM
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Distance
/ Track & Field
AA
/ Gymnastics
/ Rifle
Fly/IM
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
C
/ Rowing
Fly
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
AA
/ Gymnastics
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Distance
/ Track & Field
Mid-Distance
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