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Cowboy Football Sets Academic Record, Leads League with 26 Academic All-Big 12 Honorees
November 15, 2018 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State football program had a Big 12-best 26 honorees named to the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 team, announced by the league office Thursday. The Cowboys' 26 Academic All-Big 12 selections ties with Iowa State for the top mark in the conference this year.
Oklahoma State's 26 overall Academic All-Big 12 selections this year broke the existing program record of 25, set in 2017, and the Cowboys' 92 overall Academic All-Big 12 honorees the last four years ranks OSU second in the league during that time span, behind only Kansas State.
Of OSU's 26 honorees, 13 were selected as first-team members, tying for the second-highest mark in school history. The four highest totals for first-team Academic All-Big 12 selections in OSU football history have come in the last four seasons, as OSU had 13 in 2015, 12 in 2016, 20 in 2017 and now 13 again in 2018.
Several prominent names dot the Academic All-Big 12 squad for OSU this year, highlighted by first-team honorees Britton Abbott, Logan Carter, Justice Hill, Dillon Stoner and Landon Wolf.
Abbott and Carter were two of 11 Big 12 student-athletes to be nominated with 4.0 grade point averages. It is Abbott's third career first-team honor, while Thursday's announcement marked the second Academic All-Big 12 selection of Carter's Cowboy career.
Abbott and Kansas State's Zach Reuter have both been nominated with 4.0 grade point averages in each of the past three years, making them the fifth and sixth players in Big 12 history to be nominated with a perfect GPA in three-straight years. They join Oklahoma's Gabe Ikard (2010-12), Nebraska's Dave Todd (2004-06) and Chad Sievers (2002-04) and OSU's Kyle Eaton (2000-02).
Matt Ammendola also earned the third first-team Academic All-Big 12 honor of his career, with Carter, Tyler Ferguson, Triston Grant, Hill, Amen Ogbongbemiga, Stoner and Wolf all securing first-team Academic All-Big 12 recognition for the second time.
Thursday's announcement also marked the second time that Taylor Cornelius, Matt Hockett, Tyron Johnson and Walker Reed were honored as Academic All-Big 12 performers.
To earn a spot on the first-team Academic All-Big 12 squad, one must maintain a 3.20 or higher GPA either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Second-team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA. 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 are also eligible.
The complete list of Cowboys on the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 teams:
Britton Abbott* First Team
Matt Ammendola First Team
Rhett Boles First Team
Logan Carter* First Team
Tyler Ferguson First Team
Korie Frausto First Team
Triston Grant First Team
Ryan Haymaker First Team
Justice Hill First Team
Brock Martin First Team
Amen Ogbongbemiga First Team
Dillon Stoner First Team
Landon Wolf First Team
Tyrell Alexander Second Team
LD Brown Second Team
Taylor Cornelius Second Team
Sione Finefeuiaki Second Team
Matt Hockett Second Team
Tyron Johnson Second Team
Marcus Keyes Second Team
Jake McClure Second Team
Thabo Mwaniki Second Team
Walker Reed Second Team
Shane Richards Second Team
Ry Schneider Second Team
Tylan Wallace Second Team
*Nominated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average
2018 Academic All-Big 12 Selections by School
First-Team Second-Team Overall
School Selections Selections Selections
Baylor 13 9 22
Iowa State 20 6 26
Kansas 8 5 13
Kansas State 21 3 24
Oklahoma 12 6 18
Oklahoma State 13 13 26
TCU 8 5 13
Texas 10 2 12
Texas Tech 12 10 22
West Virginia 11 5 16
Oklahoma State's 26 overall Academic All-Big 12 selections this year broke the existing program record of 25, set in 2017, and the Cowboys' 92 overall Academic All-Big 12 honorees the last four years ranks OSU second in the league during that time span, behind only Kansas State.
Of OSU's 26 honorees, 13 were selected as first-team members, tying for the second-highest mark in school history. The four highest totals for first-team Academic All-Big 12 selections in OSU football history have come in the last four seasons, as OSU had 13 in 2015, 12 in 2016, 20 in 2017 and now 13 again in 2018.
Several prominent names dot the Academic All-Big 12 squad for OSU this year, highlighted by first-team honorees Britton Abbott, Logan Carter, Justice Hill, Dillon Stoner and Landon Wolf.
Abbott and Carter were two of 11 Big 12 student-athletes to be nominated with 4.0 grade point averages. It is Abbott's third career first-team honor, while Thursday's announcement marked the second Academic All-Big 12 selection of Carter's Cowboy career.
Abbott and Kansas State's Zach Reuter have both been nominated with 4.0 grade point averages in each of the past three years, making them the fifth and sixth players in Big 12 history to be nominated with a perfect GPA in three-straight years. They join Oklahoma's Gabe Ikard (2010-12), Nebraska's Dave Todd (2004-06) and Chad Sievers (2002-04) and OSU's Kyle Eaton (2000-02).
Matt Ammendola also earned the third first-team Academic All-Big 12 honor of his career, with Carter, Tyler Ferguson, Triston Grant, Hill, Amen Ogbongbemiga, Stoner and Wolf all securing first-team Academic All-Big 12 recognition for the second time.
Thursday's announcement also marked the second time that Taylor Cornelius, Matt Hockett, Tyron Johnson and Walker Reed were honored as Academic All-Big 12 performers.
To earn a spot on the first-team Academic All-Big 12 squad, one must maintain a 3.20 or higher GPA either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Second-team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA. 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 are also eligible.
The complete list of Cowboys on the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 teams:
Britton Abbott*
Matt Ammendola
Rhett Boles
Logan Carter*
Tyler Ferguson
Korie Frausto
Triston Grant
Ryan Haymaker
Justice Hill
Brock Martin
Amen Ogbongbemiga First Team
Dillon Stoner
Landon Wolf
Tyrell Alexander
LD Brown
Taylor Cornelius Second Team
Sione Finefeuiaki Second Team
Matt Hockett Second Team
Tyron Johnson Second Team
Marcus Keyes Second Team
Jake McClure Second Team
Thabo Mwaniki Second Team
Walker Reed
Shane Richards Second Team
Ry Schneider Second Team
Tylan Wallace Second Team
*Nominated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average
2018 Academic All-Big 12 Selections by School
School
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State 13 13 26
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech
West Virginia
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