Cowboy Baseball Sets Records With Performance In Classroom

Cowboy Baseball Sets Records With Performance In Classroom

June 08, 2021 | Cowboy Baseball

IRVING, Texas – Oklahoma State shattered program and conference records with the release of the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team.

OSU had 20 student-athletes named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. That total marks the most overall recognitions and the most first-team honorees by any baseball program in the conference since the Big 12 formed in 1996.

The OSU program's previous high for Academic All-Big 12 selections was 15 in 2016, while the Cowboys doubled the previous record of 10 first-team honorees set in 2020.

Additionally, five Cowboys made the team with a 4.0 grade point average, the most ever in league history. Alix Garcia, Carson McCusker, Riley Metzger, Jake Thompson and Caeden Trenkle made the team with a 4.0.

Also earning spots on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the Cowboys were Colton Bowman, Cade Cabbiness, Zach Cable, Wyatt Cheney, Kale Davis, Dylan Gardner, Max Hewitt, Brock Mathis, Hueston Morrill, Bryce Osmond, Roman Phansalkar, Parker Scott, Noah Sifrit, Mitchell Stone and C.J. Varela.

Varela earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors for the fourth time in his career, while Cabbiness also earned Academic All-Big 12 recognition for the fourth time, three of those as a first-team performer.

Four Cowboys – Gardner, Hewitt, McCusker and Sifrit – earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team accolades for the third time, while Phansalkar is now a two-time first teamer.

Stone and Garcia made the first team in 2021 after collecting second-team plaudits a year ago.

OSU's Academic All-Big 12 performers helped the Cowboys set a program record with a 3.39 team GPA for the spring 2021 semester. Fourteen Pokes earned a 4.0 GPA in the spring, while 36 were named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll with a 3.0 or higher GPA.

Additionally, 10 Cowboys received their OSU degrees in May 2021.

To earn a spot on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.20 or better GPA. Second-team selections hold a 3.00-3.19 GPA.

To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the previous two 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 are also eligible.