Good news / Bad news on academics

[HornSports Staff]

This list should make Texas fans proud. Roughly 50 kids making it is impressive.

But, only 1 foottballer makes the list? That's disproportionate. Serious question...what gives?

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Honor roll recognizes first-time/incoming freshmen that complete 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework, achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 and meet participation criteria.

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas placed 48 student-athletes on the 2014-15 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, the conference office announced Thursday. A total of 404 student-athletes were named to the squad, including 37 who were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshman that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 (4.0 scale). Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team’s scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.

The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team was introduced during the 2012-13 academic year.

University of Texas Student-Athletes Named to the 2014-15 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (48 total)

Name________________________ Sport

Kyle Johnston_________________ Baseball

Travis Jones___________________ Baseball

Connor Mayes_________________ Baseball

Michael McCann_______________ Baseball

Jacob McKenzie________________ Baseball

Jordan Barnett________________ Men’s Basketball

Joe Schwartz__________________ Men’s Basketball

Armanti Foreman______________ Football

Scottie Scheffler_______________ Men’s Golf

Jonathan Roberts______________ Men’s Swimming & Diving

Joseph Schooling_______________ Men’s Swimming & Diving

Austin Temple_________________ Men’s Swimming & Diving

Adrian Ortiz Ruiz_______________ Men’s Tennis

Logan Emery__________________ Men’s Track & Field

Zach Hamstra_________________ Men’s Track & Field

Connor Hendrickson____________ Men’s Track & Field

Jake McConnell________________ Men’s Track & Field

Jacob Pickle___________________ Men’s Track & Field

Chris Pietraszkiewicz___________ Men’s Track & Field

Stephen Villalpando____________ Men’s Track & Field

Wesley Ward_________________ Men’s Track & Field

Diani Akigbogun_______________ Women’s Basketball

Ariel Atkins___________________ Women’s Basketball

Brooke McCarty________________ Women’s Basketball

Shannon Barry_________________ Rowing

Devon Erickson________________ Rowing

Rachel Fleming________________ Rowing

Allyson Hite___________________ Rowing

Carolyn Martin________________ Rowing

Sarah Nielsen_________________ Rowing

Olivia Brook___________________ Soccer

Erin Geiger___________________ Soccer

Chelbi Orrick__________________ Soccer

Alyssa Angel__________________ Softball

Randal Leahy__________________ Softball

Erica Wright__________________ Softball

Bethany Leap_________________ Women’s Swimming & Diving

Rebecca Millard_______________ Women’s Swimming & Diving

Mimi Schneider________________ Women’s Swimming & Diving

Dani Wagland_________________ Women’s Tennis

Natalie Avellar________________ Women’s Track & Field

Alexa Harmon-Thomas__________ Women’s Track & Field

Ariel Jones____________________ Women’s Track & Field

Kendra Melendez______________ Women’s Track & Field

Alyssa Moody_________________ Women’s Track & Field

Shay Petty____________________ Women’s Track & Field

Catherine Romanick____________ Women’s Track & Field

Cat McCoy____________________ Volleyball

 

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Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshman that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 (4.0 scale). Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team’s scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.

Prior lists had a bunch of walkons so I can understand why Foreman was the lone football member. I'm betting the completion of 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework is what disqualified a lot of others. And remember it's only freshman. The participation rule knocks out the walkons.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshman that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 (4.0 scale). Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team’s scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.

Prior lists had a bunch of walkons so I can understand why Foreman was the lone football member. I'm betting the completion of 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework is what disqualified a lot of others. And remember it's only freshman. The participation rule knocks out the walkons.

What percentage of all freshmen athletes at UT are football players? I don't know the number, but it's higher than 2.1%.

 

[echeese]

So redshirt's don't count but redshirt freshmen (those who have sat out a year) do.

I'll wager it's a pretty small data set of players but maybe not. . . .need to up the numbers next year.