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West Virginia Leads Big 12 in Honorees Named to Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

West Virginia’s student-athletes were honored on Thursday afternoon as 68 Mountaineers were named to the 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
WVU’s 68 student-athletes was the most in the Big 12 Conference by any other institution. Kansas was in second with 56. A total of 469 Big 12 student-athletes received the honor.
To qualify, freshmen in the 2021-22 school year must achieve at least a 3.00 GPA with 24 credit hours.
WVU’s HONOREES:
Name / Sport / Major / Hometown
Tommy Beam, West Virginia | Baseball | Engineering | Gibsonia, Penn. |
Grant Hussey, West Virginia | Baseball | General Business | Washington, W.Va. |
Michael Kilker, West Virginia | Baseball | Sport Management | Hazleton, Penn. |
Aidan Major, West Virginia | Baseball | Health and Well-Being | Mill Hall, Penn. |
Deaton Oak, West Virginia | Baseball | Sport Management | Lagrange, Ky. |
Chris Sleeper, West Virginia | Baseball | Exploratory Pathway | Henrietta, N.Y. |
William Watson, West Virginia | Baseball | Criminology | Brampton, Ontario |
Jonathan Weatherholt, West Virginia | Baseball | Finance | Mars, Penn. |
Kobe Johnson, West Virginia | Men’s Basketball | Undecided | Canton, Ohio |
James Okonkwo, West Virginia | Men’s Basketball | Undecided | Maidenhead, England |
Caden Biser, West Virginia | Football | Exercise Physiology | Morgantown, W.Va. |
Aubrey Burks, West Virginia | Football | Sport Management | Oakridge, Fla. |
William Crowder, West Virginia | Football | Business | Gardendale, Ala. |
Treylan Davis, West Virginia | Football | Sport Management | Jackson, Ohio |
Justin Johnson, West Virginia | Football | Exploratory Pathway | St. Louis, Mo. |
Davis Mallinger, West Virginia | Football | Multidisciplinary Studies | Melbourne, Fla. |
Saint Mcleod, West Virginia | Football | Exploratory Pathway | Philadelphia, Penn. |
James Milum, West Virginia | Football | General Business | Kenova, W.Va. |
Kaden Prather, West Virginia | Football | Criminology | Montgomery Village, Md. |
Tomas Rimac, West Virginia | Football | Coaching & Performance Science | Brunswick, Ohio |
Hammond Russell, West Virginia | Football | Business | Dublin, Ohio |
Edward Vesterinen, West Virginia | Football | Business | Helsinki, Finland |
Victor Wikstrom, West Virginia | Football | Communication Studies | Uppsala, Sweden |
Brooke Alban, West Virginia* | Gymnastics | Psychology | Urbana, Md. |
Brynn Freehling, West Virginia | Gymnastics | Exploratory Pathway | Southington, Conn. |
Heidi Hartje, West Virginia | Gymnastics | Accounting | Frederick, Md. |
Anna Leigh, West Virginia | Gymnastics | Exercise Physiology | St. Michael, Minn. |
Natalie Perrin, West Virginia* | Rifle | Sports & Adventure Media | Coopersville, Mich. |
Grace Cronen, West Virginia | Rowing | Engineering | Tampa, Fla. |
Grace Fay, West Virginia | Rowing | Forensic Biology | Orlando, Fla. |
Mayley Guitard, West Virginia | Rowing | Engineering | Mesa, Ariz. |
Violet Hewett, West Virginia | Rowing | Exercise Physiology | Clermont, Fla. |
Ksenia Kaluderovic, West Virginia | Rowing | Management | Belgrade, Serbia |
Ava Milano, West Virginia | Rowing | Engineering | Alexandria, Va. |
Bailey South, West Virginia | Rowing | Anthropology | Jamestown, N.Y. |
Otto Ollikainen, West Virginia | Men’s Soccer | Business | Helsinki, Finland |
Maxwell Trethewey, West Virginia | Men’s Soccer | Civil Engineering | Charleston, W.Va. |
Aria Bilal, West Virginia | Women’s Soccer | Sport Management | Bowie, Md. |
Dilary Heredia-Beltran, West Virginia | Women’s Soccer | Exercise Physiology | Wichita, Kan. |
Rhea Kijowski, West Virginia | Women’s Soccer | Exercise Physiology | Waynesburg, Penn. |
Annika Leslie, West Virginia | Women’s Soccer | Exercise Physiology | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Lisa Schoppl, West Virginia | Women’s Soccer | Coaching & Performance Science | Regensburg, Germany |
Leah Sparacio, West Virginia | Women’s Soccer | Exercise Physiology | Farmingdale, N.Y. |
Hayden Apel, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | Health and Well-Being | Hilliard, Ohio |
Riley Brown, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | Finance | Baton Rouge, La. |
Glenn Eloriaga, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | STEM Pathway | Burlington, Ontario |
William Ingram, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | Sport Management | Edmond, Okla. |
Reilly Keaney, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | Exercise Physiology | Greensboro, N.C. |
Braden Osborn, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | Journalism | Mason, Ohio |
Wesley Schauer, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | Physical Education & Kinesiology | Beavercreek, Ohio |
Jake Young, West Virginia | Men’s Swimming & Diving | Computer Science | Mason, Ohio |
Morgan Burton, West Virginia | Women’s Swimming & Diving | Sport & Exercise Psychology | Midlothian, Va. |
Miranda Kirtley, West Virginia | Women’s Swimming & Diving | Engineering | Daleville, Va. |
Emily Knorr, West Virginia | Women’s Swimming & Diving | Exercise Physiology | Salisbury, N.C. |
Sarah Krusinski, West Virginia* | Women’s Swimming & Diving | Health and Well-Being | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Mia Walters, West Virginia* | Women’s Swimming & Diving | Physical Education & Kinesiology | Dacula, Ga. |
Camilla Bossi, West Virginia* | Tennis | Engineering | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Kendall Kovick, West Virginia | Tennis | Forensic Examiner | Las Vegas, Nev. |
Michaela Kucharova, West Virginia* | Tennis | Management | Milotice Nad Becvou, Czech Republic |
Catherine Wassick, West Virginia | Tennis | Exercise Physiology | Morgantown, W.Va. |
Ghamani Houge, West Virginia | Track & Field | Neuroscience | Hopewell, Va. |
Eden Williams, West Virginia | Track & Field | Biology | Fairmont, W.Va. |
Madison Page, West Virginia | Volleyball | Sport & Exercise Psychology | Marietta, Ga. |
Blake Boyers, West Virginia* | Wrestling | Finance | Fairmont, W. Va. |
Michael Dolan, West Virginia | Wrestling | Engineering | Martinsburg, W.Va. |
George Johnson, West Virginia | Wrestling | Marketing | Charlotte, N.C. |
Tristan Kemp, West Virginia* | Wrestling | Sport Management | Oakham, Mass. |
Jace Schafer, West Virginia | Wrestling | General Business | Walworth, N.Y. |
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