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

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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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Ethan Bock is pursuing his bachelor’s degree in journalism at WVU. He currently is an intern with the Final Fourcast podcast. Ethan has covered WVU football and men’s basketball for the last year. He is from Cincinnati, Ohio.

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