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

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August 12, 2022

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.