TCU Sports: Rookies Of The Year
Of the 469 student-athletes to be named to the 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, 53 are Horned Frogs. The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team comprises students who are new, including freshmen, to their particular institution.
West Virginia led the way, with 68 members selected, followed by Kansas with 56, TCU's 53 not far behind.
A total of 56 student-athletes were nominated with 4.0 grade point averages.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, to achieve membership to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, a student-athlete must be new to the institution (or a freshman), having completed 23 hour of non-remedial course work, and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0.
Additionally, the student-athlete must have performed in at least one sporting event and must have been a member of their institution's team for their sport's entire NCAA Championship segment. The Academic All-Big 12 has been in place since 2012-13.
TCU's honorees include:
Trip Banta III--Baseball, majoring in Movement Science
Owen Blackledge--Baseball, majoring in Economics
Cohen Feser--Baseball, majoring in Business
Brody Green--Baseball, majoring in Business
Logan Maxwell--Baseball, majoring in Business
Hunter Teplansky--Baseball, majoring in Movement Science
Gray Thomas--Baseball, majoring in Business
Cole Despie--Men's Basketball, majoring in Business
Noah Bolticoff--Football, majoring in Criminal Justice
Matthew Kerr--Football, majoring in Communications
David Ekdhal--Men's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Business
Philip Endom--Men's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Speech Pathology
Alec Hubbard--Men's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Jake Litchfield--Men's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Graphic Design
Tristan McFarland--Men's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Business
Brady White--Men's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Communications
Jadon Wuilliez--Men's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Lui Maxted--Men's Tennis, majoring in Economics
Stone Burke--Men's Track and Field, majoring in Business
Bryce Fisher--Men's Track and Field, majoring in Communications
Clay Macdonald--Men's Track and Field, majoring in Business
Finn Riley--Men's Track and Field, majoring in Political Science and Communications
Noah Winters--Men's Track and Field, majoring in Economics
Paige Bradley--Women's Basketball, majoring in Business
Sidney Dunham--Equestrian, majoring in Child Development
Emily Lucibello--Equestrian, majoring in Business
Chloe Peebles--Equestrian, majoring in Strategic Communications
Laurel Smith--Equestrian, majoring in Business
Jenevieve Welker--Equestrian, majoring in Criminal Justice
Elizabeth West--Equestrian, majoring in Biology
Avery Blake--Women's Golf, majoring in Business
Caitlyn Macnab--Women's Golf, majoring in Health and Fitness
Anne White--Rifle, majoring in Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Gianna Yokoe--Rifle, majoring in Psychology
Jacqueline Barnes--Soccer, majoring in Business
Brenna Brosma--Soccer, majoring in Health and Fitness
Paige Crews--Soccer, pre-major
Camryn Lancaster--Soccer, majoring in Strategic Communications
Lauren Memoly--Soccer, majoring in Business
Olivia Pena--Soccer, majoring in Interior Design
Luana Araco Dominguez--Beach Volleyball, majoring in Business
Hailey Hamlett--Beach Volleyball, majoring in Business
Josephine Sek--Beach Volleyball, majoring in Movement Science
Claire Chahbandour--Women's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Political Science-International
Jeanne Dahmen--Women's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Health and Fitness
Jordan Edwards--Women's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Criminal Justice
Anna Kwong--Women's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Biology
Rylee Moore--Women's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Biology
Olivia Rhodes--Women's Swimming and Diving, majoring in Nutrition
Ibukunoluwa Alausa--Women's Track and Field, majoring in Biology
Samantha Callaway--Women's Track and Field, majoring in Interior Design
Emma Seetoo--Women's Track and Field, majoring in Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Cecily Bramschreiber--Volleyball, majoring in Interior Design
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