Texas landed a league-leading 14 student-athletes on the 2014 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Team, the league announced Tuesday. Texas placed 12 student-athletes on the first team and two on the second team. Seniors Matt Belecanech, Ian Carbone, Charles Moore and Reid Walker led the Horns with their third consecutive selections to the Academic All-Big 12 Team.
Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, the men’s swimming and diving Academic All-Big 12 Team consists of 24 first-team members and seven second-team selections. First-team honorees have maintained a minimum 3.20 grade-point average, while second-team members have maintained a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify for the team, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA either cumulatively or during the previous two semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of his team’s scheduled contests.
Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
2014 Academic All-Big 12 Team
First Team (Name, Number of Selections, Major)
Matt Belecanech, 3rd, economics
Cory Bowersox, 1st, mechanical engineering
Ian Carbone, 3rd, geography
Imri Ganiel, 1st, biology
Patrick LaBrode, 1st, exercise science
Ian LeMaistre, 1st, psychology
William McCraney, 3rd, mechanical engineering
Charles Moore, 3rd, accounting
Nicolas Munoz, 2nd, plan II honors
Keith Murphy, 2nd, mechanical engineering
Grant Rogers, 2nd, accounting
Reid Walker, 3rd, mechanical engineering
Second Team (Name, Number of Selections, Major)
Aaron Gustafson, 1st, chemistry
Liam Lockwood, 1st, psychology
This release was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of Texas Swimming & Diving / Feldhaus.
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