Ten Tigers Named Academic All-Big 12
5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 15, 2009
Ten members of the Mizzou baseball team have been named to the Academic All-Big 12 team, as announced on Thursday. All ten were named to the first team. The Tigers led the league in first team honorees and were second in the Big 12 in overall selections.
Academic All-Big 12 honors went Seniors Scooter Hicks and Kyle Mach, juniors Trevor Coleman, Kyle Gibson and Aaron Senne and sophomores Ryan Ampleman, Nick Tepesch, Andrew Thigpen, Kelly Fick and Phil McCormick. It is the second career honor for Coleman, Senne and Hicks and is the first selection for the other seven.
Baylor led the league with the most honorees, placing 11 student-athletes on the squad -- nine on the first team and two on the second.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and media relations offices, the baseball academic all-league squad consisted of 52 first team members combined with 19 on the second team. First team members have recorded a 3.20 or better GPA, while the second team are those with a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters. All position players nominated must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests, while pitchers are required to have at least one inning pitched per game played by the team or have appeared in 20 percent of their team's total games. 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.
