Rowing Lands 25 on Academic All-Big 12 Team

Rowing Lands 25 on Academic All-Big 12 Team

May 10, 2017 | Rowing

By: Micah Thompson

NORMAN – The Oklahoma rowing team earned 25 spots on the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Team, the conference announced Wednesday.

Twenty-three Sooners were named to the first team while two were placed on the second team. First team members consist of student-athletes who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA. A total of 176 rowers were honored across the eight Big 12 programs.

Senior Natalie Grimes, junior Emily Coffman and sophomores Andrea Batchev and Madeleine Lange highlighted the OU selections as four of 19 Big 12 student-athletes who hold a 4.0 grade point average. OU's four perfect GPAs ties with Kansas for the most 4.0s from a school.

To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their 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 criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

The Sooners are back in action this weekend, May 13-14, for the 2017 Big 12 Championship in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Oklahoma Academic All-Big 12
Name	Year	Major	Hometown
Mary Anderson	So.	Health and Exercise Science	Edmond, Okla.
Taylor Arnold	Sr.	Health and Exercise Science	El Reno, Okla.
Victoria Baker	Sr.	Communication Science and Disorders	Dibble, Okla.
Andrea Batchev	So.	International Business	Rockwood, Mich.
Lauren Bishop	Jr.	Management	Norman, Okla.
Stephanie Busse	Sr.	Health and Exercise Science	Bird City, Kan.
Nina Chism	So.	Health and Exercise Science	Edmond, Okla.
Emily Coffman	Jr.	Mathematics	Southborough, Mass.
Nicasia D'Allesandro	Sr.	Biology	Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
Natalie Grimes	Sr.	Marketing	Tustin, Calif.
Hannah Hammond	So.	Environmental Science	Sand Springs, Okla.
Rubie Hays	Jr.	Elementary Education	Austin, Texas
Kalie Heffernan	So.	Aerospace Engineering	Vashon Island, Wash.
Cara Hoelzl	Jr.	Management	Wilton, Conn.
Hannah Kloppenburg	Sr.	Math Education	Ladue, Mo.
Abby Lange	So.	Chemical Biosciences	Edmond, Okla.
Madeleine Lange	So.	Classics	Edmond, Okla.
Maegan Neihart	Sr.	Arts and Sciences Planned Program	Bethany, Okla.
Melissa Patten	Jr.	Health and Exercise Science	San Diego, Calif.
Elena Sloan	Jr.	Anthropology	New Haven, Conn.
Taylor Spencer	Sr.	Professional Writing	Harrisonville, Mo.
Emily Taylor	So.	Journalism	Castle Pines, Colo.
Elizabeth Tracy	Sr.	Health and Exercise Science	Del City, Okla.
Second Team
Baylee Barnes	Jr.	Visual Communication	Southlake, Texas
Katherine Ognovich	Jr.	Health & Exercise Science	Greensboro, N.C.