Alabama Rowing Places 35 on Academic All-Big 12 Team
5/11/2016 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
IRVING, Texas - The Big 12 conference has announced its 2016 Academic All-Big 12 rowing team, which features 35 Alabama student-athletes.
The Crimson Tide's honorees include 30 first team award winners and five on the second team. The total surpasses Alabama's mark of 25 from last season, its debut season with the conference.
The second team list consists of student-athletes with a GPA between 3.00-3.19 while the first team award winners hold 3.20-plus GPAs. Ten of the 140 first team honorees carry a 4.00 GPA, with Alabama accounting for six of those.
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a cumulative 3.00 GPA or higher and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's contests. Freshmen and transfers in their first year of academic residence are not eligible. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
2016 Academic All-Big 12 (Alabama)
FIRST TEAM (* = 4.0 GPA)
- Charlotte Adkins (So. - Vail, Colo.)
- Courtney Atkinson (Sr. - San Clemente, Calif.)
- Vanessa Barone (So. - Baldwin, N.Y.)
- Lydia Blount (So. - Dothan Ala.)
- Jacklin Byers * (Sr. - Lorton, Va.)
- Tayla Cabana (So. - Homer, Ak.)
- Katie Chambers (Sr. - Orlando, Fla.)
- Erin Delaney (Sr. - Albany, N.Y.)
- Olivia Dennis (Sr. - Odessa, Fla.)
- Claire Estep (So. - Sumter, S.C.)
- Leslie Feriozzi (So. - Margate, N.J.)
- Maggie Gillespie * (Jr. - Longwood, Fla.)
- Jacqueline Guezille (So. - Studio City, Calif.)
- Meghan Hampton (So. - Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
- Nicole Lane * (So. - Johns Cree, Ga.)
- Anne Lehmann (So. - Loveland, Ohio)
- Abby Marks (Jr. - Germantown, Wis.)
- Dani Mazer (Jr. - Woodbridge, Va.)
- Olivia Miller * (So. - Madison, Ala.)
- Emily Navin * (So. - Seattle, Wash.)
- Nyia Owen (Sr. - Orlando, Fla.)
- Jennifer Parker (Jr. - Roswell, Ga.)
- Rachel Palmer (Sr. - Houston, Texas)
- Katherine Scott (Jr. - Indianapolis, Ind.)
- Maggie Schulz (So. - Rockville Centre, N.Y.)
- Ali Smith * (Sr. - Flower Mound, Texas)
- Gabby Sprio (Jr. - Racine, Wis.)
- Shannon Sweatt (So. - Milton, Ga.)
- Lindsey Taylor (Sr. - Memphis, Tenn.)
- Miller Tuohy (Sr. - Newton, Mass.)
SECOND TEAM
- Madeleine Evans (Sr. - San Jose, Calif.)
- Rachel Henderson (Sr. - Ashland, Mass.)
- Amanda Oliver (So. - Paso Robles, Calif.)
- Abigail Palmer (Sr. - Zelienople, Penn.)
- Allie Pospisil (Jr. - Geneva, Ill.)
Players Mentioned
