Texas Women land eight on Academic All-Big 12 Team

Texas landed eight student-athletes on the 2014 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Team, the league announced Tuesday.  Texas placed six student-athletes on the first team and two on the second team.  Seniors Maren Taylor and Ellen Lobb 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 women’s swimming and diving Academic All-Big 12 Team consists of 47 first-team members and 12 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 her 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)

Victoria Cassidy, 1^st, corporate communication

Kristina Hoffmann, 1^st, journalism

Ellen Lobb, 3^rd, public relations

Maren Taylor, 3^rd, history

Samantha Tucker, 2^nd, physical culture and sport

Erin Yeager, 1^st, undergraduate studies

Second Team (Name, Number of Selections, Major)

Skylar Smith, 2^nd, psychology

Emily Rose Williams, 2^nd, mechanical engineering

This release was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of Texas Swimming and Diving / Feldhaus.