Texas lands league-leading 14 student-athletes on Academic All-Big 12 Team

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, 3^rd, economics

Cory Bowersox, 1^st, mechanical engineering

Ian Carbone, 3^rd, geography

Imri Ganiel, 1^st, biology

Patrick LaBrode, 1^st, exercise science

Ian LeMaistre, 1^st, psychology

William McCraney, 3^rd, mechanical engineering

Charles Moore, 3^rd, accounting

Nicolas Munoz, 2^nd, plan II honors

Keith Murphy, 2^nd, mechanical engineering

Grant Rogers, 2^nd, accounting

Reid Walker, 3^rd, mechanical engineering

Second Team (Name, Number of Selections, Major)

Aaron Gustafson, 1^st, chemistry

Liam Lockwood, 1^st, psychology

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