The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Five Longhorns named 2017 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
02.28.2017 | Student Services
Quintet of UT student-athletes earn Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor.
AUSTIN, Texas — A total of five University of Texas student-athletes are recipients of the seventh annual Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference's highest academic honors. Soccer senior Paige Brown, Men's Swimming and Diving senior P.J. Dunne, Rowing junior Rachel Fleming, Men's Track and Field junior Zach Hamstra and Soccer senior Isabelle Kerr earned the prestigious accolade.
In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which only can be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007.
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients will receive public recognition at the upcoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 8-11 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.
University of Texas Student-Athletes Named as 2017 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
|
Name |
Class |
Sport |
Major |
|
Paige Brown |
Sr. |
Soccer |
Health Promotion, College of Education |
|
P.J. Dunne |
Sr. |
Men's Swimming & Diving |
Biochemistry/Pre-Med, College of Natural Sciences |
|
Rachel Fleming |
Jr. |
Rowing |
Latin American Studies, College of Liberal Arts |
|
Zach Hamstra |
Jr. |
Men's Track & Field |
Science & Technology Management, McCombs School of Business |
|
Isabelle Kerr |
Sr. |
Soccer |
Finance, McCombs School of Business |