The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
05.10.2018 | Rowing
Longhorns place 14 on first team and five on the second team.
IRVING, Texas – The third-ranked Texas Rowing program placed 19 student-athletes on the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 Rowing Team, the league announced Thursday. Fourteen Longhorns earned first-team honors and five Longhorns were selected to the second team.
A total of 151 Big 12 student-athletes earned first-team selections while 24 were selected to tehs econd team. The team includes honorees from the five Big 12 rowing schools – Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State and West Virginia – in addition to rowing affiliate members Alabama, Old Dominion and Tennessee.
To qualify for the Academic All-Big 12 Team, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA either cumulatively or during the previous two semesters and compete in at least 20 percent of her team's regattas.
Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Seniors who meet all of the criteria except the percentage of participation are also eligible.
The seven-time Big 12 champion Longhorns compete in the Big 12 Championships this weekend (May 12-13) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
2018 Academic All-Big 12 Rowing Team
First Team (Name, Class, Major)
Shannon Barry, sr., audiology
Blair Bartholomew, jr., psychology
Sarah Cadman, sr., marketing
Kendall Chapman, jr., radio-television-film
Samantha Ennis, so., undeclared
Rachel Fleming, sr., Master of Latin American studies
Emily Froehlich, sr., exercise science
Allyson Hite, sr., accounting-professional program
Ashley Jacobs, jr., human development & family studies
Ljiljana Josic, so., biochemistry
Aine McGinn, so., Plan II Honors and journalism
Sara Neaves, sr., rhetoric & writing and linguistics
Sabrina Pham, jr., biology
Maddie Prator, so., health & society
Second Team (Name, Class, Major)
Merilynn Finley, so., human dimensions of organization
Lauren Mufarreh, jr., exercise science
Kay Murphy, jr., psychology
Jill Renly, so., government
Mariam Soufi, jr., government
