The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 20 Football places 27 on 2020 Academic All-Big 12 teams
12.18.2020 | Football
The Longhorns had a school-record 19 first-team honorees and eight second-team selections.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Football team had 27 student-athletes earn a spot on the 2020 Academic All-Big 12 teams, the league office announced Friday. A school-record 19 Longhorns earned first-team honors, with eight student-athletes collecting second-team recognition. The 2008 Longhorns held the program's previous benchmark for first-team Academic All-Big 12 honorees with 17.
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Name, Major)
Junior Angilau, Undeclared
Tristan Bennett, Neuroscience
*Cade Brewer, Sport Management
Jett Bush, Undeclared
^Cameron Dicker, Marketing
*Sam Ehlinger, Marketing
^Tope Imade, Corporate Communication
Keaontay Ingram, Physical Culture and Sports
^Cort Jaquess, Finance
Roschon Johnson, Undeclared
^Derek Kerstetter, Corporate Communication
Brayden Liebrock, Applied Movement Science
^Justin Mader, Mechanical Engineering
Kai Money, Biology
^Moro Ojomo, Undeclared
Jake Smith, Undeclared
^Caden Sterns, Sport Management
Casey Thompson, Sport Management
Jordan Whittington, Undeclared
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (Name, Major)
^Ryan Bujcevski, Corporate Communication
Samuel Cosmi, Human Dimensions of Organizations
Rafiti Ghirmai, Physical Culture and Sports
Ta'Quon Graham, Corporate Communication
Christian Jones, Physical Culture and Sports
^Reese Leitao, Neuroscience
Marcus Tillman, Jr., Undeclared
Jared Wiley, Physical Culture and Sports
*indicates third career selection
^indicates second career selection
Academic All-Big 12 First Team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second-team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA. To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated in a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria expect percent of participation are also eligible.
