The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
15 Longhorns named 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients
02.23.2022 | Baseball, Football, Men's Swimming and Diving, Rowing, Soccer, Women's Swimming and Diving, Track & Field / Cross Country
A record number of UT student-athletes earned the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor.
Austin — The University of Texas posted an all-time school-best, as 15 student-athletes were named recipients of the 12th annual Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference's highest academic honor, on Wednesday. The 15 honorees surpasses the previous high of seven set in 2011 and equaled in 2018 and 2021. Texas has now had 68 all-time student-athletes receive this prestigious honor.
This year's honorees cover seven programs with Men's Swimming & Diving posting the most with five (Andrew Couchon, David Johnston, Daniel Krueger, Charlie Scheinfeld, Matt Willenbring). Baseball (Murphy Stehly, Tristan Stevens), Football (Derek Kerstetter, Gabriel Watson), Rowing (Katelyn Bouthillette, Katie Casey) and Soccer (Jennessa Groves, Emma Regan) each had two recipients, while Women's Swimming (Janie Boyle) and Men's Track & Field (Tripp Piperi) added one apiece.
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 can only 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. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87), and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients' names will be featured on the video board at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championships, scheduled for March 10-13 at the T-Mobile Center and March 11-14 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.
University of Texas Student-Athletes named as 2019 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
Baseball
Murphy Stehly, Strategic Communication (Graduate Certificate)
Tristan Stevens, Strategic Communication (Graduate Certificate)
Football
Derek Kerstetter, Sport Management Graduate Program
Gabriel Watson, Postgraduate Coursework
Rowing
Katelyn Bouthillette, Sport Management Graduate Program
Katie Casey, Nursing
Soccer
Jennessa Groves, Applied Movement Science
Emma Regan, Marketing
Men's Swimming & Diving
Andrew Couchon, Government
David Johnston, Communication & Leadership
Daniel Krueger, Electrical Engineering
Charlie Scheinfeld, Sustainability Studies
Matt Willenbring, Petroleum Engineering Honors
Women's Swimming & Diving
Janie Boyle, Biochemistry
Men's Track & Field
Tripp Piperi, Strategic Communication (Graduate Certificate)
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