Five Earn Big 12 Dr. Gerald Lage Award
2/28/2018 12:00:00 AM | General
The award is in its eighth year and is recognized as the Big 12 Conference's highest academic honor.
Benedict, a native of Sewickley, Pa., showed strong academic commitment by earning First-team Academic All-Big 12 honors. Benedict is a coordinated dietetics major.
Boyles, a native of Spring, Texas, following a productive season last year Boyles looks to step into bigger role. He is a finance and political science major.
Gibson, a native of Southlake, Texas, notched a second place finish in the 100 back at North Texas and was apart of the winning 200 free relay team in Austin. She is an english major.
Hamel, a native of Avon, Conn., has been a great addition to the team since her transfer from Georgetown University. She is a business information studies major.
Ray, a native of Albert, N.M., posted 585.7, 574.0, 1,159.7 season averages in Air Rifle, Smallbore, and Aggregate. Ray is a speech and language pathology major.
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).
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 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients will receive public recognition at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 7-10 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
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