Big 12 Names 41 Horned Frogs to Rookie List
7/2/2021 10:00:00 AM | General, Academics
FORT WORTH – A total of 41 TCU student-athletes have been named to the 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
The 41 Horned Frogs came from 14 of TCU's 21 varsity sports including baseball, beach volleyball, basketball, men's and women's cross country, equestrian, football, golf, rifle, soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's track and field and volleyball.
The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team was introduced in the 2012-13 academic year to honor the conference's student-athletes for their first-year performances both on the field and in the classroom.
Each student-athlete is nominated by the institution's director of student-athlete support services, and each student-athlete must be a new, first-time/incoming freshmen that has completed at least 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. The student-athlete must also have participated in at least one of their team's scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
Mariana Akins and Bryce Flynn were also recognized for achieving a cumulative 4.0 GPA.
The 41 Horned Frogs came from 14 of TCU's 21 varsity sports including baseball, beach volleyball, basketball, men's and women's cross country, equestrian, football, golf, rifle, soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's track and field and volleyball.
The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team was introduced in the 2012-13 academic year to honor the conference's student-athletes for their first-year performances both on the field and in the classroom.
Each student-athlete is nominated by the institution's director of student-athlete support services, and each student-athlete must be a new, first-time/incoming freshmen that has completed at least 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. The student-athlete must also have participated in at least one of their team's scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
Mariana Akins and Bryce Flynn were also recognized for achieving a cumulative 4.0 GPA.
| NAME | SPORT | MAJOR | HOMETOWN |
| Garrison Berkley | Baseball | Movement Science | Aledo, Texas |
| Luke Boyers | Baseball | Pre-Major | Boerne, Texas |
| Cameron Brown | Baseball | Communications | Flower Mound, Texas |
| Luke Savage | Baseball | Math-Actuarial Science | Plano, Texas |
| Garrett Wright | Baseball | Communications | College Station, Texas |
| Amari Conn | Basketball, Women's | Social Work | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Adhel Tac | Basketball, Women's | Pre-Major | Garland, Texas |
| Gabriel Diaz | Cross Country, Men's | Health and Fitness | Liberty Hill, Texas |
| Max Schmidhauser | Cross Country, Men's | Movement Science and Political Science | Austin, Texas |
| Drake Young | Cross Country, Men's | Mechanical Engineering | Plymoth, Minn. |
| Jasmin Muhammad-Graham | Cross Country, Women's | Criminal Justice | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Lailah White | Cross Country, Women's | Film, TV, and Digital Media | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Sydney Berube | Equestrian | Business | Bedford, N.H. |
| Payton Boutelle | Equestrian | Business | Elkhorn, Wis. |
| Hannah Loeffelbein | Equestrian | Strategic Communication | Overland Park, Kan. |
| Jessica McAllister | Equestrian | Biology | Southbury, Conn. |
| Giorgia Medows | Equestrian | Business | Cuba, Mo. |
| Ashleigh Scully | Equestrian | English | Morristown, N.J. |
| Kaitlyn Smith | Equestrian | Biology | Apex, N.C. |
| Sydnie Young | Equestrian | Neuroscience | Loomis, Calif. |
| Zach Evans | Football | Youth Advocacy and Education Studies | Houston, Texas |
| Hilton Harris | Football | Pre-Major | Southlake, Texas |
| Lois Lau | Women's Golf | Communications | Noisy-Sur-Ecole, France |
| Nina Schuett | Rifle | Nursing | Billings, Montana |
| Mariana Akins* | Soccer | Business | San Diego, Calif. |
| Avery Barron | Soccer | Business | Pearland, Texas |
| Lauren Kellett | Soccer | Criminal Justice | Coppell, Texas |
| Abigail Ogard | Soccer | Strategic Communication | Tacoma, Wash. |
| Charles Brennig | Swimming & Diving, Men's | Business | Houston, Texas |
| Aidan Clark | Swimming & Diving, Men's | Business | Flower Mound, Texas |
| Bryce Flynn* | Swimming & Diving, Men's | Electrical Engineering | Austin, Texas |
| Mary Jania | Swimming & Diving, Women's | Business | St. Charles, Ill. |
| Cayla Prophater | Swimming & Diving, Women's | Biology | Mercer Island, Wash. |
| Valerie Staffeldt | Swimming & Diving, Women's | English | The Woodlands, Texas |
| Andreas Nava | Track & Field, Men's | Film, TV, and Digital Media | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Dennis Phillips | Track & Field, Men's | Movement Science | Prosper, Texas |
| Kyler Van Grouw | Track & Field, Men's | Mechanical Engineering | Clovis, Calif. |
| Josephine Miller | Beach Volleyball | Spanish and Nutrition | Rockwall, Texas |
| Tara Patton | Beach Volleyball | Pre-Major | Dallas, Texas |
| Peyton Yamagata | Beach Volleyball | Movement Science | Ashburn, Va. |
| Taylor Garrigan Raiola | Volleyball | Youth Advocacy and Education Studies | Burleson, Texas |
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