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Program Record Eight Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-Big 12
02.16.2017 | Women's Basketball
IRVING, Texas – The Iowa State women's basketball team placed eight student-athletes on the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 teams. The Cyclones' Lexi Albrecht, Heather Bowe, Jadda Buckley, Bridget Carleton, Seanna Johnson and TeeTee Starks were named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team, while Claire Ricketts and Jordan Jensen made the second team.
Iowa State's eight honorees marks the most in program history as Iowa State had seven honorees in 2005, 2003 and 2001.
Ricketts, Buckley and Johnson are all making their second appearance on an All-Big 12 team as Ricketts and Buckley appeared on the team in 2016, while Johnson earned the honor in 2015. Ricketts is a hospitality management major and has appeared in 17 games this season. Buckley is a marketing major and has started in all of ISU's 25 games this season while ranking 12th in the Big 12 netting 13.9 points per game. Johnson is a senior criminal justice major who has started in all 25 games this season and is averaging 15.3 points, ranking fifth in the Big 12. She also became just the second player in school history to reach 1,500 career points and 1,000 rebounds.
The Cyclones also had five first-time honorees, beginning with Albrecht, who is a senior kinesiology and health major and has appeared in seven games on the year. Bowe is a grad student in interdisciplinary studies and is averaging 5.7 points per game and 3.7 rebounds. Carleton is a kinesiology and health major and has started all 25 games this season, while leading the team in points (15.9), which also ranks fourth in the Big 12. Starks is a criminal justice major and has appeared in all 25 games, averaging 3.4 points and 4.1 rebounds. Jensen is a senior in mechanical engineering appearing in eight games this season.
ISU's eight honorees also ties Kansas State and Oklahoma for the most in the 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.
The Cyclones will be back in action Saturday at noon when they host West Virginia in the annual Play4Kay game. The game will air on Cyclones.tv.
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