Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Receive Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
02.27.2019 | Athletics, Academic Services
AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 announced that 14 Iowa State student-athletes, which doubled the Cyclones' total from 2018, are recipients of the 2019 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the conference's highest academic honor. Iowa State's 14 honorees was the third most out of any team in the conference behind Baylor (18) and Oklahoma (15).
Iowa State Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Recipients
Riley Behan (Soccer)
Hannah Carter (Soccer)
Larkin Chapman (Track and Field/Cross Country)
Connor Greene (Football)
Michael Jacobson (Basketball)
Adriana Kammerer (Track and Field/Cross Country)
Thomas Pollard (Track and Field/Cross Country)
Emma Ruehle (Swimming and Diving)
Logan Schaben (Softball)
Jasmine Staebler (Track and Field/Cross Country)
Emily Steil (Soccer)
Erinn Stenman-Fahey (Track and Field/Cross Country)
Hank Swalla (Wrestling)
Sammy Williams (Softball)
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).
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.
