Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics
MANHATTAN, Kansas – Kansas State women's basketball placed seven student-athletes on the 2023 Winters Academic All-Big 12 Teams in an announcement by the Big 12 Conference on Wednesday.
Since the beginning of the Big 12 in 1996-97, K-State has earned a league-best 154 Academic All-Big 12 honors including 122 first team citations which also paces the Big 12.
K-State student-athletes to earn Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors were: junior Rebekah Dallinger (human development and family science), senior Emilee Ebert (human development and family science), sophomore Brylee Glenn (business management), junior Taylor Lauterbach (psychology) and sophomore Serena Sundell (business management).
This was the second career Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors for Ebert and Lauterbach, while Dallinger, Glenn and Sundell each collected their first honors.
On the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, sophomore Jaelyn Glenn (business management) and redshirt sophomore Heavenly Greer (human development and family science). This was the first Academic All-Big 12 citations for Glenn and Greer.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, the women's basketball academic all-league teams consisted of 44 team members.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
K-State concluded its 55th season of action with a 19-17 record and the 33rd postseason appearance in program history with its seventh bid into the WNIT. Earlier this season, the Wildcats became the 19th program in NCAA Division I history to surpass the 1,000-win mark.