Cowboy golfers earn academic honors

STILLWATER —Oklahoma State University’s men’s golf team had a pair of players earn GCAA All-America Scholar honors for their work in the classroom this past season, with Jonas Baumgartner and Hazen Newman both receiving the distinction.

To be eligible for GCAA All-America Scholar status, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, II and NAIA, or receiving their associate’s degree in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA.

In addition, they must participate in 40 percent of their team’s competitive rounds, have a stroke average less than 76.0 in NCAA Division I, under 78.0 in NCAA Division II, under 79.0 in NCAA Division III, under 78.0 in NAIA and under 77.0 in NJCAA.

They must also maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.

The selection was the second for Baumgartner, a junior from Bielefeld, Germany. Newman, a senior from Las Vegas, was chosen for the first time.

Additionally, Baumgartner and Newman were joined by senior Dillon Stewart on the 2023 Spring Academic All-Big 12 squad’s first team.

Junior Bo Jin, fifth-year golfers Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Leo Oyo as well as sophomore Jordan Wilson were all named second-team selections.

The team recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at conference institutions that participate in spring sports.

First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.2 or better GPA while the second-team selections hold a 3.0 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their 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.

STILLWATER — Five Oklahoma State women’s golfers were named to the 2023 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team, the league announced on Monday.

Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Clemence Martin, Rina Tatematsu and Han-Hsuan Yu all garnered First Team selections, while Hailey Jones was OSU’s lone Second Team honoree.

OSUs five selections were tied for most in the conference with Baylor and Texas Tech. OSU coach Greg Robertson has guided the program to 16 total Academic All-Big 12 selections over the last three years, including six in 2022, the highest mark in program history. In all, 76 Cowgirls have been named to an Academic All-Big 12 Team since the conference’s first selections in 1997.

Now an Academic All-Big 12 selection in back-to-back seasons, Hinson-Tolchard was also named a WGCA All-American Scholar in July, making her the seventh Cowgirl in program history to be named a First Team All-American and All-American Scholar in the same season.

Yu earned her third Academic All-Big 12 selection with a 4.0 grade-point average. She also claimed her fourth career All-American Scholar selection last month to become the first Cowgirl since 2019 to be named an All-American Scholar four times.

Martin, a rising junior, was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team for the first time in her career.

Tatematsu was included on the Academic All-Big 12 Team for a second consecutive season, while Jones collected the third selection of her career.

First-team members consist of athletes who maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second-team selections hold a 3.0 to 3.19 GPA.