IRVING, Texas — BYU softball saw 13 of its student-athletes earn Academic All-Big 12 honors as the league announced its 2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team on Tuesday.
The Cougars placed eight on the first team: Ailana Agbayani (open major), Lauren Flanders (computer science), Taryn Lennon (communications), Hailey Morrow (exercise science), Macy Simmons (psychology), Chloe Temples (microbiology), Tristen Turlington (mathematics) and Maddie Udall (PE teaching and coaching).
Alyssa Aguilar (sociology), Maddie Bejarano (communications), Jaelynn Lambert (PE teaching and coaching), Lily Owens (English) and Violet Zavodnik (PE teaching and coaching) were the five to represent BYU with second team honors.
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. To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 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.
BYU completes the 2023-24 athletic year with 197 total academic all-conference honorees, 193 of which were awarded by the Big 12. Women’s track and field (27), women’s swim and dive (24) and football (23) led all sports in academic recognitions. After 57 and 58 Big 12 honorees in Fall and Winter, respectively, the Cougars’ Spring all-academic teams totaled 78 athletes.
Temples, Bella Folino of women’s soccer and Eliza Millar-Crossman of women’s gymnastics earned the Cougars' most prestigious individual academic accolades in 2023-24. Folino was recognized with the NCAA’s Elite 90 Award at the College Cup while Millar-Crossman and Temples claimed Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year awards in their respective sports.
View the full Big 12 release at the conference’s website.