IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference announced the 2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team Tuesday, and four BYU women's tennis athletes made the list.
Senior Emilee Astle (Exercise Science), junior Bobo Huang (Marketing), sophomore Tina Li (Business) and junior Madison Smith (Marketing) all made the first team. Student-athletes are required to maintain a GPA of 3.20 or higher, either cumulative or the last two 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.
Bella Folino of women’s soccer, Eliza Millar-Crossman of women’s gymnastics and Chloe Temples of softball 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.