IRVING, Texas — A total of 21 members of the BYU baseball team were honored with 24 academic awards today by the Big 12 Conference, including the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, Big 12 Spring Academic Team and Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
2026 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
Three Cougars received the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Conference’s highest academic honor — Bryker Hurdsman, Ashton Johnson and Ryker Schow.
To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must have lettered at least once, earned at least 90 hours of academic credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 or above. Johnson and Hurdsman were both repeat selections, having also earned the Gerald Lage Academic Award in 2025.
A senior from Holladay, Utah, Johnson is a neuroscience major with a 3.80 cumulative GPA. He will graduate in Spring 2027, having completed all the prerequisites for medical school. Johnson was recently named the Big 12 Conference Baseball Scholar Athlete of the Year for his performance on the field and in the classroom. He was also recently named Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators for a second-straight year.
Bryker Hurdsman
Hurdsman led the Cougar baseball team with a cumulative GPA of 3.93 and graduated in April with a degree in public health. The senior outfielder from St. George, Utah, was also recently named Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators for a second-straight year.
Ryker Schow
A junior from Pleasant Grove, Utah, Schow is a pre-business major with a cumulative GPA of 3.89. Over three seasons he has appeared in 89 games with 55 starts in the outfield and at designated hitter. Schow has a career batting average of .247 with 48 runs scored, 31 RBI, six home runs, two triples and seven doubles. He also has an OBP of .366 and a slugging percentage of .394.