The Big 12 Conference announced the Winter Academic All-Big 12 Teams on Tuesday. Kansas placed 32 total student-athletes on the squads, with 29 on the first team and three on the second team. The winter teams consist of student-athletes from men’s and women’s basketball and swim and dive.
Sixteen University of Kansas student-athletes have been honored with the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic achievement, the 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, it was announced Friday.
Seniors Rylee Anderson, Mackenzie Bravence, Haleigh Harper, Holly Kersgieter and Rachel Langs were named the 2022-23 Marlene Mawson Exemplary Woman Athlete Award Finalists on National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday.
Senior captain Mackenzie Bravence,, who is researching vocalizations in children with autism spectrum disorder, was recently named the recipient of the Courtwright Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence through KU’s Center for Undergraduate Research.