School-Record Five Baylor MBB Players Earn Academic All-Big 12

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 27, 2020

School-Record Five Baylor MBB Players Earn Academic All-Big 12
Gillespie and Moffatt earn first-team recognition
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

IRVING, Texas – A school-record five Baylor men’s basketball student-athletes were named to the 2020 Academic All-Big 12 teams, as announced Thursday by the conference office.

Senior Freddie Gillespie and redshirt freshman Jackson Moffatt picked up first-team honors, while sophomore Jared Butler, senior Obim Okeke and junior MaCio Teague were named to the Academic All-Big 12 second team.

Baylor’s five honorees were second-most in the Big 12 and broke the previous school record of four Academic All-Big 12 selections in 2002. Gillespie is the fifth player in program history to earn first-team recognition in consecutive seasons, joining Mark Shepherd, Josh Lomers, Brady Heslip and Jake Lindsey.

The Bears have now had multiple first-team selections in three consecutive seasons and six times in the conference’s 24-year history. Lomers and Shepherd were recognized in 2008, Heslip and Jacob Neubert in 2013, Heslip and Logan Lowery in 2014, Lindsey and Jonathan Davis in 2018 and Lindsey and Gillespie in 2019.

All told, Baylor has now had 21 first-team honors earned by 14 different players, along with 15 second-team selections by 12 different players.

A total of 34 student-athletes were recognized by the conference, with 22 first-team honorees and 12 second-team selections. First team members have maintained 3.20 or better GPAs, and second team honorees hold 3.00 to 3.19 GPAs. To qualify, student-athletes must have participated in 20 percent of their team’s scheduled contests, while freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Seniors who meet all other criteria are not subject to the participation requirement.

Baylor, which is ranked No. 2 nationally and is tied for the Big 12 Conference lead with a 14-1 league record, has three regular-season games remaining. The Bears’ final home game is Monday at 8 p.m. CT against Texas Tech, and that comes in between a pair of Saturday road trips to TCU and West Virginia.

BU has clinched a top-two seed in the Big 12 Championship for the first time in program history and has already won two more conference games than any season in program history. The Bears’ 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in school history, trailing 30 wins in 2012, 28 wins in 2010, 27 wins in 2017 and 26 wins in 2014. This marks the fifth time in the last 11 years the Bears have reached the 25-win mark after doing so only once prior to 2010.

Tickets for Monday’s 8 p.m. CT Senior Night game against Texas Tech are available at www.baylorbears.com/tickets<http://www.baylorbears.com/tickets> or by calling the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000. Baylor will honor a trio of seniors with Gillespie, Okeke and Devonte Bandoo all playing their final Baylor home games.

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BAYLOR’S ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 HONOREES
FIRST TEAM
1997 – Doug Brandt
1998 – John Perkins
2002 – Logan Kosmalski
2004 – Robbie McKenzie
2006 – Mark Shepherd
2008 – Josh Lomers
2008 – Mark Shepherd
2009 – Josh Lomers
2010 – Josh Lomers
2012 – Fred Ellis
2013 – Brady Heslip
2013 – Jacob Neubert
2014 – Brady Heslip
2014 – Logan Lowery
2017 – Jake Lindsey
2018 – Jonathan Davis
2018 – Jake Lindsey
2019 – Freddie Gillespie
2019 – Jake Lindsey
2020 – Freddie Gillespie
2020 – Jackson Moffatt

SECOND TEAM
2002 – Chad Henry
2002 – Kevin Henry
2002 – Andre White
2003 – Andre White
2006 – Aaron Bruce
2012 – Brady Heslip
2015 – Kenny Chery
2015 – Al Freeman
2015 – Royce O’Neale
2016 – Al Freeman
2017 – King McClure
2018 – King McClure
2020 – Jared Butler
2020 – Obim Okeke
2020 – MaCio Teague

2019-20 SEASON HONORS

Jared Butler

Wooden Award Last Season Top 20

Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Finalist (1 of 10)

Naismith Trophy Midseason Team (1 of 30)

Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List (1 of 30)

Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List

USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Jan. 14)

Big 12 Player of the Week (Jan. 13)

Big 12 Player of the Week (Nov. 25)

Myrtle Beach Invitational MVP

Academic All-Big 12, Second Team



Freddie Gillespie

Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 9)

CoSIDA Academic All-District 7

Academic All-Big 12, First Team



Davion Mitchell

Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (1 of 10)



Jackson Moffatt

Academic All-Big 12, First Team



Obim Okeke

Academic All-Big 12, Second Team



MaCio Teague

Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 10)

Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 13)

Myrtle Beach Invitational All-Tournament Team

Academic All-Big 12, Second Team



Mark Vital

Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (1 of 10)



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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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