Baylor Men’s Golf Leads Big 12 with Nine Academic All-Big 12 Selections

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 5, 2021

Baylor Men’s Golf Leads Big 12 with Nine Academic All-Big 12 Selections
School-record nine players earn First Team honors
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

IRVING, Texas – Baylor men’s golf led the Big 12 Conference and broke a school record with nine players named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, as announced Wednesday by the conference office.

All nine Bears who met the participation requirement earn First Team honors, led by Colin Kober, who was one of seven players in the conference to earn the recognition with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Kober was joined on the First Team by Baylor teammates Cooper Dossey, Luke Dossey, Ryan Grider, Brandon Hoff, Tyler Isenhart, Johnny Keefer, Travis McInroe and Mark Reppe. Baylor’s nine First Team honorees bested the previous school record set with seven selections in both 2018 and 2019.

Cooper Dossey and Kober became the first players in program history named five-time Academic All-Big 12 honorees. Kober was named to the First Team for a school-record fourth-consecutive season and was a Rookie Team honoree in 2017, while Cooper Dossey was also on the Rookie Team in 2017, and was a Second Team selection in 2020 and earned his third career First Team honor this season (2018, 2019, 2021).

McInroe was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for a fourth-consecutive season, while Grider and Reppe earned their fourth Academic All-Big 12 awards after being named First Team for a third-consecutive season following their 2018 Rookie Team honors.

Hoff picked up his third Academic All-Big 12 honor with a Rookie Team selection in 2019 followed by back-to-back First Team honors the last two seasons. Isenhart, Keefer and Luke Dossey all earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team recognition for the first time after being named to the Rookie Team a season ago.

Players are eligible for Academic All-Big 12 honors after they’ve completed a full year in residence, and for a fifth-consecutive season every Baylor golfer who met the participation and year-in-residence requirements were recognized.

In addition to Cooper Dossey and Kober becoming the first five-time Academic All-Big 12 honorees in program history, McInroe, Grider and Reppe joined Braden Bailey, Garrett May, Andreas Gjesteby and Bill Allcorn to make nine players in program history with four or more Academic All-Big 12 honors.

Baylor has now had 100 Academic All-Big 12 honorees in the conference’s 25-year history, with 69 First-Team selections, 17 on Second Teams, 12 on the Rookie Teams and two honorable mentions. At least five Bears have earned league academic honors in all seven seasons under head coach Mike McGraw, after the Bears had five or more honorees in one of 18 seasons prior to his arrival.

BU players have combined to earn 56 Academic All-Big 12 honors during the seven-year McGraw era after picking up 44 such honors in the league’s first 18 seasons.

Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, the Academic All-Big 12 men's golf team consisted of 47 First Team honorees and nine Second-Team selections. To qualify, student-athletes must participate in at least 20 percent of their team’s scheduled contests and maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher, while freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. First Team honorees have a minimum 3.20 GPA.

Baylor begins its NCAA Tournament run at the Stillwater Regional, which will be played May 17-19 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla. The Bears are the No. 7 seed in the 13-team Regional, and the top five teams advance to the NCAA Championship.



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2020-21 Season Honors

Cooper Dossey

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Luke Dossey

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Ryan Grider

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Brandon Hoff

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Tyler Isenhart

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Johnny Keefer

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Colin Kober

Big 12 All-Tournament Team

Arnold Palmer Award Finalist

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Travis McInroe

Academic All-Big 12 First Team



Mark Reppe

Big 12 All-Tournament Team

Academic All-Big 12 First Team


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

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