27 Red Raiders earn Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Award
August 27, 2025 | Academics
LUBBOCK, Texas – Twenty-seven Red Raiders have been recognized with the 2024-25 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award – the Big 12's highest academic accolade. Tech was led by the women's track and field team with 11 recipients, followed by the soccer team with six honorees.
The award is in its 14th year and is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983 until his death in 2007. He was the chairman on three occasions (1985-86, 93-94 and 2003-04).
Lage had been a member of the Oklahoma State family since 1966, when he joined the College of Business Administration as an assistant professor. During his tenure at OSU, he served as the director of graduate studies in the department of economics (1974-77), head of the department of economics and finance (1978-84), director of the OSU Center for International Trade and Development (1985-87), and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the college of business administration (1997-2004).
To be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
Full List of Texas Tech Award Winners
Jack Francis, Men's Basketball
Jack Burgess, Football
Luke Dillingham, Football
Charlie DeLong, Men's Golf
Garison Breeding, Men's Track and Field
Liam Walsh, Men's Track and Field
Jasmine Shavers, Women's Basketball
Bailey Maupin, Women's Basketball
Libby Fleming, Women's Golf
Maddie Kuehl, Softball
Peyton Annen, Soccer
Kaitlyn Giametta, Soccer
Kate Leibel, Soccer
Peyton Parsons, Soccer
Molly Skurcenski, Soccer
Lauren Woodruff, Soccer
Emma Bock, Women's Track and Field
Adele Clarke, Women's Track and Field
Alyssa Colbert, Women's Track and Field
McKenzie Davis, Women's Track and Field
Melanie Jacobs, Women's Track and Field
Taylor Limbaugh, Women's Track and Field
Cassandra O'Pry Women's Track and Field
Riley Ries, Women's Track and Field
Ella Strickland, Women's Track and Field
Mercy Umoibang, Women's Track and Field
Sarah Zdansky, Women's Track and Field