March 01, 2002
A&M placed more student-athletes on 2002 Academic All-Big 12 Team than in the previous five years the league has existed with five players earning the honor, the Big 12 Conference Office said Thursday.
First-team members from A&M are Jesse King (general studies), Andy Slocum (agricultural business) and Dylan Leal (general studies). Second team members are Andy Leatherman (speech communications) and Brian Brookhart (agricultural economics).
The most any one school has placed on an academic all-league team was Iowa State with seven in 1996-97.
The Big 12 Conference named a total of 26 student-athletes to the 2002 all-academic team.
Oklahoma State senior Fredrik Jönz?n is appearing on his fourth academic all-league team. Other repeat honorees include Kansas junior Nick Collison and Kansas State senior Ivan Sulic.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the men's basketall academic all-league squad consisted of 15 combined first-team members with 11 on the second team.