Rice University Athletics
Rice has 321 Athletes Named American Conference All-Academic
7/29/2026 1:00:00 PM | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Men's Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Women's Volleyball, Women's Indoor Track, Men's Indoor Track, Men's Outdoor Track, Women's Outdoor Track, Women's Golf
IRVING – Rice Athletics had 321 student-athletes named to the American Conference All-Academic Team, conference commissioner Tim Pernetti announced Wednesday afternoon.
In total, the American Conference recognized 3,593 student-athletes on the All-Academic Team. Rice ranked second among all conference institutions.
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the American member and sport affiliate institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an American-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year, and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
American Conference All-Academic Team
In total, the American Conference recognized 3,593 student-athletes on the All-Academic Team. Rice ranked second among all conference institutions.
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the American member and sport affiliate institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an American-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year, and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
American Conference All-Academic Team
| Jeremiah Arnett | Baseball | Vincent Nnanna | Men's Track & Field |
| Ethan Atchley | Baseball | Kamden O'Connor | Men's Track & Field |
| Ty Baker | Baseball | Chizitere Okolie | Men's Track & Field |
| Jackson Blank | Baseball | Dominik Skorjanc | Men's Track & Field |
| Garet Boehm | Baseball | Daniel Sowell | Men's Track & Field |
| Sullivan Brackin | Baseball | Reeve Tarter | Men's Track & Field |
| D.C. Brown | Baseball | William Thames | Men's Track & Field |
| LJ Layhew | Baseball | Andrew Trinidad | Men's Track & Field |
| JC Davis | Baseball | Nathan Turman | Men's Track & Field |
| Jacob Devenny | Baseball | Rafael Botran | Men's Tennis |
| Anthony Diaz | Baseball | Tommy Czaplinski | Men's Tennis |
| Trey Dooley | Baseball | Noey Do | Men's Tennis |
| Trey Duffield | Baseball | Kabeer Kapasi | Men's Tennis |
| Austin Eppley | Baseball | Petro Kuzmenok | Men's Tennis |
| Robert Fernandez | Baseball | Joshua Mandelbaum | Men's Tennis |
| Marco Fuentes | Baseball | Santiago Navarro | Men's Tennis |
| Carson Kuhn | Baseball | Gabriel Porras | Men's Tennis |
| Lorenzo Rios | Baseball | Yair Sarouk | Men's Tennis |
| Colin Robson | Baseball | Hailey Adams | Women's Basketball |
| Nolan Roycraft | Baseball | Aniah Alexis | Women's Basketball |
| Ethan Sanders | Baseball | Louann Battiston | Women's Basketball |
| Brayden Sharp | Baseball | Jordin Blackmon | Women's Basketball |
| Paul Smith | Baseball | Kennedy Clifton | Women's Basketball |
| Jax Traeger | Baseball | Layla Conley | Women's Basketball |
| Ryland Urbanczyk | Baseball | Dominique Ennis | Women's Basketball |
| Logan Voelz | Baseball | Victoria Flores | Women's Basketball |
| Kutter-Gage Webb | Baseball | Mylee Guinn | Women's Basketball |
| Landon West | Baseball | Shelby Hayes | Women's Basketball |
| Matt Zatopek | Baseball | Hanna Hilberth | Women's Basketball |
| Michael Zito | Baseball | Pace Rickard | Women's Basketball |
| Luca Akirtava | Football | Skyla Tuthill | Women's Basketball |
| Cole Alberding | Football | Jill Twiehaus | Women's Basketball |
| Chase Allen | Football | Heidi Nielson | Women's Cross Country |
| Matthew Aribisala | Football | Amelie Attenborough | Women's Cross Country |
| Alex Bacchetta | Football | Cici Calhoun | Women's Cross Country |
| Max Balthazar | Football | Mckayla Childs | Women's Cross Country |
| Micah Barnett | Football | Niamh Collins | Women's Cross Country |
| Beau Barton | Football | Brooklyn Crow | Women's Cross Country |
| Brad Baur | Football | Elle Garcia | Women's Cross Country |
| Braden Bays | Football | Alex Gobran | Women's Cross Country |
| Moh Bility | Football | Emma Hourican | Women's Cross Country |
| Erben Birkhoff | Football | Oliwia Kopeć | Women's Cross Country |
| Nathan Bledsoe | Football | Izzy Leyton | Women's Cross Country |
| Dillan Botts | Football | Daphne Mayer | Women's Cross Country |
| Ethan Brougham | Football | Cullen Merrell | Women's Cross Country |
| Christopher Bruce | Football | Susie Nestor | Women's Cross Country |
| Tyvonn Byars | Football | Miranda Schriver | Women's Cross Country |
| Sam Carrell | Football | Amelia Shoemaker | Women's Cross Country |
| Owen Carter | Football | Kate Twede | Women's Cross Country |
| Jo Chavez | Football | Sutton Walsh | Women's Cross Country |
| Jordan Clark | Football | Emma Young | Women's Cross Country |
| Aquantis Clemmons | Football | Elisabeth Borsheim | Women's Golf |
| Artis Cole | Football | Ragini Navet | Women's Golf |
| Patrick Crayton Jr. | Football | Amelie Phung | Women's Golf |
| Khary Crump Jr. | Football | Luning Yang | Women's Golf |
| Michael Daley | Football | Sima Ashkinezer | Women's Track & Field |
| Larry DeBose IV | Football | Laura Duckhorn | Women's Track & Field |
| James Falk | Football | Julia Fankhauser | Women's Track & Field |
| Peyton Farmer | Football | Sydney Freeman | Women's Track & Field |
| Netane Fehoko | Football | Saniya Friendly | Women's Track & Field |
| Bailey Fletcher | Football | Riana Green | Women's Track & Field |
| Wyatt Freeman | Football | Emily Harbach | Women's Track & Field |
| Enock Gota | Football | Julia Johannesdottir | Women's Track & Field |
| Demone Green | Football | Lucella Kennybrew | Women's Track & Field |
| Ryan Guillo | Football | Alhena Kerawala | Women's Track & Field |
| DAndre Hardeman | Football | Gabbie Love | Women's Track & Field |
| Daveon Hook | Football | Barbora Malikova | Women's Track & Field |
| Quinton Jackson | Football | Araoluwa Odelowo | Women's Track & Field |
| Jack Kane | Football | Lauren Schmitt | Women's Track & Field |
| David Kasemervisz | Football | Elena Schwegman | Women's Track & Field |
| Cooper King | Football | Savannah Simms | Women's Track & Field |
| Colin Leahey | Football | Alexis Tarlue | Women's Track & Field |
| Max Lofy | Football | Alice Taylor | Women's Track & Field |
| Rawson MacNeill | Football | Josie Taylor | Women's Track & Field |
| Payton Matthews | Football | Petra Taylor | Women's Track & Field |
| Cade McMillan | Football | Caroline Thames | Women's Track & Field |
| Justin Michaelis | Football | Alexandra Toney | Women's Track & Field |
| Luke Miller | Football | Eva Vreeland | Women's Track & Field |
| Joseph Mutombo | Football | Mckyla Van der Westhuizen | Women's Track & Field |
| Luke Needham | Football | Mikayla Wills | Women's Track & Field |
| Trace Norfleet | Football | Arayna Mickles | Women's Track & Field |
| Chibby Nwajuaku | Football | Addison Zamzow | Women's Track & Field |
| Ahran Ogbor | Football | Taylor Rish | Soccer |
| DD Oliver | Football | Eileen Albers | Soccer |
| AJ Padgett | Football | Naija Bruckner | Soccer |
| Hudson Perroni | Football | Mia Brumlow | Soccer |
| Rhys Phillips | Football | Piper Biziorek | Soccer |
| Omari Porter | Football | Mariana Elizondo | Soccer |
| Cole Principe | Football | Jadyn Jaeger | Soccer |
| Landon Ransom-Goelz | Football | Jules Johnston | Soccer |
| Jackson Ranucci | Football | Laurel Kelley | Soccer |
| Lucas Scheerhorn | Football | Isabelle Kent | Soccer |
| Alex Scherle | Football | Allie Love | Soccer |
| Peyton Stevenson | Football | Jordyn Mariam | Soccer |
| David Stickle | Football | Carsyn Martz | Soccer |
| Sean Sullivan | Football | Kallie McKinney | Soccer |
| Will Swartz | Football | Bailey Peek | Soccer |
| Tyson Thompson | Football | Lauren Pickup | Soccer |
| Ty Thames | Football | Camille Quarterman | Soccer |
| Patrick Valent | Football | Lilly Reuscher | Soccer |
| Jack Peterson | Football | Kirsten Ruf | Soccer |
| Ejike Adele | Football | Kenna Sanders | Soccer |
| Weston Kropp | Football | Kenzie Solomon | Soccer |
| Cullen Witt | Football | Megan Sweeney | Soccer |
| CJ Witten | Football | Dayo Tennyson | Soccer |
| Drayden Dickmann | Football | Elizabet Velkova | Soccer |
| Christian Edgar | Football | Sam Walker | Soccer |
| Jordan Williams | Men's Basketball | Sophie Zhang | Soccer |
| Trey Patterson | Men's Basketball | Lily Archibald | Swim & Dive |
| Andrew Akuchie | Men's Basketball | Logan Betkey | Swim & Dive |
| Cole Andrews-Heitz | Men's Basketball | Zara Bolton | Swim & Dive |
| Trae Broadnax | Men's Basketball | Ava Casperson | Swim & Dive |
| Evan Cochran | Men's Basketball | Reese Cole | Swim & Dive |
| Eternity Eguagie | Men's Basketball | Rylee Coyne | Swim & Dive |
| Dallas Hobbs | Men's Basketball | Lily Cramer | Swim & Dive |
| Bodey Howell | Men's Basketball | Ella Dyson | Swim & Dive |
| George Perkins | Men's Basketball | Siiri Einio | Swim & Dive |
| Filippo Aldrovandi | Men's Cross Country | Catherine Eland | Swim & Dive |
| Victor Aviles | Men's Cross Country | Mia Fildissis | Swim & Dive |
| Vedant Bhattacharyya | Men's Cross Country | Ava Hamblett | Swim & Dive |
| Luke DeMahy | Men's Cross Country | Antonina Harned | Swim & Dive |
| Marcus Gaitan | Men's Cross Country | Angelina Huang | Swim & Dive |
| Matthew Gaitan | Men's Cross Country | Sami Johnson | Swim & Dive |
| Gus Gannon | Men's Cross Country | Avery Karacz | Swim & Dive |
| Riley Kuhlman | Men's Cross Country | Abigail King | Swim & Dive |
| Brandon Martz | Men's Cross Country | Michaela Koltz | Swim & Dive |
| William McDermott | Men's Cross Country | Jessica Lawton | Swim & Dive |
| Jackson Moran | Men's Cross Country | Mollie McAlorum | Swim & Dive |
| Andrew Murray | Men's Cross Country | Mia Nagle | Swim & Dive |
| Ben Pearce | Men's Cross Country | Gio Musiello | Swim & Dive |
| Evan Ringwald | Men's Cross Country | Ava Portello | Swim & Dive |
| Owen Stine | Men's Cross Country | Morgan Robson | Swim & Dive |
| Ben Tijerina | Men's Cross Country | Katherine Sammy | Swim & Dive |
| Chris Williams | Men's Cross Country | Renee Tan | Swim & Dive |
| Lukas Boandl | Men's Golf | Neta Ussishkin | Swim & Dive |
| Davis Byrd | Men's Golf | Lizzie Zadel | Swim & Dive |
| Henry Daly | Men's Golf | Bella Zhang | Swim & Dive |
| Braeden Hoyt | Men's Golf | Anushka Ashar | Women's Tennis |
| William Johnson | Men's Golf | Uma Bakaityte | Women's Tennis |
| Jaivir Pande | Men's Golf | Daniela Chica | Women's Tennis |
| Raines Watson | Men's Golf | Francesca Maguina | Women's Tennis |
| Reggie Zhu | Men's Golf | Fernanda Martinez | Women's Tennis |
| Daniel Zou | Men's Golf | Ema Mravcova | Women's Tennis |
| Cal Abdulky | Men's Track & Field | Valentina Ponce | Women's Tennis |
| Soga Adeyiga | Men's Track & Field | Divna Ratkovic | Women's Tennis |
| Max Bacon | Men's Track & Field | Darya Schwartzman | Women's Tennis |
| Mason Biehle | Men's Track & Field | Thea Carter | Volleyball |
| Francis Birri | Men's Track & Field | Kellen Dorotik | Volleyball |
| Edward Bocock | Men's Track & Field | Stephanie Gutierrez | Volleyball |
| Kevin Burr Jr. | Men's Track & Field | Darby Harris | Volleyball |
| Christos Economides | Men's Track & Field | Taylor Johnson | Volleyball |
| Patrick Elizondo | Men's Track & Field | Campbell Love | Volleyball |
| Jakob Gilbreth | Men's Track & Field | Kaia Mateo | Volleyball |
| Jack Greaves | Men's Track & Field | Lademi Ogunlana | Volleyball |
| William Hagemeier | Men's Track & Field | Sydnee Peterson | Volleyball |
| Ty Hampton | Men's Track & Field | Taylor Preston | Volleyball |
| Luke Ivy | Men's Track & Field | Savannah Skopal | Volleyball |
| Ethan Judge | Men's Track & Field | Aaliyah Smith | Volleyball |
| Alexander Männel | Men's Track & Field | Arissa Smith | Volleyball |
| Juan Marais | Men's Track & Field | Cindy Tchouangwa | Volleyball |
| Connor McGrath | Men's Track & Field |
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