Multiple Members of the WVU Basketball Team Earn All-Big 12 Academic Achievement

Six West Virginia players earned Academic All-Big 12 acknowledgment

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Per the West Virginia University Athletic Department: Six players of the Men's Basketball team were named to 2020 Academic All-Big 12 teams. First-team honorees had a GPA of 3.20 or better, and the second team honorees had a GPA between 3.00 to 3.19. Students must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher in consecutive semesters and participate in at least twenty percent of their team's scheduled games.

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Seniors Chase Harler and Logan Routt were two players that were named to the All-Big 12 First Team. This is the third consecutive season these two made the list. Sophomores Emmitt Matthews Jr, Derek Culver, and Jordan McCabe also made the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, and Brandon Knapper made the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

West Virginia led all Big 12 teams in representatives on these lists with the six Mountaineers.

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