23 Beavers Named Pac-12 All-Academic

December 03, 2018 | Football

The 23 is a record at OSU

By: Athletic Communications

SAN FRANCISCO – Timmy Hernandez has been named to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic First Team as the league named its 2018 selections on Monday. Hernandez highlights a list of a school-record 23 selections from Oregon State, which ranks third amongst Pac-12 squads.

Additionally, 21 Beavers were named honorable mention. They include: Michael Alfieri, B.J. Baylor, Conor Blount, Andre Bodden, Blake Brandel, Jordan Choukair, Isaiah Dunn, Keegan Firth, Champ Flemings, Isaiah Hodgins, Sumner Houston, Andrzej Hughes-Murray, Drew Kell, Connor Kelsey, Luke Leonnig, Jeffrey Manning Jr., Trent Moore, Mason Moran, Artavis Pierce, Daniel Rodriguez, Kolby Taylor and Moku Watson.

To be eligible for selection, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.0 grade point average, be a starter or a significant reserve and play in at least half of his team's games. They may not be in their first year at their institution.

Hernandez, a mechanical engineering major with a minor in aerospace engineering, has been recognized for the second time following his 2017 selection. He was also named an Academic All-District 8 selection last month and is eligible to be an Academic All-American, with that squad announced Dec. 10.

Hernandez recently completed his career, becoming the 31^st player in school history with 1,000 or more receiving yards in a career. He tallied 107 catches for 1,259 yards – ranking 23^rd all-time - and seven touchdowns over three seasons with the Beavers.

Houston (construction engineering management) was recognized by the Pac-12, for the fourth time in his career while his fellow offensive lineman, Brandel (business), was selected for a third time. Bodden (accountancy), Choukair (digital communication arts), Hughes-Murray (psychology), Moore (business administration) and Pierce (sociology) all made their second Pac-12 All-Academic squad.

Fifteen Beavers were honored for the first time on Monday. They are: Alfieri (business administration), Baylor (public health), Blount (human development and family science), Dunn (human development and family science), Firth (business information systems), Flemings (public health), Hodgins (communications), Kell (public health), Kelsey (digital communication arts), Leonnig (business administration), Manning Jr. (university exploratory studies), Moran (marketing), Rodriguez (digital communication arts), Taylor (marketing) and Watson (communications).

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