Four Beavers Earn All-Academic Honors

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Four Oregon State men's basketball student-athletes received Pac-12 All-Academic honors, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Tuesday.

Gligorije Rakocevic and Stephen Thompson Jr. were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team, Tres Tinkle was selected to the Second Team, and Drew Eubanks earned honorable mention recognition.

All four student-athletes received the same academic honors last season.

Oregon State had four selections this year, while Stanford, Utah and Washington State each had three, Arizona State, UCLA and USC each had two, and California and Oregon each had one.

Oregon State had a record seven student-athletes earn Pac-12 All-Academic recognition last year. The most the Beavers had previously in a year was two in 2000, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2014.

To be eligible for selection, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor. The Pac-12 All-Academic regulations define a "starter or significant substitute" as having participated in 50 percent of a team's scheduled contests, except in unusual circumstances, such as injury.

First Team
Rakocevic, a junior from Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, has a 3.70 cumulative GPA in digital communication arts; Thompson Jr., a junior from Los Angeles, Calif., has a 3.53 cumulative GPA in digital communication arts.

Second Team
Tinkle, a redshirt sophomore from Missoula, Mont., has a 3.42 cumulative GPA in speech communication.

Honorable Mention
Eubanks, a junior from Troutdale, Ore., has a 3.12 cumulative GPA in digital communication arts.

Oregon State men's basketball players have now earned conference All-Academic honors 37 times. It's the 15th consecutive year a Beaver student-athlete has received Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Academic recognition.

Oregon State Players To Receive Pac-12 All-Academic Honors
1986 — Steve Woodside
1988 — Bill Sherwood
1990 — Teo Alibegovic
1991 — Teo Alibegovic
1995 — J.D. Vetter
1996 — J.D. Vetter
2000 — Jason Heide
2000 — Josh Steinthal
2004 — Lamar Hurd (hm)
2005 — Jim Hanchett
2005 — Lamar Hurd (2nd)
2006 — Lamar Hurd
2006 — Angelo Tsagarakis (hm)
2007 — Angelo Tsagarakis (2nd)
2008 — Roeland Schaftenaar (2nd)
2009 — Roeland Schaftenaar (2nd)
2010 — Roeland Schaftenaar
2011 — Angus Brandt
2011 — Rhys Murphy
2012 — Rhys Murphy
2012 — Angus Brandt (hm)
2013 — Angus Brandt (hm)
2014 — Angus Brandt (2nd)
2014 — Olaf Schaftenaar (hm)
2015 — Malcolm Duvivier (hm)
2016 — Malcolm Duvivier (2nd)
2017 — Daine Muller
2017 — Gligorije Rakocevic
2017 — Stephen Thompson Jr.
2017 — Tres Tinkle (2nd)
2017 — Matt Dahlen (hm)
2017 — Drew Eubanks (hm)
2017 — Tanner Sanders (hm)
2018 — Gligorije Rakocevic
2018 — Stephen Thompson Jr.
2018 — Tres Tinkle (2nd)
2018 — Drew Eubanks (hm)

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Malcolm Duvivier

Drew Eubanks

Daine Muller

Gligorije Rakocevic

Tanner Sanders

Olaf Schaftenaar

Stephen Thompson Jr.

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