IRVING, Texas – A number of student-athletes from Sun Devil Athletics earned conference academic honors as the 2025 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team was announced on Tuesday alongside the 2024-25 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team.
Of the group honored from Arizona State, 11 individuals on the spring team and 12 from the rookie team were nominated with a 4.0 GPA.
The 2025-26 season saw a number of academic successes for the Sun Devils. The average cumulative GPA was a 3.37 with 82 percent of student-athletes earning Scholar Baller status (3.0 GPA or higher). There were 135 student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA.
Numerous awards were presented to Sun Devils for their academic success. Six Sun Devils, including three from men’s swim and dive, were named CSC Academic All-Americans.
The Sun Devils now have 158 CSC Academic All-Americans entering the 2025-26 athletic season, most in the Big 12. In addition to Sammon, Matt King (baseball), Josele Ballester (at-large/men’s golf), Tiago Behar (men’s swimming) and Jonny Kulow (men’s swimming) all earned first-team honors, while setter Argentina Ung earned third-team volleyball honors in the fall of 2024.
BIG 12 ALL-TIME CSC ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS THROUGH JULY 2025
158-Arizona State
145-West Virginia
134-Arizona
132-Oklahoma State
120-Kansas State
Patrick Sammon from men’s swim and dive earned the Elite 90 award. Additionally, three were named the Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year. Sun Devil Athletics also had 39 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars recipients.
A total of 1,306 student-athletes across the Big 12 were named to the Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team. The full Big 12 release can be seen on its website. To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.20 GPA or higher either cumulative or over the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
For the all-rookie team, 847 made it across all Big 12 schools. That full list can be see on the Big 12 website. Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshmen who have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team’s scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment. The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team was introduced in the 2012-13 academic year.
Listed below are the Sun Devil 2025 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Honorees and Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (* means a 4.0 GPA):