Tigers baseball players earn academic honors

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 7:36 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 4, 2008
BY Staff and wire reports

Eight Missouri baseball players were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team on Tuesday.

Juniors James Boone and Travis Wendte were named to the first team for the second time. Senior Cosme Caballero and sophomores Max Scherzer and Nathan Culp were also named to the first team.

Junior Trevor Helms and sophomores John McKee and Hunter Mense were selected to the second team. Student-athletes honored on the first team earned a GPA of 3.20 or higher, and the second team consists of those who received a 3.00 to 3.19.

To receive the honor student-athletes must also have a minimum 3.00 GPA cumulatively or for the past two semesters and also have played in 60 percent of the team’s games. Pitchers must have pitched at least one inning per game or have been in 35 percent of the total games.

The Tigers will play Oklahoma today at 5 p.m. in the Big 12 Conference Tournament at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

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