Seven Beavers Earn Pac-12 All-Academic Honors - Oregon State University Athletics

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

Daine Muller, 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 Matt Dahlen, Drew Eubanks and Tanner Sanders earned honorable mention recognition.

The most Pac-12 All-Academic selections Oregon State had previously in a year was two in 2000, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2014.

Oregon State had seven selections this year, while California, Oregon, Stanford and Utah each had three, and Colorado, UCLA, USC and Washington State each had one.

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
Muller, a junior from Billings, Mont., has a 3.83 cumulative GPA in kinesiology; Rakocevic, a sophomore from Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, has a 3.66 cumulative GPA in digital communication arts; and Thompson Jr. has a 3.49 cumulative GPA in digital communication arts.

Second Team
Tinkle, a sophomore from Missoula, Mont., has a 3.44 cumulative GPA in university exploratory studies.

Honorable Mention
Dahlen, a junior from Redmond, Ore., has a 3.16 cumulative GPA in marketing; Eubanks, a sophomore from Troutdale, Ore., has a 3.07 cumulative GPA in university exploratory studies; and Sanders, a sophomore from Corvallis, Ore., has a 3.29 cumulative GPA in communications.

Oregon State men's basketball players have now earned conference All-Academic honors 31 times. It's the 14th 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)

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Players Mentioned

Matt Dahlen

Malcolm Duvivier

Drew Eubanks

Daine Muller

Gligorije Rakocevic

Tanner Sanders

Olaf Schaftenaar

Stephen Thompson Jr.

Tres Tinkle

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