Jake Foster, Kate Steward Named Big 12 Scholar Athletes of the Year

Kate Steward; Photo Courtesy: Laura Jacobsen/KU Athletics

Jake Foster, Kate Steward Named Big 12 Scholar Athletes of the Year

Texas junior Jake Foster and Kansas senior Kate Steward were named the Big 12 Scholars Athletes of the Year in men’s and women’s swimming.

The Big 12 made its announcement on Tuesday.

Foster is a biology major with a 4.00 grade-point average and 100 percent participation. The native of Cincinnati was a six-time All-American in the pool, part of Texas’s Big 12 championship squad and NCAA runner-up. At NCAAs, Foster finished fifth in the men’s 400 individual medley and eighth in the men’s 200 IM. He was also 12th in the 200 breaststroke.

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Foster is a two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American and a two-time member of the Academic All-Big 12 team.

Stewart, from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is an elementary education major, with a 4.0 GPA and 100 percent participation. She’s a two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree.

Steward was the only Kansas qualifier for the NCAA championships. She finished 31st in the 100 breast and 36th in the 200 breast. She was the runner-up at Big 12s in both events to go with a fourth-place showing in the 200 IM. She holds the program record in the 100 breast.

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