KU women land four on academic team

Kansas University had four players named to the Academic All-Big 12 Conference Women’s Basketball Team. Junior Jamie Boyd and sophomore Ivana Catic were selected to the first team, while junior Taylor McIntosh and sophomore Marija Zinic were named to the second team.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services and the media-relations offices, the academic all-league women’s basketball squad consisted of 33 first-team members and 13 on the second team. First-teamers have maintained a grade-point average of 3.20 or better, and the second teamers are those who have a GPA of 3.00 to 3.19.