A total of 19 student-athletes have been nominated for Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year.

The Sportsperson of the Year Awards began in 2000-01 to annually recognize student-athletes who displayed an extraordinary degree of sportsmanship, community service and academic achievement. A 10-person media panel selects the male and female honorees.
 
This year’s nominees include: Baylor’s Nicole Thomas (Volleyball) and Clay Johnston (Football), Iowa State’s Sami Williams (Softball) and Ray Lima (Football), Kansas’ Allie Nelson (Volleyball) and Bryce Tornenden (Football), K-State’s Brynn Carlson (Volleyball) and Denzel Goolsby (Football), Oklahoma’s Kaylee Dao (Soccer) and Kenneth Murray (Football), Oklahoma State’s Jaci Jones (Soccer) and Philip Redwine-Bryant (Football), TCU’s Kianna Ray (Women’s Basketball), Texas’ Charli Collier (Women’s Basketball) and Andrew Jones (Men’s Basketball), Texas Tech’s Brittany Brewer (Women’s Basketball) and Zech McPhearson (Football) and West Virginia’s Abby Kaufman (Gymnastics) and Austin Smith (Swimming & Diving).

The award winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 27.