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Texas Tech’s 2022-23 Big 12 Athlete of the Year Nominees

The 2022-23 Big 12 Athlete of the Year nominees will be featured each day at 10 a.m. CT and 2 p.m. CT, listed in alphabetical order by school through Friday, July 28.

Each institution nominated one male and one female athlete of any classification that competed for their institution during the school year. Student-athletes were required to be in good academic standing and had to be from a league-sponsored sport.

The 10 schools that competed during the 2022-23 academic year are eligible.

The winners will be announced Monday, July 31. Stay tuned to Big12Sports.com and the league’s social media platforms to see the rest of the candidates.

This morning's featured candidates are Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg and Ruta Lasmane.

Texas Tech Male Athlete of the Year Candidate
Ludvig Aberg, Golf
Sr., Eslov, Sweden
Accomplishments
  • Finished No. 1 in the final 2023 PGA TOUR University Ranking, making him the first player to earn PGA Tour membership via PGA TOUR University.
  • The seventh player in the history of college golf to sweep the three major Player of the Year awards (Ben Hogan, Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus).
  • 2022-23 Big 12 Player of the Year and was the first player in league history to repeat as the individual medalist at the Big 12 Championship.
  • Three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree.
  • Worked with the South Plains Food Bank and Highpoint Village, both local nonprofit charities.
Texas Tech Female Athlete of the Year Candidate
Ruta Lasmane, Track and Field
Jr., Ventspils, Latvia
Accomplishments
  • Finished third at the NCAA Championships in the triple jump with a leap of 14.21m (46-7 ½) (+2.6).
  • Finished second with a mark of 13.63m (44-8 ¾) (+0.2) at the Big 12 Championship.
  • Earned three-straight First Team All-American honors in the outdoor triple jump.
  • A graduate of Texas Tech’s Suited for Success program, a semester-long course in professional workplace development.
Previously Announced Nominees
Baylor - Adam Flagler and Dominika Silvestri
Iowa State - David Carr and Ashley Joens
Kansas - Jalen Wilson and Rylee Anderson
Kansas State - Deuce Vaughn and Emma Robbins
Oklahoma - Vernon Turner and Jayda Coleman
Oklahoma State - Fouad Messaoudi and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard
TCU - Max Duggan and Messiah Bright
Texas - Eliot Spizzirri and Julien Alfred