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Baylor’s 2023-24 Big 12 Athlete of the Year Nominees

The 2023-24 Big 12 Athlete of the Year nominees will be featured day at 10 a.m. CT and 2 p.m. CT, listed in alphabetical order by school starting Monday, June 17 through Tuesday, June 25.

Each institution nominated one male and one female athlete of any classification that competed for their institution during the 2023-24 school year. Student-athletes were required to be in good academic standing and had to be from a league-sponsored sport.

The 14 schools that competed during the 2023-24 academic year are eligible.

The winners will be announced Wednesday, June 26. 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 Baylor’s Johnny Keefer and Alexis Brown. 

Baylor Male Athlete of the Year Candidate
Johnny Keefer, Golf
Sr., San Antonio, Texas
Accomplishments
  • Established the career stroke average record at Baylor (71.45).
  • He led BU to its best NCAA Championship finish since 2017 (14th) while finishing tied for 11th at La Costa, becoming the highest-finishing Baylor individual in NCAA Championship history.
  • The senior finished tied for sixth at the Big 12 Championship at Whispering Pines.
  • Finished his Baylor career with a 3.71 in accounting and is the only men’s golfer in Conference history to win back-to-back Scholar Athlete of the Year awards.
Baylor Female Athlete of the Year Candidate
Alexis Brown, Track and Field
Sr., Kennedale, Texas
Accomplishments
  • Named the Outdoor Big 12 Performer of the Year and earned one Athlete of the Week honor during the season.
  • Broke the Baylor record in the long jump twice as the only student-athlete in program history to cross the 21-foot mark in indoor competition.
  • At the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championship, she was named a First Team All-American in the long jump (fifth place) and the 4x100-meter relay (sixth place)
  • Graduated with a Health, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies degree with a 3.66 GPA and was accepted to the MBA program.
2023-24 Big 12 Athletes of the Year Nominees
Baylor - Johnny Keefer and Alexis Brown