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Sooners' Jake Irvin, Lily Miyazaki; Cowboys Vanessa Shippy earn Big 12 Scholar-Athlete honors

Two University of Oklahoma athletes and one from Oklahoma State earned Big 12 Spring Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards in their respective sports, the conference announced Friday.

The Sooners' Jake Irvin won the award for baseball. The junior from Bloomington, Minnesota has a 3.83 grade-point average and is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 first-team honoree.

Oklahoma's Jake Irvin was named the Big 12 Conference's Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Friday. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

He was 6-2 with a 3.41 ERA in 16 starts this season, earning second-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball.