ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,127 students on winter sports rosters who have been named to the
Academic All-Big Ten Team
Wednesday.
The list of honorees includes 83 men’s and 119 women’s basketball students, 98 men’s ice hockey students, 59 men’s and 146 women’s gymnastics students, 154 men’s and 251 women’s swim and dive students, and 217 wrestling students.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team (as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 1 for fall sports), have been enrolled full time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Among the winter Academic All-Big Ten honorees, 30 had unblemished GPAs:
Men’s Basketball
Jacob Koch, Iowa, Sophomore, Business Direct Administration, Iowa City, Iowa
Women’s Basketball
Emma Shumate, Michigan State, Senior, Sustainable Parks, Recreation & Tourism, Dresden Ohio
Sammy White, Northwestern, Graduate Student, Sports Communication Cert, Timonium, Md.
Men’s Gymnastics
Jax Washburn, Illinois, Sophomore, Community Health, Portland, Ore.
Kellen Ryan, Penn State, Graduate Student, Engineering, Janesville, Wis.
Women’s Gymnastics
Chloe Cho, Illinois, Sophomore, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Santa Clarita, Calif.
Aurelie Tran, Iowa, Sophomore, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
Kaia Vanney, Iowa, Senior, Interdepartmental Studies, Redondo Beach, Calif.
Eva Volpe, Iowa, Junior, Public Health, Pearland, Texas
Sarah Moraw, Minnesota, Graduate Student, Human Rsrc/Indus Rel M H R I R, Holland, Mich.
Megan Steensland, Minnesota, Graduate Student, Sport Management M Ed, Chaska, Minn.
Mika Webster-Longin, UCLA, Sophomore, History, Richmond, Calif.
Men’s Swim and Dive
Taye Ghadiali, Michigan, Graduate Student, Social Work, Warren, Mich.
Joe Polyak, Minnesota, Junior, Biochemistry B S, Iowa City, Iowa
Women’s Swim and Dive
Mary Kate Cavanaugh, Indiana, Sophomore, Finance, Longmont, Colo.
Brady kendall, Michigan, Graduate Student, Pharmacy PharmD, Canton, Mich.
Letitia Sim, Michigan, Senior, Applied Exercise Science, Spanish Fort, Ala.
Jade Roghair, Minnesota, Senior, Neuroscience B S, Iowa City, Iowa
Rachel Bockrath, Ohio State, Sophomore, Biology, Wilmington, Del.
Delia Lloyd, Ohio State, Sophomore, Biology, Toronto, Canada
Caroline Frazier, Purdue, Sophomore, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Spring, Texas
Elena Dry, UCLA, Junior, Molecular, Cell and Development Biology, Raleigh, N.C.
Wrestling
Dylan Connell, Illinois, Graduate, MS: Management, Marengo, Ill.
Charlie Fifield, Illinois, Graduate, MS: Management, Rolling Meadows, Ill.
Taye Ghadiali, Michigan, Graduate Student, Social Work, Warren, Mich.
Andy Hampton, Michigan State, RS-Senior, Media Analytics, Rochester, Mich.
Drew Roberts, Minnesota, RS-Senior, Non Degree, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Lucas Cochran, Penn State, Graduate Student, Real Estate Law & Valuation, Perry, Utah
Patrick Adams, Rutgers, Graduate Student, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Old Bridge, N.J.
Cale Anderson, Wisconsin, Graduate Student, M.S. Kinesiology, Viroqua, Wis.