83 Hoosiers Honored for Academic Excellence

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,385 students competing in fall sports who have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten team Wednesday.

The list of honorees includes 120 field hockey students, 489 football students, 117 men's and 205 women's cross country students, 99 men's and 233 women's soccer students and 122 volleyball students.

Indiana had a total of 83 honorees on the list for the fall of 2019.

"We are very proud of these 83 individuals for their success in the classroom," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass. "Reaching our highest academic potential is one of our top priorities, and these students deserve this recognition and our applause for their efforts. This honor is a reflection of not only these students' hard work and commitment academically, but also the efforts of our coaches and academic support staff who play a huge role in helping our students reach their academic potential."

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 November 1 for fall sports, who have been enrolled fulltime at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Similar to the Academic All-Big Ten honor, Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution. However, the Distinguished Scholar Award encompasses only students with a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.

A complete list of all the Indiana honorees by sport is below.

Field Hockey
Sachi Ananias
Peyton Becker
Maddie Boehm
Savannah Bucher
Kelsey Giese
Sofia Keen
Mary Kate Kesler
Jes McGivern
Jessica Morford
Grace Sensenig
Ciara Girouard

Football
Thomas Allen
Justin Berry
Andre Brown Jr.
Khalil Bryant
Jack Cardillo
Harry Crider
Joseph Daniels Jr.
Hunter Littlejohn
Micah McFadden
Mackenzie Nworah
Charlie O'Connor
Peyton Ramsey
Samuel Slusher
Nathanael Snyder
Connor Thomas
Robert Tolbert IV
Ronnie Walker Jr.
Nick Westbrook
Michael Ziemba

Men's Cross Country
Aaron Bennett
Teddy Browning
Jake Gebhardt
Dustin Horter
Arjun Jha
Kyle Mau
Hunter Moore
Colin Murphy
Matthew Schadler
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Adam Wallace
Cooper Williams

Women's Cross Country
Jenna Barker
Ana Barrott
Lexa Barrott
Maddie Dalton
Claire Hamilton
Kelsey Harris
Bailey Hertenstein
Kelly Mindak
Mallory Mulzer
Joely Pinkston
Sarah Schmitt
Grace Walther

Men's Soccer
John Bannec
Ian Black
Sean Caufield
Spencer Glass
Jacob Gruber
Jordan Kleyn
Jack Maher
Daniel Munie
Bryant Pratt
Isaac Sarosy
Joe Schmidt
Ryan Wittenbrink
Ben Yeagley

Women's Soccer
Caitlin Arbuckle
Cameron Bell
Chandra Davidson
Maddie Essick
Melanie Forbes
Ana Garibaldi
Allison Jorden
Nicolette Kapsalis
Bethany Kopel
Natalie Lunt
Sarah Wampler

Volleyball
Kendall Beerman
Breana Edwards
Hayden Huybers
Meaghan Koors
Bayli Lebo
Kamryn Malloy
Nora Meehan

Bold indicates 4.0 GPA

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