Record 114 Hoosiers Honored for Academic Excellence
12/10/2020 11:00:00 AM | General, Academic Services
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,601 students on fall sports rosters who have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team Thursday. This year's honoree total marks the most since the award was established in 1990.
The list of honorees includes 124 field hockey students, 582 football students, 139 men's and 222 women's cross country students, 139 men's and 260 women's soccer students and 135 volleyball students.
Indiana had a total of 114 honorees on the list for the fall of 2020. That total is an improvement from the 83 honorees in 2019 and exceeds the previous record of 107 in 2018.
This comes after a school record of 121 Indiana student-athletes earned Spring/At-Large Academic All-Big Ten honors and a record 96 honorees earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award in 2019.
"As we navigate these unprecedented times, I am so proud that we have a record 114 fall student-athletes being recognized as Academic All-Big Ten honorees this fall," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. "We take tremendous pride in our students' successes in the classroom, and we are excited to celebrate this record-breaking performance. This also speaks volumes about our Academic Services staff, led by Lo Price, and the job they've done during challenging times."
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
Sofia Keen
Mary Kate Kesler
Jes McGivern
Kennedy Reardon
Football
Thomas Allen
Charles Campbell
Jack Cardillo
Gabe Cohen
Harry Crider
Joseph Daniels Jr.
Demarcus Elliott
Grant Gremel
Nicholas Grieser
Cam Jones
Will Jontz
Luke Lane
Christian Love
Zack Merrill
Tiawan Mullen
Mackenzie Nworah
Charlie O'Connor
Jeramy Passmore
McCall Ray
Beau Robbins
Peter Schulz
Samuel Slusher
Ricky Tamis
Jack Tuttle
Trey Walker
Tim Weaver
Haydon Whitehead
Sean Wracher
Chase Wyatt
Men's Cross Country
Aaron Bennett
Teddy Browning
Nick Couyoumjian
Jake Gebhardt
Matt Hanlon
Austin Haskett
Dustin Horter
Arjun Jha
Kyle Mau
Ethan Meyer
Ben Miller
RJ O'Neal
Reece Proctor
Matthew Schadler
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Cooper Williams
Women's Cross Country
Maria Anderson
Jenna Barker
Ana Barrott
Maddie Dalton
Shynae Deas
Abby Green
Claire Hamilton
Kelsey Harris
Bailey Hertenstein
Abi Little
Kelly Mindak
Mallory Mulzer
Joely Pinkston
Mikaela Ramirez
Sarah Schmitt
Alyssa Skorge
Gracie Sprankle
Elizabeth Stanhope
Grace Williams
Men's Soccer
John Bannec
Brett Bebej
Victor Bezerra
Ian Black
Luke Boha
Roman Celentano
Spencer Glass
Andrew Goldsworthy
Maouloune Goumballe
Jacob Gruber
Quinten Helmer
Alex McGill
Daniel Munie
Bryant Pratt
Isaac Sarosy
Joe Schmidt
Thomas Warr
Ryan Wittenbrink
Ben Yeagley
Women's Soccer
Caitlin Arbuckle
Chloe Briede
Lily Davis
Maddie Essick
Melanie Forbes
Allison Jorden
Alaina Kalin
Bethany Kopel
Avery Lockwood
Natalie Lunt
Hanna Németh
Grace Saccone
Bria Telemaque
Megan Wampler
Sarah Wampler
Volleyball
Haley Armstrong
Breana Edwards
Emily Fitzner
Sophie Oliphant
Ashley Zulauf
Kari Zumach
Bayli Lebo
Kamryn Malloy
Bold indicates 4.0 GPA
The list of honorees includes 124 field hockey students, 582 football students, 139 men's and 222 women's cross country students, 139 men's and 260 women's soccer students and 135 volleyball students.
Indiana had a total of 114 honorees on the list for the fall of 2020. That total is an improvement from the 83 honorees in 2019 and exceeds the previous record of 107 in 2018.
This comes after a school record of 121 Indiana student-athletes earned Spring/At-Large Academic All-Big Ten honors and a record 96 honorees earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award in 2019.
"As we navigate these unprecedented times, I am so proud that we have a record 114 fall student-athletes being recognized as Academic All-Big Ten honorees this fall," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. "We take tremendous pride in our students' successes in the classroom, and we are excited to celebrate this record-breaking performance. This also speaks volumes about our Academic Services staff, led by Lo Price, and the job they've done during challenging times."
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
Sofia Keen
Mary Kate Kesler
Jes McGivern
Kennedy Reardon
Football
Thomas Allen
Charles Campbell
Jack Cardillo
Gabe Cohen
Harry Crider
Joseph Daniels Jr.
Demarcus Elliott
Grant Gremel
Nicholas Grieser
Cam Jones
Will Jontz
Luke Lane
Christian Love
Zack Merrill
Tiawan Mullen
Mackenzie Nworah
Charlie O'Connor
Jeramy Passmore
McCall Ray
Beau Robbins
Peter Schulz
Samuel Slusher
Ricky Tamis
Jack Tuttle
Trey Walker
Tim Weaver
Haydon Whitehead
Sean Wracher
Chase Wyatt
Men's Cross Country
Aaron Bennett
Teddy Browning
Nick Couyoumjian
Jake Gebhardt
Matt Hanlon
Austin Haskett
Dustin Horter
Arjun Jha
Kyle Mau
Ethan Meyer
Ben Miller
RJ O'Neal
Reece Proctor
Matthew Schadler
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Cooper Williams
Women's Cross Country
Maria Anderson
Jenna Barker
Ana Barrott
Maddie Dalton
Shynae Deas
Abby Green
Claire Hamilton
Kelsey Harris
Bailey Hertenstein
Abi Little
Kelly Mindak
Mallory Mulzer
Joely Pinkston
Mikaela Ramirez
Sarah Schmitt
Alyssa Skorge
Gracie Sprankle
Elizabeth Stanhope
Grace Williams
Men's Soccer
John Bannec
Brett Bebej
Victor Bezerra
Ian Black
Luke Boha
Roman Celentano
Spencer Glass
Andrew Goldsworthy
Maouloune Goumballe
Jacob Gruber
Quinten Helmer
Alex McGill
Daniel Munie
Bryant Pratt
Isaac Sarosy
Joe Schmidt
Thomas Warr
Ryan Wittenbrink
Ben Yeagley
Women's Soccer
Caitlin Arbuckle
Chloe Briede
Lily Davis
Maddie Essick
Melanie Forbes
Allison Jorden
Alaina Kalin
Bethany Kopel
Avery Lockwood
Natalie Lunt
Hanna Németh
Grace Saccone
Bria Telemaque
Megan Wampler
Sarah Wampler
Volleyball
Haley Armstrong
Breana Edwards
Emily Fitzner
Sophie Oliphant
Ashley Zulauf
Kari Zumach
Bayli Lebo
Kamryn Malloy
Bold indicates 4.0 GPA
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