47 Hoosiers Earn Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honors
5/11/2020 3:02:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball, Wrestling, Academic Services, Student-Athlete Services
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – 47 IU students who participate in intercollegiate athletics across five winter sports earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition, the Big Ten Conference announced Monday.
"We take a great deal of pride in the academic accomplishments of our students, and I congratulate these 47 individuals who have performed at an exceptionally high level in the classroom," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass. "The time, commitment and sacrifice that goes into this achievement cannot be overstated, and I applaud our students for this wonderful accomplishment."
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the spring seasons and will present the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be a recipient of Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full-time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
IU's 2020 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honorees
Men's Basketball
Adrian Chapman
Women's Basketball
Grace Berger
Ali Patberg
Jaelynn Penn
Brenna Wise
Men's Swimming and Diving
Bruno Blaskovic
Tucker Brock
Wyeth Brock
Andrew Capobianco
Andrew Couchon
Michael Draves
Griffin EIber
Gabriel Fantoni
Mory Gould
Brandon Hamblin
Gage Hamill
Matt Jerden
Jakub Karl
Gary Kostbade
Spencer Lehman
Van Mathias
Ben McDade
Mohamed Samy
Thomas Vanderbrook
Women's Swimming and Diving
Taylor Carter
Luarel Eiber
Josie Grote
Grace Haskett
Hope Hayward
Maria Paula Heitman
Kallie Higgins
Cassy Jernberg
Abby Kirkpatrick
Shelby Koontz
Bailey Kovac
Ashleigh Lechner
Mackenzie Looze
Kayla Luarde
Noelle Peplowski
Anne Rouleau
Alyssa Wang
Wrestling
Dillon Hoey
Spencer Irick
Jake Kleimola
Kyle Luigs
Jonathan Moran
Joey Sanchez
bold denotes 4.0 GPA
"We take a great deal of pride in the academic accomplishments of our students, and I congratulate these 47 individuals who have performed at an exceptionally high level in the classroom," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass. "The time, commitment and sacrifice that goes into this achievement cannot be overstated, and I applaud our students for this wonderful accomplishment."
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the spring seasons and will present the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be a recipient of Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full-time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
IU's 2020 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honorees
Men's Basketball
Adrian Chapman
Women's Basketball
Grace Berger
Ali Patberg
Jaelynn Penn
Brenna Wise
Men's Swimming and Diving
Bruno Blaskovic
Tucker Brock
Wyeth Brock
Andrew Capobianco
Andrew Couchon
Michael Draves
Griffin EIber
Gabriel Fantoni
Mory Gould
Brandon Hamblin
Gage Hamill
Matt Jerden
Jakub Karl
Gary Kostbade
Spencer Lehman
Van Mathias
Ben McDade
Mohamed Samy
Thomas Vanderbrook
Women's Swimming and Diving
Taylor Carter
Luarel Eiber
Josie Grote
Grace Haskett
Hope Hayward
Maria Paula Heitman
Kallie Higgins
Cassy Jernberg
Abby Kirkpatrick
Shelby Koontz
Bailey Kovac
Ashleigh Lechner
Mackenzie Looze
Kayla Luarde
Noelle Peplowski
Anne Rouleau
Alyssa Wang
Wrestling
Dillon Hoey
Spencer Irick
Jake Kleimola
Kyle Luigs
Jonathan Moran
Joey Sanchez
bold denotes 4.0 GPA
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