Record 134 Hoosiers Honored for Academic Excellence
12/14/2021 10:01:00 AM | General, Academic Services
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,823 students competing in fall sports who have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten team Tuesday.
The list of honorees includes 161 field hockey students, 699 football students, 151 men's and 221 women's cross country students, 157 men's and 281 women's soccer students and 153 volleyball students.
Indiana had a total of 134 honorees on the list for the fall of 2021. That total is an improvement from the previous record of 114 honorees in the fall of 2020
This comes after a school record of 105 student-athletes earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition following the 2020-21 school year.
"Congratulations to our record 134 fall sport student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition today," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. "Dating back to the spring of 2020, our fall, winter and spring sport student-athletes have established five straight new records for Academic All-Big Ten honors, which speaks volumes about our students' commitment in the classroom and the work being done by Lo Price and our entire Academic Services staff."
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
Peyton Becker
Jemima Cookson
Meghan Dillon
Taylor Etling
Brinley Foster
Sophie Giltrap
Madi Guyer
Anna Gwiazdzinski
Sydney Keld
Mary Kate Kesler
Jes McGivern
Kennedy Reardon
Football
Thomas Allen
AJ Barner
Bryson Bonds
Joseph Daniels Jr.
Sam Daugstrup
Dalton Davis
Demarcus Elliott
Davion Ervin-Poindexter
Brady Feeney
Patrick Finley
Chris Freeman
Grant Gremel
Nicholas Grieser
Connor Hole
Will Jontz
Cameron Knight
Luke Lane
Christian Love
Zack Merrill
Tiawan Mullen
Caleb Murphy
Charlie O'Connor
Dylan Powell
McCall Ray
Beau Robbins
Peter Schulz
Ricky Tamis
Xavier Trueblood
Jack Tuttle
Trey Walker
Tim Weaver
Jake Wellman
Brett Wethington
Luke Wiginton
Dexter Williams II
Ty Wise
Sean Wracher
Chase Wyatt
Liam Zaccheo
Men's Cross Country
Aaron Bennett
Nick Couyoumjian
Jake Gebhardt
Keelan Grant
Dustin Horter
Arjun Jha
Ben Miller
Reece Proctor
Grabriel Sanchez
Matthew Schadler
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Cooper Williams
Women's Cross Country
Maria Anderson
Jenna Barker
Ana Barrott
Phoebe Bates
Maddie Dalton
Shynae Deas
Bailey Hertenstein
Lauryn Mick
Kelly Mindak
Mikaela Ramirez
Maddie Russin
Sarah Schmidtt
Alyssa Skorge
Gracie Sprankle
Elizabeth Stanhope
Hannah Stoffel
Mariah Wehrle
Men's Soccer
Brett Bebej
Victor Bezerra
Luke Boha
Roman Celentano
Kyle Folds
Spencer Glass
Andrew Goldsworthy
Maouloune Goumballe
Quinten Helmer
Austin Himebaugh
Lukas Hummel
Joey Maher
Alex McGill
Daniel Munie
Bryant Pratt
Lawson Redmon
Isaac Sarosy
Joe Schmidt
Nyk Sessock
Nathan Ward
Ryan Wittenbrink
Ben Yeagley
Women's Soccer
Anna Aehling
Caitlin Arbuckle
Anna Bennett
Sofia Black
Jen Blitchok
Chloe Briede
Melanie Forbes
Allison Jorden
Alaina Kalin
Bethany Kopel
Karlee Luker
Natalie Lunt
Hanna Nemeth
Gabi Rennie
Bria Telemaque
Zoe Tiger
Megan Wampler
Sarah Wampler
Oliwia Wos
Volleyball
Haley Armstrong
Breana Edwards
Emily Fitzner
Morgan Geddes
Grae Gosnell
Elle Hillers
Savannah Kjolhede
Sophie Oliphant
Brooke Westbeld
Ashley Zulauf
Kari Zumach
The list of honorees includes 161 field hockey students, 699 football students, 151 men's and 221 women's cross country students, 157 men's and 281 women's soccer students and 153 volleyball students.
Indiana had a total of 134 honorees on the list for the fall of 2021. That total is an improvement from the previous record of 114 honorees in the fall of 2020
This comes after a school record of 105 student-athletes earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition following the 2020-21 school year.
"Congratulations to our record 134 fall sport student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition today," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. "Dating back to the spring of 2020, our fall, winter and spring sport student-athletes have established five straight new records for Academic All-Big Ten honors, which speaks volumes about our students' commitment in the classroom and the work being done by Lo Price and our entire Academic Services staff."
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
Peyton Becker
Jemima Cookson
Meghan Dillon
Taylor Etling
Brinley Foster
Sophie Giltrap
Madi Guyer
Anna Gwiazdzinski
Sydney Keld
Mary Kate Kesler
Jes McGivern
Kennedy Reardon
Football
Thomas Allen
AJ Barner
Bryson Bonds
Joseph Daniels Jr.
Sam Daugstrup
Dalton Davis
Demarcus Elliott
Davion Ervin-Poindexter
Brady Feeney
Patrick Finley
Chris Freeman
Grant Gremel
Nicholas Grieser
Connor Hole
Will Jontz
Cameron Knight
Luke Lane
Christian Love
Zack Merrill
Tiawan Mullen
Caleb Murphy
Charlie O'Connor
Dylan Powell
McCall Ray
Beau Robbins
Peter Schulz
Ricky Tamis
Xavier Trueblood
Jack Tuttle
Trey Walker
Tim Weaver
Jake Wellman
Brett Wethington
Luke Wiginton
Dexter Williams II
Ty Wise
Sean Wracher
Chase Wyatt
Liam Zaccheo
Men's Cross Country
Aaron Bennett
Nick Couyoumjian
Jake Gebhardt
Keelan Grant
Dustin Horter
Arjun Jha
Ben Miller
Reece Proctor
Grabriel Sanchez
Matthew Schadler
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Cooper Williams
Women's Cross Country
Maria Anderson
Jenna Barker
Ana Barrott
Phoebe Bates
Maddie Dalton
Shynae Deas
Bailey Hertenstein
Lauryn Mick
Kelly Mindak
Mikaela Ramirez
Maddie Russin
Sarah Schmidtt
Alyssa Skorge
Gracie Sprankle
Elizabeth Stanhope
Hannah Stoffel
Mariah Wehrle
Men's Soccer
Brett Bebej
Victor Bezerra
Luke Boha
Roman Celentano
Kyle Folds
Spencer Glass
Andrew Goldsworthy
Maouloune Goumballe
Quinten Helmer
Austin Himebaugh
Lukas Hummel
Joey Maher
Alex McGill
Daniel Munie
Bryant Pratt
Lawson Redmon
Isaac Sarosy
Joe Schmidt
Nyk Sessock
Nathan Ward
Ryan Wittenbrink
Ben Yeagley
Women's Soccer
Anna Aehling
Caitlin Arbuckle
Anna Bennett
Sofia Black
Jen Blitchok
Chloe Briede
Melanie Forbes
Allison Jorden
Alaina Kalin
Bethany Kopel
Karlee Luker
Natalie Lunt
Hanna Nemeth
Gabi Rennie
Bria Telemaque
Zoe Tiger
Megan Wampler
Sarah Wampler
Oliwia Wos
Volleyball
Haley Armstrong
Breana Edwards
Emily Fitzner
Morgan Geddes
Grae Gosnell
Elle Hillers
Savannah Kjolhede
Sophie Oliphant
Brooke Westbeld
Ashley Zulauf
Kari Zumach
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