Big Ten Recognizes Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honorees

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.