Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners Announced

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Thursday the 36 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2024-25 academic year. These standouts were chosen from a group of 430 students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship. 

One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All of the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. 

The 2024-25 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners appear below, and the complete list of Sportsmanship Award honorees for all sports from each school can be found here.

2024-25 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners

ILLINOIS

Ben Humrichous, Men’s Basketball

Kendall Bostic, Women’s Basketball

INDIANA

Jack Wagoner, Men’s Soccer

Chloe Moore-McNeil, Women’s Basketball

IOWA

Nick Jackson, Football

Alix O’Brien, Women’s Swimming and Diving

MARYLAND

Shea Keethler, Men’s Lacrosse

Kylee Niswonger, Field Hockey

MICHIGAN

Jacob Truscott, Men’s Ice Hockey

Ella Stephenson, Softball

MICHIGAN STATE

Josh DeVries, Men’s Track & Field

Nyla Hampton, Women’s Basketball

MINNESOTA

Danny Striggow, Football

Audrey Wethington, Women’s Ice Hockey

NEBRASKA

Roni Hietaranta, Men’s Tennis

Callin Hake, Women’s Basketball

NORTHWESTERN

Tyler Ganus, Baseball

Lane Herbert, Field Hockey

OHIO STATE

Cody Simon, Football

Madison Greene, Women’s Basketball

OREGON

Ryan Cooney, Baseball

Anika Thompson, Women's Cross Country/Indoor Track & Field

PENN STATE

Nick Dawkins, Football

Samantha Catantan, Women’s Fencing

PURDUE

Matt Ramos, Wrestling

Jalen Elrod, Women's Outdoor Track & Field

RUTGERS

Reggie Sutton, Football

Emma Baeyens, Women's Cross Country

UCLA

Michael Pinckney, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field

Kiki Rice, Women’s Basketball

USC

Harrison Hornery, Men’s Basketball

Kaitlyn Dobler, Women’s Swimming & Diving

WASHINGTON

Malakhi Knight, Baseball

Lucy Newlin, Women’s Soccer

WISCONSIN 

Anthony Kehrer, Men’s Hockey

Chloe Chan, Women’s Golf