107 Academic All-Big Ten Honorees is Fall Record Again
12/14/2021 10:15:00 AM | Cross Country, Football, General, Soccer, Volleyball
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the third year in a row, Purdue Athletics set a department record for Academic All-Big Ten honorees from the fall sports season with 107 Boilermakers recognized for excelling in the classroom.
Purdue set department records during the 2020-21 school year with 96 fall Academic All-Big Ten honorees, 256 overall Academic All-Big Ten honorees and 85 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at their university for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA for sophomores and above.
Football led the way with a program-record 42 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this fall. Cross country produced 27 (12 women, 15 men). Soccer (21) and volleyball (17) both had a large majority of their award-eligible student-athletes also recognized.
Runners Mya Hagerty, Ian Hunter and Leah Keesling as well as football player Ben Furtney earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
All four sports from the fall season also had at least one student-athlete accomplish the unique feat of being a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. That group of eight four-time achievers headlines a list of 31 seniors to be recognized by the conference for at least the third time.
Altogether, 64 of the 107 Boilermakers recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Volleyball had the highest percentage with 13 of its 17 honorees making the list again.
Purdue Athletics has enjoyed a memorable fall sports season, highlighted by NCAA Tournament victories by soccer and volleyball. Football's eight victories included a pair of headline wins vs. top-five opponents and earned the Boilermakers a berth in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. All three teams were ranked among the top 25 for multiple weeks. Meanwhile, both of cross country's NCAA Championships qualifiers this season – Curt Eckstein and Emma Tate – were also Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Eckstein is a four-time NCAAs qualifier and four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a record total of 1,823 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports season. That total includes 699 from football, 438 from soccer, 372 from cross country, 153 from volleyball and 161 from field hockey.
Full listing of Purdue's fall Academic All-Big Ten Honorees and majors by sport
(Years in parentheses are those in which he or she was Academic All-Big Ten)
Names in bold have compiled 4.0 cumulative GPAs
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (15)
• Andrew Brandt – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2020)
• Curt Eckstein – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Alec Fleming – Civil Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Alex Frey – Computer Science
• Joey Humes – Chemical Engineering
• Ian Hunter – Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics (2020, 2019)
• Bryce Hutchinson – Chemical Engineering (2020)
• Joey Kasch – Explorers
• John Pieper – Environmental & Ecological Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Ryan Ruppert – Actuarial Science (2020)
• Blake Selm – Chemical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Ian Shaw – Environmental Geoscience (2020)
• Luke Upton – Kinesiology (2020)
• William White – Computer Science (2020)
• Caleb Williams – Visual Communication Design
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (12 – UP FROM 7 IN 2020)
• Gabriele Green – Brain and Behavioral Science
• Mya Hagerty – Explorers
• Meagan Hathaway – Health Science Pre-professional (2020)
• Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology
• Emma Keesling – Biological Engineering
• Leah Keesling – Food Science
• Anna Morozov – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Megan Slamkowski – Kinesiology/Psychology (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Ellie Tate – Aviation Management (2020)
• Emma Tate – Botany & Plant Pathology (2020)
• Payne Turney – Biochemistry
• Katelyn Wasson – Actuarial Science
FOOTBALL (42 – UP FROM 40 IN 2020)
• Michael Alaimo – Finance
• Jack Albers – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Jackson Anthrop – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2017)
• David Bell – Financial Counseling & Planning (2020)
• Kyle Bilodeau – Communication
• Ryan Brandt – General Management
• Ben Buechel – General Management
• Austin Burton – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation
• Will Chapman – Finance (2020)
• Cam Craig – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Jack Cravaack – Master's of Business Administration (2020, 2019)
• Brendan Cropsey – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Edward Dellinger – Economics
• Payne Durham – Selling & Sales Management (2020, 2019)
• Ben Furtney – Chemical Engineering
• Sam Garvin – Finance (2020, 2019)
• Gus German – Professional Flight Technology
• Gus Hartwig – Finance
• Spencer Holstege – Organizational Leadership (2020)
• Zander Horvath – Construction Management (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Byron Hubbard II – Organizational Leadership (2020, 2019)
• Lawrence Johnson – Law & Society (2020, 2019)
• Josh Kaltenberger – General Management
• Sanoussi Kane – General Management
• George Karlaftis – Retail Management (2020)
• Ben Kreul – Organizational Leadership
• Caleb Krockover – Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Caleb Lahey – Undecided
• Hunter MacDonald – Selling & Sales Management
• Alex Maxwell – Civil Engineering (2020)
• Robert McWilliams III – Master's of Public Health (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Eric Miller – General Management (2020, 2019)
• Aidan O'Connell – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Jack Plummer – Master's of Business Administration (2020, 2019)
• Andrew Sowinski – Marketing
• Collin Sullivan – Selling & Sales Management
• Nick Taylor – Undecided
• Cory Trice – Communication (2020, 2019)
• Chris Van Eekeren – Agribusiness (2020)
• Jacob Wahlberg – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen – General Management
• Nick Zecchino – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
SOCCER (21)
• Marisa Bova – Psychological Sciences (2020, 2019)
• Kelsi Carrico – Explorers
• Sydney Duarte – Nursing (2020, 2019)
• Skylar Giacobetti – Health Science Pre-professional (2020, 2019)
• Sarah Griffith – Psychological Sciences (2020)
• Gabby Hollar – Psychological Sciences
• Callie Ingram – Health Science Pre-professional
• Teagan Jones – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Nicole Kevdzija – First-Year Engineering
• Victoria Kevdzija – First-Year Engineering
• Maya Lambert – Management (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Hannah Lapeire – Health Science Pre-professional (2020)
• Hannah Martin – Pre-Finance
• Emily Mathews – First-Year Engineering
• Aly Mielke – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Ally Mussallem – Nursing (2020, 2019)
• Skylurr Patrick – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Leanna Rebimbas – Pharmaceutical Sciences (2020)
• Emma Tompkins – Brain & Behavioral Sciences (2020)
• Grace Walsh – Biology (2020, 2019)
• Chloe Woodbeck – Marketing (2020)
VOLLEYBALL (17 – UP FROM 13 IN 2020)
• Molly Brown – Dietetics/Nutrition, Fitness, & Health
• Hayley Bush – Master's in Finance (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Savana Chacon – Psychological Sciences
• Maddy Chinn – Health Science Pre-professional (2020)
• Grace Cleveland -- Retail Management (2020, 2019)
• Emma Ellis – Animal Sciences: Pre-Veterinarian (2020)
• Marissa Hornung – Human Resource Development (2020, 2019)
• Jael Johnson – Speech, Language, & Hearing Science (2020, 2019)
• Madeline Koch – Brain & Behavioral Sciences (2020)
• Lourdès Myers – Special Education
• Caitlyn Newton – Master's in Public Health (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Jena Otec – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2020)
• Megan Renner – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Physician Assistant (2020)
• Maddie Schermerhorn – Kinesiology (2020)
• Ava Torrance – Hospitality & Tourism Management (2020)
• Emma Terwilliger – Neurobiology & Physiology/Health & Disease (2020, 2019)
• Taylor Trammell – Kinesiology
Purdue set department records during the 2020-21 school year with 96 fall Academic All-Big Ten honorees, 256 overall Academic All-Big Ten honorees and 85 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at their university for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA for sophomores and above.
Football led the way with a program-record 42 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this fall. Cross country produced 27 (12 women, 15 men). Soccer (21) and volleyball (17) both had a large majority of their award-eligible student-athletes also recognized.
Runners Mya Hagerty, Ian Hunter and Leah Keesling as well as football player Ben Furtney earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
All four sports from the fall season also had at least one student-athlete accomplish the unique feat of being a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. That group of eight four-time achievers headlines a list of 31 seniors to be recognized by the conference for at least the third time.
| 3-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES Seniors/fifth-year student-athletes to be recognized at least 3 times |
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| CROSS COUNTRY • Curt Eckstein (4x) • Alec Fleming • Ian Hunter • Anna Morozov • John Pieper • Blake Selm • Megan Slamkowski (4x) SOCCER • Marisa Bova • Sydney Duarte • Skylar Giacobetti • Teagan Jones • Maya Lambert (4x) • Aly Mielke • Ally Mussallem • Grace Walsh |
FOOTBALL • Jack Cravaack • Payne Durham • Sam Garvin • Zander Horvath (4x) • Byron Hubbard II • Lawrence Johnson • Robert McWilliams III (4x) • Aidan O'Connell (4x) • Jack Plummer • Cory Trice VOLLEYBALL • Hayley Bush (4x) • Grace Cleveland • Marissa Hornung • Jael Johnson • Caitlyn Newton (4x) • Emma Terwilliger |
Altogether, 64 of the 107 Boilermakers recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Volleyball had the highest percentage with 13 of its 17 honorees making the list again.
Purdue Athletics has enjoyed a memorable fall sports season, highlighted by NCAA Tournament victories by soccer and volleyball. Football's eight victories included a pair of headline wins vs. top-five opponents and earned the Boilermakers a berth in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. All three teams were ranked among the top 25 for multiple weeks. Meanwhile, both of cross country's NCAA Championships qualifiers this season – Curt Eckstein and Emma Tate – were also Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Eckstein is a four-time NCAAs qualifier and four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a record total of 1,823 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports season. That total includes 699 from football, 438 from soccer, 372 from cross country, 153 from volleyball and 161 from field hockey.
Full listing of Purdue's fall Academic All-Big Ten Honorees and majors by sport
(Years in parentheses are those in which he or she was Academic All-Big Ten)
Names in bold have compiled 4.0 cumulative GPAs
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (15)
• Andrew Brandt – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2020)
• Curt Eckstein – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Alec Fleming – Civil Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Alex Frey – Computer Science
• Joey Humes – Chemical Engineering
• Ian Hunter – Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics (2020, 2019)
• Bryce Hutchinson – Chemical Engineering (2020)
• Joey Kasch – Explorers
• John Pieper – Environmental & Ecological Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Ryan Ruppert – Actuarial Science (2020)
• Blake Selm – Chemical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Ian Shaw – Environmental Geoscience (2020)
• Luke Upton – Kinesiology (2020)
• William White – Computer Science (2020)
• Caleb Williams – Visual Communication Design
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (12 – UP FROM 7 IN 2020)
• Gabriele Green – Brain and Behavioral Science
• Mya Hagerty – Explorers
• Meagan Hathaway – Health Science Pre-professional (2020)
• Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology
• Emma Keesling – Biological Engineering
• Leah Keesling – Food Science
• Anna Morozov – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Megan Slamkowski – Kinesiology/Psychology (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Ellie Tate – Aviation Management (2020)
• Emma Tate – Botany & Plant Pathology (2020)
• Payne Turney – Biochemistry
• Katelyn Wasson – Actuarial Science
FOOTBALL (42 – UP FROM 40 IN 2020)
• Michael Alaimo – Finance
• Jack Albers – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Jackson Anthrop – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2017)
• David Bell – Financial Counseling & Planning (2020)
• Kyle Bilodeau – Communication
• Ryan Brandt – General Management
• Ben Buechel – General Management
• Austin Burton – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation
• Will Chapman – Finance (2020)
• Cam Craig – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Jack Cravaack – Master's of Business Administration (2020, 2019)
• Brendan Cropsey – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Edward Dellinger – Economics
• Payne Durham – Selling & Sales Management (2020, 2019)
• Ben Furtney – Chemical Engineering
• Sam Garvin – Finance (2020, 2019)
• Gus German – Professional Flight Technology
• Gus Hartwig – Finance
• Spencer Holstege – Organizational Leadership (2020)
• Zander Horvath – Construction Management (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Byron Hubbard II – Organizational Leadership (2020, 2019)
• Lawrence Johnson – Law & Society (2020, 2019)
• Josh Kaltenberger – General Management
• Sanoussi Kane – General Management
• George Karlaftis – Retail Management (2020)
• Ben Kreul – Organizational Leadership
• Caleb Krockover – Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Caleb Lahey – Undecided
• Hunter MacDonald – Selling & Sales Management
• Alex Maxwell – Civil Engineering (2020)
• Robert McWilliams III – Master's of Public Health (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Eric Miller – General Management (2020, 2019)
• Aidan O'Connell – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Jack Plummer – Master's of Business Administration (2020, 2019)
• Andrew Sowinski – Marketing
• Collin Sullivan – Selling & Sales Management
• Nick Taylor – Undecided
• Cory Trice – Communication (2020, 2019)
• Chris Van Eekeren – Agribusiness (2020)
• Jacob Wahlberg – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen – General Management
• Nick Zecchino – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
SOCCER (21)
• Marisa Bova – Psychological Sciences (2020, 2019)
• Kelsi Carrico – Explorers
• Sydney Duarte – Nursing (2020, 2019)
• Skylar Giacobetti – Health Science Pre-professional (2020, 2019)
• Sarah Griffith – Psychological Sciences (2020)
• Gabby Hollar – Psychological Sciences
• Callie Ingram – Health Science Pre-professional
• Teagan Jones – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Nicole Kevdzija – First-Year Engineering
• Victoria Kevdzija – First-Year Engineering
• Maya Lambert – Management (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Hannah Lapeire – Health Science Pre-professional (2020)
• Hannah Martin – Pre-Finance
• Emily Mathews – First-Year Engineering
• Aly Mielke – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Ally Mussallem – Nursing (2020, 2019)
• Skylurr Patrick – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Leanna Rebimbas – Pharmaceutical Sciences (2020)
• Emma Tompkins – Brain & Behavioral Sciences (2020)
• Grace Walsh – Biology (2020, 2019)
• Chloe Woodbeck – Marketing (2020)
VOLLEYBALL (17 – UP FROM 13 IN 2020)
• Molly Brown – Dietetics/Nutrition, Fitness, & Health
• Hayley Bush – Master's in Finance (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Savana Chacon – Psychological Sciences
• Maddy Chinn – Health Science Pre-professional (2020)
• Grace Cleveland -- Retail Management (2020, 2019)
• Emma Ellis – Animal Sciences: Pre-Veterinarian (2020)
• Marissa Hornung – Human Resource Development (2020, 2019)
• Jael Johnson – Speech, Language, & Hearing Science (2020, 2019)
• Madeline Koch – Brain & Behavioral Sciences (2020)
• Lourdès Myers – Special Education
• Caitlyn Newton – Master's in Public Health (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Jena Otec – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2020)
• Megan Renner – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Physician Assistant (2020)
• Maddie Schermerhorn – Kinesiology (2020)
• Ava Torrance – Hospitality & Tourism Management (2020)
• Emma Terwilliger – Neurobiology & Physiology/Health & Disease (2020, 2019)
• Taylor Trammell – Kinesiology
