Reagan Mattice, a senior in chemical engineering and a swimmer for the Purdue women’s swimming and diving team, qualified this season for the NCAA Championships in the longest swimming event at the meet, the 1650-yard freestyle.

Seventeen College of Engineering students are among 77 Purdue University student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the winter 2026 sports season.

The total topped the previous record of 72 set last year. It marked the third straight winter campaign with 70 or more honorees from Purdue. The Boilermakers are now up to 124 total student-athletes on the fall and winter all-academic teams combined.

All but two of Purdue Engineering's winter All-Academic Big Ten honorees are on the swimming and diving team. Sophomore swimmer Caroline Frazier was one of 30 student-athletes across the Big Ten to have a perfect 4.0 GPA.

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.

Purdue Engineering Winter 2026 Academic All-Big Ten Honorees and Majors by Sport

(Years in parentheses are those in which he or she was Academic All-Big Ten)

MEN’S BASKETBALL 

• Raleigh Burgess – Integrated Business & Engineering (2026)

MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

• Dylan Burau – Chemical Engineering (2026, 2025, 2024)
• Cooper Callahan – Mechanical Engineering (2026, 2025, 2024)
• Brody Friend – Electrical Engineering (2026, 2025)
• Andy Kelly – Industrial Engineering (2026, 2024)
• Gio Mango – Mechanical Engineering (2026)
• Walker Mattice – Mechanical Engineering (2026)
• Dom Mazurek – Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (2026)
• Sam White – Civil Engineering (2026)
• Raymond Whittaker – Electrical Engineering (2026, 2025, 2024)

WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

• Ava Fasano – Integrated Business & Engineering (2026, 2025)
• Caroline Frazier – Environmental and Ecological Engineering (2026)
• Caitlin Hurley – Industrial Engineering (2026, 2025)
• Reagan Mattice – Chemical Engineering (2026, 2025, 2024)
• Campbell Scofield – Biological Engineering (2026)
• Kaitlin Simons – Biomedical Engineering (2026, 2025, 2024))

WRESTLING 

• Quinn Herbert – Industrial Engineering (2026)

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