Fall-Record 96 Boilermakers Named Academic All-Big Ten
12/10/2020 11:00:00 AM | Cross Country, Football, General, Soccer, Volleyball
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A department-record 96 Purdue student-athletes from the fall sports season earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition for continuing to excel in the classroom.
The Boilermakers registered a record total in the fall for the second year in a row, with a dozen more student-athletes adding their name to the list this semester. Purdue had a total 234 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten distinction for their cumulative 3.0-plus grade-point averages during the 2019-20 school year. The department also set a benchmark with 76 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars (3.7+ GPA) last year.
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Big Ten to postpone all fall sports besides football to the spring, the conference opted to also recognize cross country, soccer and volleyball student-athletes for their academic excellence. 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.
Football led the way with a program-record 40 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Soccer produced 22, cross country 21 (7 women, 14 men) and volleyball had all 13 of its student-athletes eligible for the award make the list.
Runners Megan Slamkowski and Ian Hunter as well as soccer player Ashley Witucki earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
Slamkowski was also among a select group of 17 seniors to be three-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Redshirt seniors Grant Hermanns and Brennan Thieneman from football are set to close out their careers as four-time Academic All-Big Ten performers in the classroom. Altogether, 50 of the 96 Boilermakers recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Soccer had the highest percentage with 14 of its 22 honorees making the list again.
Julia Ware was among those to earn the award again for soccer. In October, the junior was chosen as one of three student-athletes to serve on the NCAA Division I competition oversight committee.
Volleyball's Grace Cleveland and Caitlyn Newton as well as football's Rondale Moore have distinguished themselves as All-Americans in their sport and multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees in the classroom. Meanwhile, 2019 Academic All-American Hannah Melchiorre is now also a three-year Academic All-Big Ten performer for soccer. Moore and Newton are also among the nine student-athletes on the list set to graduate this month.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a record total of 1,601 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports season. That total includes 582 from football, 399 from soccer, 361 from cross country, 135 from volleyball and 124 from field hockey.
4.0 CUMULATIVE GPAs
• Megan Slamkowski – Cross Country (Senior, Kinesiology/Psychology)
• Ian Hunter – Cross Country (Junior, Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics)
• Ashley Witucki – Soccer (Sophomore, Kinesiology)
2020 FALL ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN DECEMBER GRADS
• Zac Collins – Football
• J.D. Dellinger – Football
• Kieren Douglas – Football
• Sam Garvin – Football
• Maya Lambert – Soccer
• Rondale Moore – Football
• Caitlyn Newton – Volleyball
• Aidan O'Connell – Football
• Brennan Thieneman – Football
BOILER SAAC TEAM/AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AMONG FALL ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
• Megan Slamkowski, Director of Professional Development – Women's Cross Country
• Hayley Bush – Volleyball
• Payne Durham – Football
• Skylar Giacobetti – Soccer
• Meagan Hathaway – Women's Cross Country
• Marissa Hornung – Volleyball
• Lawrence Johnson – Football
• Teagan Jones – Soccer
• Hannah Melchiorre – Soccer
• Anna Morozov – Women's Cross Country
• Emma Tate – Women's Cross Country
• Emma Terwilliger – Volleyball
• Grace Walsh – Soccer
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 previously Academic All-Big Ten)
Names in bold have compiled 4.0 cumulative GPAs
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (14 – UP FROM 8 IN 2019)
• Tyler Bowling – Cybersecurity
• Andrew Brandt – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Curt Eckstein – Mechanical Engineering (2019, 2018)
• Alec Fleming – Civil Engineering (2019)
• Kyle Griffith – Civil Engineering (2019, 2018)
• Ian Hunter – Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics (2019)
• Bryce Hutchinson – Chemical Engineering
• John Pieper – Environmental & Ecological Engineering (2019)
• Ryan Ruppert – Actuarial Science
• Blake Selm – Chemical Engineering (2019)
• Ian Shaw – Environmental Geoscience
• Brody Smith – Sociology (2019)
• Luke Upton – Kinesiology
• William White – Computer Science
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (7)
• Rachel Anderson – Health Science Pre-professional (2019, 2018)
• Meagan Hathaway – Health Science Pre-professional
• Anna Morozov – Kinesiology
• Taylor Mortensen – Animal Science (2019, 2018)
• Megan Slamkowski – Kinesiology/Psychology (2019, 2018)
• Ellie Tate – Aviation Management
• Emma Tate – Kinesiology
FOOTBALL (40 – UP FROM 35 IN 2019)
• David Bell – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Will Bramel – Selling & Sales Management (2019)
• Will Chapman – Undecided
• Zac Collins – Selling & Sales Management
• Brooks Cormier – Construction Management
• Cam Craig – Undecided
• Jack Cravaack – Selling & Sales Management (2019)
• J.D. Dellinger – Economics & Finance (2019, 2018)
• King Doerue – Kinesiology
• Kieren Douglas – Political Science (2019)
• Payne Durham – Selling & Sales Management
• Steven Faucheux – Finance
• Sam Garvin – Finance (2019)
• Marvin Grant – Undecided
• Grant Hermanns – Industrial Management (2019, 2018, 2017)
• Spencer Holstege – Organizational Leadership
• Zander Horvath – Construction Management (2019, 2018)
• Byron Hubbard II – Organizational Leadership (2019)
• Lawrence Johnson – Law & Society (2019)
• Kyle Jornigan – Undecided
• George Karlaftis – Retail Management
• Sulaiman Kpaka – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Henry Lewis – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Alex Maxwell – Civil Engineering
• Jimmy McKenna – Industrial Engineering Technology (2019)
• Robert McWilliams III – Kinesiology (2019, 2018)
• Eric Miller – General Management (2019)
• Rondale Moore – Selling & Sales Management (2019)
• Aidan O'Connell – General Management (2019)
• Jack Plummer – General Management (2019)
• Mershawn Rice – Pre-Communication
• Brooks Royal – Agricultural Systems Management (2019, 2018)
• TJ Sheffield – Undecided
• Mark Stickford – Industrial Management (2019, 2018)
• Jack Sullivan – Professional Flight Technology (2019)
• Brennan Thieneman – Construction Engineering (2019, 2018, 2017)
• Cory Trice – Communication (2019)
• Chris Van Eekeren – Undecided
• Jacob Wahlberg – Undecided
• Nick Zecchino – Selling & Sales Management
SOCCER (22)
• Marisa Bova – Psychological Sciences (2019)
• Abby Crabtree – Neurobiology & Physiology (2019, 2018)
• Alyssa Cwidak – Mechanical Engineering (2019)
• Sydney Duarte – Nursing (2019)
• Skylar Giacobetti – Health Science Pre-professional (2019)
• Sarah Griffith – Psychological Sciences
• Teagan Jones – Mechanical Engineering (2019)
• Maya Lambert – Accounting (2019, 2018)
• Hannah Lapeire – Health Science Pre-professional
• Paige Liebel – Electrical Engineering (2019)
• Lexi Marks – Civil Engineering (2019, 2018)
• Hannah Melchiorre – Biochemistry (2019, 2018)
• Aly Mielke – Kinesiology (2019)
• Ally Mussallem – Nursing (2019)
• Skylurr Patrick – Selling & Sales Management
• Leanna Rebimbas – Kinesiology
• Sydney Sparks – Marketing
• Emma Tompkins – Brain & Behavioral Sciences
• Grace Walsh – Biology (2019)
• Julia Ware – Law & Society (2019)
• Ashley Witucki – Kinesiology
• Chloe Woodbeck – Marketing
VOLLEYBALL (13 – UP FROM 8 IN 2019)
• Hayley Bush – Agribusiness (2019, 2018)
• Maddy Chinn – Health Science Pre-professional
• Grace Cleveland -- Retail Management (2019)
• Emma Ellis – Animal Sciences
• Marissa Hornung – Human Resource Development (2019)
• Jael Johnson – Speech, Language, & Hearing Science (2019)
• Maddie Koch – Brain & Behavioral Sciences
• Caitlyn Newton – Psychological Sciences (2019, 2018)
• Jena Otec – Selling & Sales Management
• Megan Renner – Health Science Pre-professional
• Maddie Schermerhorn – Elementary Education
• Ava Torrance – Hospitality & Tourism
• Emma Terwilliger – Neurobiology & Physiology/Health & Disease (2019)
The Boilermakers registered a record total in the fall for the second year in a row, with a dozen more student-athletes adding their name to the list this semester. Purdue had a total 234 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten distinction for their cumulative 3.0-plus grade-point averages during the 2019-20 school year. The department also set a benchmark with 76 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars (3.7+ GPA) last year.
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Big Ten to postpone all fall sports besides football to the spring, the conference opted to also recognize cross country, soccer and volleyball student-athletes for their academic excellence. 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.
Football led the way with a program-record 40 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Soccer produced 22, cross country 21 (7 women, 14 men) and volleyball had all 13 of its student-athletes eligible for the award make the list.
Runners Megan Slamkowski and Ian Hunter as well as soccer player Ashley Witucki earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
Slamkowski was also among a select group of 17 seniors to be three-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Redshirt seniors Grant Hermanns and Brennan Thieneman from football are set to close out their careers as four-time Academic All-Big Ten performers in the classroom. Altogether, 50 of the 96 Boilermakers recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Soccer had the highest percentage with 14 of its 22 honorees making the list again.
| 3-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES Seniors to be recognized at least 3 times |
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| CROSS COUNTRY • Rachel Anderson • Curt Eckstein • Kyle Griffith • Taylor Mortensen • Megan Slamkowski SOCCER • Abby Crabtree • Maya Lambert • Lexi Marks • Hannah Melchiorre |
FOOTBALL • J.D. Dellinger • Grant Hermanns (4x) • Zander Horvath • Robert McWilliams III • Brooks Royal • Brennan Thieneman (4x) VOLLEYBALL • Hayley Bush • Caitlyn Newton |
Julia Ware was among those to earn the award again for soccer. In October, the junior was chosen as one of three student-athletes to serve on the NCAA Division I competition oversight committee.
Volleyball's Grace Cleveland and Caitlyn Newton as well as football's Rondale Moore have distinguished themselves as All-Americans in their sport and multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees in the classroom. Meanwhile, 2019 Academic All-American Hannah Melchiorre is now also a three-year Academic All-Big Ten performer for soccer. Moore and Newton are also among the nine student-athletes on the list set to graduate this month.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a record total of 1,601 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports season. That total includes 582 from football, 399 from soccer, 361 from cross country, 135 from volleyball and 124 from field hockey.
4.0 CUMULATIVE GPAs
• Megan Slamkowski – Cross Country (Senior, Kinesiology/Psychology)
• Ian Hunter – Cross Country (Junior, Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics)
• Ashley Witucki – Soccer (Sophomore, Kinesiology)
2020 FALL ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN DECEMBER GRADS
• Zac Collins – Football
• J.D. Dellinger – Football
• Kieren Douglas – Football
• Sam Garvin – Football
• Maya Lambert – Soccer
• Rondale Moore – Football
• Caitlyn Newton – Volleyball
• Aidan O'Connell – Football
• Brennan Thieneman – Football
BOILER SAAC TEAM/AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AMONG FALL ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
• Megan Slamkowski, Director of Professional Development – Women's Cross Country
• Hayley Bush – Volleyball
• Payne Durham – Football
• Skylar Giacobetti – Soccer
• Meagan Hathaway – Women's Cross Country
• Marissa Hornung – Volleyball
• Lawrence Johnson – Football
• Teagan Jones – Soccer
• Hannah Melchiorre – Soccer
• Anna Morozov – Women's Cross Country
• Emma Tate – Women's Cross Country
• Emma Terwilliger – Volleyball
• Grace Walsh – Soccer
| AWARD RECIPIENTS AT 2020 BOILERS BACK IN ACTION | |
| KORSCHOT PERSEVERANCE AWARD • Sam Garvin – Football • Kyle Griffith – Cross Country • Emma Terwilliger – Volleyball |
DURHAM BROTHERS LEADERSHIP AWARD • Jael Johnson – Volleyball • George Karlaftis – Football • Megan Slamkowski – Cross Country |
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 previously Academic All-Big Ten)
Names in bold have compiled 4.0 cumulative GPAs
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (14 – UP FROM 8 IN 2019)
• Tyler Bowling – Cybersecurity
• Andrew Brandt – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Curt Eckstein – Mechanical Engineering (2019, 2018)
• Alec Fleming – Civil Engineering (2019)
• Kyle Griffith – Civil Engineering (2019, 2018)
• Ian Hunter – Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics (2019)
• Bryce Hutchinson – Chemical Engineering
• John Pieper – Environmental & Ecological Engineering (2019)
• Ryan Ruppert – Actuarial Science
• Blake Selm – Chemical Engineering (2019)
• Ian Shaw – Environmental Geoscience
• Brody Smith – Sociology (2019)
• Luke Upton – Kinesiology
• William White – Computer Science
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (7)
• Rachel Anderson – Health Science Pre-professional (2019, 2018)
• Meagan Hathaway – Health Science Pre-professional
• Anna Morozov – Kinesiology
• Taylor Mortensen – Animal Science (2019, 2018)
• Megan Slamkowski – Kinesiology/Psychology (2019, 2018)
• Ellie Tate – Aviation Management
• Emma Tate – Kinesiology
FOOTBALL (40 – UP FROM 35 IN 2019)
• David Bell – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Will Bramel – Selling & Sales Management (2019)
• Will Chapman – Undecided
• Zac Collins – Selling & Sales Management
• Brooks Cormier – Construction Management
• Cam Craig – Undecided
• Jack Cravaack – Selling & Sales Management (2019)
• J.D. Dellinger – Economics & Finance (2019, 2018)
• King Doerue – Kinesiology
• Kieren Douglas – Political Science (2019)
• Payne Durham – Selling & Sales Management
• Steven Faucheux – Finance
• Sam Garvin – Finance (2019)
• Marvin Grant – Undecided
• Grant Hermanns – Industrial Management (2019, 2018, 2017)
• Spencer Holstege – Organizational Leadership
• Zander Horvath – Construction Management (2019, 2018)
• Byron Hubbard II – Organizational Leadership (2019)
• Lawrence Johnson – Law & Society (2019)
• Kyle Jornigan – Undecided
• George Karlaftis – Retail Management
• Sulaiman Kpaka – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Henry Lewis – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Alex Maxwell – Civil Engineering
• Jimmy McKenna – Industrial Engineering Technology (2019)
• Robert McWilliams III – Kinesiology (2019, 2018)
• Eric Miller – General Management (2019)
• Rondale Moore – Selling & Sales Management (2019)
• Aidan O'Connell – General Management (2019)
• Jack Plummer – General Management (2019)
• Mershawn Rice – Pre-Communication
• Brooks Royal – Agricultural Systems Management (2019, 2018)
• TJ Sheffield – Undecided
• Mark Stickford – Industrial Management (2019, 2018)
• Jack Sullivan – Professional Flight Technology (2019)
• Brennan Thieneman – Construction Engineering (2019, 2018, 2017)
• Cory Trice – Communication (2019)
• Chris Van Eekeren – Undecided
• Jacob Wahlberg – Undecided
• Nick Zecchino – Selling & Sales Management
SOCCER (22)
• Marisa Bova – Psychological Sciences (2019)
• Abby Crabtree – Neurobiology & Physiology (2019, 2018)
• Alyssa Cwidak – Mechanical Engineering (2019)
• Sydney Duarte – Nursing (2019)
• Skylar Giacobetti – Health Science Pre-professional (2019)
• Sarah Griffith – Psychological Sciences
• Teagan Jones – Mechanical Engineering (2019)
• Maya Lambert – Accounting (2019, 2018)
• Hannah Lapeire – Health Science Pre-professional
• Paige Liebel – Electrical Engineering (2019)
• Lexi Marks – Civil Engineering (2019, 2018)
• Hannah Melchiorre – Biochemistry (2019, 2018)
• Aly Mielke – Kinesiology (2019)
• Ally Mussallem – Nursing (2019)
• Skylurr Patrick – Selling & Sales Management
• Leanna Rebimbas – Kinesiology
• Sydney Sparks – Marketing
• Emma Tompkins – Brain & Behavioral Sciences
• Grace Walsh – Biology (2019)
• Julia Ware – Law & Society (2019)
• Ashley Witucki – Kinesiology
• Chloe Woodbeck – Marketing
VOLLEYBALL (13 – UP FROM 8 IN 2019)
• Hayley Bush – Agribusiness (2019, 2018)
• Maddy Chinn – Health Science Pre-professional
• Grace Cleveland -- Retail Management (2019)
• Emma Ellis – Animal Sciences
• Marissa Hornung – Human Resource Development (2019)
• Jael Johnson – Speech, Language, & Hearing Science (2019)
• Maddie Koch – Brain & Behavioral Sciences
• Caitlyn Newton – Psychological Sciences (2019, 2018)
• Jena Otec – Selling & Sales Management
• Megan Renner – Health Science Pre-professional
• Maddie Schermerhorn – Elementary Education
• Ava Torrance – Hospitality & Tourism
• Emma Terwilliger – Neurobiology & Physiology/Health & Disease (2019)
