WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue Athletics is proud to recognize 68 student-athletes from the winter sports season as Academic All-Big Ten performers for achieving high marks with their coursework.
The Boilermakers produced a department-record 96 Academic All-Big Ten honorees in the fall. For the 2019-20 school year, Purdue produced 234 total Academic All-Big Ten achievers during the three sports season and the department has an opportunity to surpass that total this year. The 68 winter honorees was just shy of the department record (71) from the 2018-19 school year.
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 grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Swimming & diving accounted for 67% (46 of 68) of the Academic All-Big Ten recipients, with both programs seeing their totals increase from last year. The women at the pool had 25 honorees and the men's program produced a team-record 21. Wrestling added 11, women's basketball had seven and four members of men's basketball made the list.
Swimmers Dale Williams and Kat Mueller earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs. As an aeronautical & astronautical engineering majoring, Williams was among a select group of 20 seniors to be three-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
Altogether, 39 of the 68 Boilermakers recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
All six of the divers representing Purdue at the NCAA Championships this month earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, including three-time Big Ten platform champion Brandon Loschiavo. All six men's swimmers going to Greensboro for NCAAs are on the list as well. Wrestlers Parker Filius, Max Lyon and Thomas Penola also compete at the national championship meet this week.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,130 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the winter sports season. That total includes 474 from swimming & diving, 190 from wrestling and 170 from basketball.
BOILER SAAC EXECUTIVE BOARD/TEAM REPS AMONG WINTER ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
• Jared Florell, President Elect – Wrestling
• Kelsey Macaddino, Vice President – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Maggie Merriman, Secretary – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Caylee Casbon, Big Ten SAAC Rep – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Sasha Stefanovic – Men's Basketball
• Nyagoa Gony, Roxane Makolo – Women's Basketball
• Ben Bramley, Kal Findley, Blake Ratliff – Men's Swimming & Diving
• Evan King, Sylvia Kobylak, Maycey Vieta – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Alec White – Wrestling
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 BASKETBALL (4)
• Mason Gillis – Organizational Leadership
• Sasha Stefanovic – Finance (2019)
• Isaiah Thompson – Organizational Leadership
• Jared Wulbrun – Organizational Leadership (2020)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (7)
• Tamara Farquhar – Psychology (2020, 2019)
• Nyagoa Gony – Political Science (2020)
• Jenelle Grant – Finance (2020)
• Cassidy Hardin – Biochemistry (2020)
• Roxane Makolo – Communications
• Ajah Stallings – Pharmacy
• Kayana Traylor – Law & Society (2020)
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (21 – Up from 14)
• Nikola Aćin – Kinesiology (2020)
• Nate Barsanti – Landscape Architecture (2020)
• Ben Bramley – Finance (2020)
• Elliot Cooper – Chemical Engineering
• Greg Duncan – General Management (2020)
• Kal Findley – Industrial Engineering
• Gabi Gomez Treig – Finance/Accounting (2020, 2019)
• Batuhan Hakan – Computer Science
• Keelan Hart – Construction Management
• Ryan Hrosik – Marketing (2020)
• Michael Juengel – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics
• Ryan Lawrence – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Brandon Loschiavo – Mass Communication (2019, 2018)
• Trent Pellini – Industrial Management (2020, 2019)
• Blake Ratliff – Biology
• Brett Riley – Environmental Geoscience
• Nick Sherman – Mechanical Engineering (2020)
• Jack Smith – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics
• Michael Smith – Electrical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Dale Williams – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Skyler Younkin – General Management
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (25 – Up from 23)
• Claire Abbasse – Political Science
• Kate Beavon – Kinesiology
• Kendra Bowen – Selling & Sales Management
• Emily Bretscher – General Management (2020, 2019)
• Caylee Casbon – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Emily Converse – Special Education/Elementary Education (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Sydnee Emerson – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Elissa Haake – Actuarial Science/Applied Statistics
• Katie Hughes – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Maddi Johnson – Professional Flight Technology
• McKenna Jule – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020)
• Evan King – Planetary Sciences/Geology & Geophysics (2020, 2019)
• Riley Kishman – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020, 2019)
• Sylvia Kobylak – Kinesiology
• Kelsey Macaddino – Biomedical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Maggie Merriman – Human Services (2020)
• Kat Mueller – Social Studies Education
• Natalie Myers – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2020, 2019)
• Angela Pan – Psychological Sciences/Sociology (2020, 2019)
• Lindsay Turner – Professional Flight Technology
• Erin Verbrugge – Materials Science & Engineering
• Maycey Vieta – Communications
• Leanna Wall – Chemical Engineering
• Tessa Wrightson – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020)
• Rachel Young – Business Communication
WRESTLING (11)
• Parker Filius – Construction Management (2020)
• Jared Florell – Finance (2020, 2019)
• Michael Leveille – Social Studies Education
• Kooper Loehr – Selling & Sales Management
• Max Lyon – Industrial Management (2020, 2019)
• Thomas Penola – English Education (2020)
• Jairus Perry – Law and Society
• Bjorn Schroeder – Construction Management (2020, 2019)
• Ethan Smiley – Plant Science (2020)
• Emil Soehnlen – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Alec White – Finance/MBA (2020, 2019)
The Boilermakers produced a department-record 96 Academic All-Big Ten honorees in the fall. For the 2019-20 school year, Purdue produced 234 total Academic All-Big Ten achievers during the three sports season and the department has an opportunity to surpass that total this year. The 68 winter honorees was just shy of the department record (71) from the 2018-19 school year.
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 grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Swimming & diving accounted for 67% (46 of 68) of the Academic All-Big Ten recipients, with both programs seeing their totals increase from last year. The women at the pool had 25 honorees and the men's program produced a team-record 21. Wrestling added 11, women's basketball had seven and four members of men's basketball made the list.
Swimmers Dale Williams and Kat Mueller earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs. As an aeronautical & astronautical engineering majoring, Williams was among a select group of 20 seniors to be three-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
Altogether, 39 of the 68 Boilermakers recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
| 3-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES Seniors to be recognized at least 3 times |
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| • Emily Bretscher • Caylee Casbon • Emily Converse (4x) • Tamara Farquhar • Jared Florell • Gabi Gomez Treig • Katie Hughes |
• Evan King • Riley Kishman • Ryan Lawrence • Brandon Loschiavo • Max Lyon • Kelsey Macaddino • Natalie Myers |
• Angela Pan • Trent Pellini • Bjorn Schroeder • Michael Smith • Alec White • Dale Williams |
All six of the divers representing Purdue at the NCAA Championships this month earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, including three-time Big Ten platform champion Brandon Loschiavo. All six men's swimmers going to Greensboro for NCAAs are on the list as well. Wrestlers Parker Filius, Max Lyon and Thomas Penola also compete at the national championship meet this week.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,130 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the winter sports season. That total includes 474 from swimming & diving, 190 from wrestling and 170 from basketball.
BOILER SAAC EXECUTIVE BOARD/TEAM REPS AMONG WINTER ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
• Jared Florell, President Elect – Wrestling
• Kelsey Macaddino, Vice President – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Maggie Merriman, Secretary – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Caylee Casbon, Big Ten SAAC Rep – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Sasha Stefanovic – Men's Basketball
• Nyagoa Gony, Roxane Makolo – Women's Basketball
• Ben Bramley, Kal Findley, Blake Ratliff – Men's Swimming & Diving
• Evan King, Sylvia Kobylak, Maycey Vieta – Women's Swimming & Diving
• Alec White – Wrestling
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 BASKETBALL (4)
• Mason Gillis – Organizational Leadership
• Sasha Stefanovic – Finance (2019)
• Isaiah Thompson – Organizational Leadership
• Jared Wulbrun – Organizational Leadership (2020)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (7)
• Tamara Farquhar – Psychology (2020, 2019)
• Nyagoa Gony – Political Science (2020)
• Jenelle Grant – Finance (2020)
• Cassidy Hardin – Biochemistry (2020)
• Roxane Makolo – Communications
• Ajah Stallings – Pharmacy
• Kayana Traylor – Law & Society (2020)
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (21 – Up from 14)
• Nikola Aćin – Kinesiology (2020)
• Nate Barsanti – Landscape Architecture (2020)
• Ben Bramley – Finance (2020)
• Elliot Cooper – Chemical Engineering
• Greg Duncan – General Management (2020)
• Kal Findley – Industrial Engineering
• Gabi Gomez Treig – Finance/Accounting (2020, 2019)
• Batuhan Hakan – Computer Science
• Keelan Hart – Construction Management
• Ryan Hrosik – Marketing (2020)
• Michael Juengel – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics
• Ryan Lawrence – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Brandon Loschiavo – Mass Communication (2019, 2018)
• Trent Pellini – Industrial Management (2020, 2019)
• Blake Ratliff – Biology
• Brett Riley – Environmental Geoscience
• Nick Sherman – Mechanical Engineering (2020)
• Jack Smith – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics
• Michael Smith – Electrical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Dale Williams – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Skyler Younkin – General Management
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (25 – Up from 23)
• Claire Abbasse – Political Science
• Kate Beavon – Kinesiology
• Kendra Bowen – Selling & Sales Management
• Emily Bretscher – General Management (2020, 2019)
• Caylee Casbon – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Emily Converse – Special Education/Elementary Education (2020, 2019, 2018)
• Sydnee Emerson – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Elissa Haake – Actuarial Science/Applied Statistics
• Katie Hughes – Kinesiology (2020, 2019)
• Maddi Johnson – Professional Flight Technology
• McKenna Jule – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020)
• Evan King – Planetary Sciences/Geology & Geophysics (2020, 2019)
• Riley Kishman – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020, 2019)
• Sylvia Kobylak – Kinesiology
• Kelsey Macaddino – Biomedical Engineering (2020, 2019)
• Maggie Merriman – Human Services (2020)
• Kat Mueller – Social Studies Education
• Natalie Myers – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2020, 2019)
• Angela Pan – Psychological Sciences/Sociology (2020, 2019)
• Lindsay Turner – Professional Flight Technology
• Erin Verbrugge – Materials Science & Engineering
• Maycey Vieta – Communications
• Leanna Wall – Chemical Engineering
• Tessa Wrightson – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020)
• Rachel Young – Business Communication
WRESTLING (11)
• Parker Filius – Construction Management (2020)
• Jared Florell – Finance (2020, 2019)
• Michael Leveille – Social Studies Education
• Kooper Loehr – Selling & Sales Management
• Max Lyon – Industrial Management (2020, 2019)
• Thomas Penola – English Education (2020)
• Jairus Perry – Law and Society
• Bjorn Schroeder – Construction Management (2020, 2019)
• Ethan Smiley – Plant Science (2020)
• Emil Soehnlen – Selling & Sales Management (2020)
• Alec White – Finance/MBA (2020, 2019)