68 Boilermakers Recognized on Winter Academic All-Big Ten Team68 Boilermakers Recognized on Winter Academic All-Big Ten Team

68 Boilermakers Recognized on Winter Academic All-Big Ten Team

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics is proud to recognize 68 student-athletes from the winter sports season who have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team for their achievements in the classroom.
 
This year's 68 winter honorees comes after 68 were earned last year. The total is just three shy of the department's winter record of 71, set during the 2018-19 school year.
 
The 68 accolades join a Purdue-record 106 Academic All-Big Ten awardees in the fall. For the 2021-22 school year, Purdue student-athletes have earned 174 total Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the fall and winter seasons.
 
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 70 % (48 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 23. Wrestling and men's basketball each had one more honoree than a year ago, with 12 and five, respectively. The women's basketball team had three named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Four Boilermakers earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs. Wrestling's Brennan Doyle, studying computer science, and three women's swimmers, Belle Hinshaw, studying psychological sciences/sociology, Kat Mueller, a social studies major, and Jenna Sonnenberg, a law & society major. Nineteen student-athletes were recognized as a three-time Academic All-Big Ten awardees. Men's basketball's Sasha Stefanovic, wrestling's Max Lyon and women's swimming and diving's Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer received special recognition as four-time honorees.
 
THREE-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
Student-Athletes to be recognized at least three times
  • Nikola Aćin
  • Ben Bramley
  • Greg Duncan
  • Parker Filius
  • Cassidy Hardin
  • Ryan Hrosik
  • McKenna Jule
  • Max Lyon (4x)
  • Maggie Merriman
  • Thomas Penola
  • Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer (4x)
  • Devin Schroder
  • Nick Sherman
  • Ethan Smiley
  • Emil Soehnlen
  • Sasha Stefanovic  (4x)
  • Alec White (4x)
  • Tessa Wrightson
  • Jared Wulbrun
 
The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,113 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the winter sports season. That total includes 423 from swimming & diving, 209 from wrestling and 174 from basketball.
 
Full listing of Purdue's Winter 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 (5, up from 4)
  • Mason Gillis – Organizational Leadership (2021)
  • Chase Martin – Mechanical Engineering
  • Ethan Morton – Finance
  • Sasha Stefanovic – Finance (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Jared Wulbrun – Organizational Leadership (2020, 2021)
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (3)
  • Cassidy Hardin – Biochemistry (2020, 2021)
  • Brooke Moore – Psychology
  • Ajah Stallings – Pharmacy (2021)
 
WRESTLING (12, up from 11)
  • Brennan Doyle – Computer Science
  • Parker Filius – Construction Management (2020, 2021) – M.S in Global Supply Chain Management.
  • Mitch Hutmacher – Construction Engineering
  • Trey Kruse – Mechanical Engineering
  • Michael Leveille – Social Studies Education (2021)
  • Max Lyon – Industrial Management (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Christian Navida – Health Science PreProfessional
  • Thomas Penola – English Education (2020, 2021)
  • Devin Schroder – Construction Management (2019, 2020) - M.S in Technology, Leadership & Innovation
  • Ethan Smiley – Plant Science (2020, 2021)
  • Emil Soehnlen – Selling & Sales Management (2020, 2021)
  • Alec White – Finance/MBA (2019, 2020, 2021)
     
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (23, up from 21)
  • Nikola Aćin – Kinesiology (2020, 2021)
  • Ben Bramley – Finance (2020, 2021)
  • Elliot Cooper – Chemical Engineering (2021)
  • Greg Duncan – General Management (2020, 2021)
  • David Forsyth – Industrial Management
  • Aaron Frollo – Computer Engineering
  • Batuhan Hakan – Computer Science (2021)
  • Keelan Hart – Construction Management (2021)
  • Ryan Hrosik – Marketing (2020, 2021)
  • Michael Juengel – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics (2021)
  • Charlie King – Biomedical Engineering
  • Coleman Modglin – Construction Management
  • Blake Ratliff – Biology (2021)
  • Brett Riley – Environmental Geoscience (2021)
  • Rafael Rodriguez – Mechanical Engineering
  • Griffin Seaver – Finance
  • Ethan Shaw – Supply Chain & Sales Engineering Technology
  • Nick Sherman – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2021)
  • Jack Smith – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics (2021)
  • Liam Walker – Public Health
  • Jude Wenker – Mechanical Engineering
  • Andrew Witty – Mechanical Engineering
  • Skyler Younkin- General Management  (2021)
 
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (25)
  • Claire Abbasse – Political Science (2021)
  • Kendra Bowen – Selling & Sales Management (2021)
  • Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer – General Management (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Masy Folcik – Kinesiology
  • Elissa Haake – Actuarial Science/Applied Statistics/Economics (2021)
  • Abby Harter – Health Science Paraprofessional
  • Belle Hinshaw – Psychological Sciences/Sociology
  • Maddi Johnson – Professional Flight Technology (2021)
  • McKenna Jule – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020, 2021)
  • Sylvia Kobylak – Kinesiology (2021)
  • Maggie Merriman – Human Services (2020, 2021)
  • Kat Mueller – Social Studies Education (2021)
  • Hayley Pike – Animation
  • Angelina Rossi – Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
  • Kate Saczawa – Psychological Sciences
  • Kali Sayovitz – Nutrition Science
  • Kendal Schreder – Kinesiology
  • Evie Sierra – Animal Sciences
  • Jenna Sonnenberg – Law & Society
  • Lindsay Turner – Professional Flight Technology (2021)
  • Erin Verbrugge – Materials Science & Engineering (2021)
  • Maycey Vieta – Communications (2021)
  • Leanna Wall – Chemical Engineering (2021)
  • Tessa Wrightson – Health Science Pre-Professional (2020, 2021)
  • Rachel Young – Business Communication (2021)