WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics once again shows success in the classroom, as 66 student-athletes from the winter sports season have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the classroom.
The 66 winter accolades come after 89 Boilermakers were recognized in the fall. For the 2022-23 school year, Purdue student-athletes have earned 155 total Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the fall and winter seasons. The list will be completed when those competing in spring sports are honored at the end of the semester.
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 74% (49 of 66) of the Academic All-Big Ten recipients. The women at the pool had 26 honorees and the men's program produced 23, matching last year's program record. Wrestling had 10 earn Academic All-Big Ten distinction, men's basketball had five for a second consecutive year and women's basketball had two.
Two Boilermakers, both swimmers, earned special recognition for maintaining perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs, senior Kat Mueller, majoring in social studies education, and sophomore Luke Fortner, an aeronautical and astronomical engineering major.
Twenty-one honorees are recognized on the Academic All-Big Ten Team for the third time in their Purdue careers, including five that earned the distinction for the fourth time. Wrestlers Parker Filius and Thomas Penola, swimmers Maggie Merriman and Nick Sherman and basketball player Cassidy Hardin all were recognized in 2020, 2021 and 2022 before this year's honor. In total, 44 of Purdue's 66 honorees are recognized for at least the second time.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,000 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the winter sports season. That total includes 378 from swimming & diving, 196 from wrestling and 150 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)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (2)
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (23)
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (26)
WRESTLING (10)
The 66 winter accolades come after 89 Boilermakers were recognized in the fall. For the 2022-23 school year, Purdue student-athletes have earned 155 total Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the fall and winter seasons. The list will be completed when those competing in spring sports are honored at the end of the semester.
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 74% (49 of 66) of the Academic All-Big Ten recipients. The women at the pool had 26 honorees and the men's program produced 23, matching last year's program record. Wrestling had 10 earn Academic All-Big Ten distinction, men's basketball had five for a second consecutive year and women's basketball had two.
Two Boilermakers, both swimmers, earned special recognition for maintaining perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs, senior Kat Mueller, majoring in social studies education, and sophomore Luke Fortner, an aeronautical and astronomical engineering major.
Twenty-one honorees are recognized on the Academic All-Big Ten Team for the third time in their Purdue careers, including five that earned the distinction for the fourth time. Wrestlers Parker Filius and Thomas Penola, swimmers Maggie Merriman and Nick Sherman and basketball player Cassidy Hardin all were recognized in 2020, 2021 and 2022 before this year's honor. In total, 44 of Purdue's 66 honorees are recognized for at least the second time.
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The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,000 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the winter sports season. That total includes 378 from swimming & diving, 196 from wrestling and 150 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)
- Carson Barrett – Organizational Leadership
- Caleb Furst – Biomedical Health Sciences
- Trey Kaufman-Renn - Philosophy
- Chase Martin – Mechanical Engineering (2022)
- Brian Waddell – General Management
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (2)
- Abbey Ellis – Early Childhood Education
- Cassidy Hardin – Biochemistry (2020, 2021, 2022)
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (23)
- Sam Bennett – Psychological Sciences
- Elliot Cooper – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022)
- Kal Findley – Industrial Engineering (2021)
- Luke Fortner – Aeronautical and Astronomical Engineering
- Aaron Frollo – Computer Engineering (2022)
- Keelan Hart – Construction Management (2021, 2022)
- Michael Juengel – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics (2021, 2022)
- Charlie King – Biomedical Engineering (2022)
- Coleman Modglin – Construction Management (2022)
- Idris Muhammad – Mechanical Engineering
- Blake Ratliff – Biology (2021, 2022)
- Rafael Rodriguez – Mechanical Engineering (2022)
- Jordan Rzepka – Selling & Sales Management
- Griffin Seaver – Finance (2022)
- Ethan Shaw – Supply Chain & Sales Engineering Technology (2022)
- Nick Sherman – Mechanical Engineering (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Jack Smith – Supply Chain, Information & Analytics (2021, 2022) – M.S. in Finance
- Khadin Soto - Kinesiology
- Liam Walker – Public Health (2022)
- Jude Wenker – Mechanical Engineering (2022)
- Andrew Witty – Mechanical Engineering (2022)
- Skyler Younkin- General Management (2021, 2022) – Master's Certificate in Geospatial Information Sciences
- Ryan Zerpa – Nuclear Engineering
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (26)
- Claire Abbasse – Political Science (2021, 2022)
- Kate Beavon – Kinesiology (2021)
- Kendra Bowen – Selling & Sales Management (2021, 2022)
- Mahala Erlandson – Selling & Sales Management
- Masy Folcik – Kinesiology (2022)
- Amy Fu – Mathematics-Statistics
- Madeline Greaves – Elementary Education
- Elissa Haake – Actuarial Science/Applied Statistics/Economics (2021, 2022)
- Abby Harter – Health Science Pre-Professional (2022)
- Michaela Herwig – Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
- Maggie Love – Biomedical Engineering
- Sophie McAfee - Economics
- Maggie Merriman – Nursing (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Teagen Moon – Landscape Architecture
- Kat Mueller – Social Studies Education (2021, 2022)
- Angelina Rossi – Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (2022)
- Kali Sayovitz – Nutrition Science (2022)
- Kendal Schreder – Kinesiology (2022)
- Evie Sierra – Animal Science (2022)
- Jenna Sonnenberg – Law & Society (2022)
- Lindsay Turner – Professional Flight Technology (2021, 2022)
- Erin Verbrugge – Materials Science & Engineering (2021, 2022)
- Maycey Vieta – Media & Mass Communications (2021, 2022)
- Leanna Wall – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022)
- Cecilie Wiuff - Electrical Engineering
- Rachel Young – Business Communication (2021, 2022)
WRESTLING (10)
- Brennan Doyle – Computer Science (2022)
- Hayden Filipovich – Economics
- Parker Filius – Construction Management (2020, 2021) – M.S. in Global Supply Chain Management (2022)
- Mitch Hutmacher – Construction Engineering (2022)
- Trey Kruse – Mechanical Engineering (2022)
- Michael Leveille – Social Studies Education (2021, 2022)
- Christian Navida – Health Science Pre-Professional (2022)
- Thomas Penola – English Education (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Matt Ramos – Selling & Sales Management
- Christian White – Biochemistry