WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics produced 85 Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the spring sports season, finishing the 2022-23 school year with a grand total of 240 student-athletes excelling with 3.0-plus grade-point averages.
The Boilermakers had 89 Academic All-Big Ten honorees in the fall and 66 in the winter. The spring season has been very consistent this decade, producing 80-plus honorees for the fourth straight 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 GPA of 3.0 or higher. Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA for sophomores and above. Those honorees will be announced later this summer.
Track & field led the way with a combined 39 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this spring – 20 from the men's roster and 19 form the women's. Baseball contributed 18 and softball added 12. Golf produced nine (five women, four men) and tennis had seven honorees (four women, three men).
Sophomore golfer Momo Sugiyama and graduate student Jessica Bray from track & field earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
Twenty of the 84 Academic All-Big Ten honorees from the spring earned the distinction for at least third time. Among that group, softball's Alex Echazarretta and track & field's Justin Becker, Ian Hunter and John Pieper are all four-year honorees.
Altogether, 36 of the 85 Boilermakers (42%) recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Purdue also had 48 first-time honorees from the spring season. Track & field had 19 of its 39 honorees recognized for at least the second time.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a record total of 2,224 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the spring and at-large sports season. That total includes 625 from track & field, 187 from softball, 180 from baseball, 155 from golf, 136 from tennis, and 274 from the sports that Purdue does not sponsor.
Full listing of Purdue's spring 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
BASEBALL (18)
• Connor Caskenette – Sociology
• Avery Cook – Organizational Leadership (2021, 2022)
• Couper Cornblum – Sociology
• Jackson Dannelley – Selling & Sales Management
• Logan Danzeisen – Finance (2022)
• Zach Fletcher – Selling & Sales Management
• Sam Franco – American Studies
• Malcolm Gilchrist – Law & Society
• Weston Gingerich – Selling & Sales Management (2022)
• Cal Lambert – Selling & Sales Management
• Griffin Lohman – Supply Chain & Sales Leadership Technology (2022)
• Camden Melvin – Selling & Sales Management
• Steve Ramirez – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership
• Calvin Schapira – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership
• Jake Stadler – Communications (2022)
• Khal Stephen – Finance
• Cam Thompson – Organizational Leadership (2021, 2022)
• CJ Valdez – Selling & Sales Management (2022)
MEN'S GOLF (4)
• Nick Dentino – Accounting (2021, 2022)
• Andrew Farraye – Master's in Accounting (2021, 2022)
• Kentaro Nanayama – Organizational Leadership
• Andrew White – Finance
WOMEN'S GOLF (5)
• Jocelyn Bruch – General Management (2022)
• Kan Bunnabodee – General Management (2021, 2022)
• Jade Gu – Computer Science
• Ashley Kozlowski – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2022)
• Momo Sugiyama – Psychology
SOFTBALL (12, Up From 11 in 2022)
• Kyndall Bailey – Communications
• Kate Claypool – Business Analytics
• Kiara Dillon – General Management (2022)
• Alex Echazarreta – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Becca Edwards – Biomedical Health Sciences
• Kiersen George – Biomedical Health Sciences (2022)
• Hailey Hayes – Elementary Education
• Tyrina Jones – Education
• Kendall Klochack – Actuarial Science & Applied Statistics
• Anna Lonchar – Graduate Certificate in Leadership Change Management & Negotiation
• Alexa Pinarski – Visual Communication Design
• Ryen Ross – Public Health
MEN'S TENNIS (3, Up from 2 in 2022)
• Hassan Baroudi – Mechanical Engineering
• Tomasz Dudek – Industrial Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation (2021, 2022)
• Daniel Labrador – Civil Engineering
WOMEN'S TENNIS (4, Up from 2 in 2022)
• Csilla Fodor – Hospitality & Tourism Management (2022)
• Juana Larranaga – Nutrition & Dietetics
• Tara Katarina Milic – General Management and Marketing
• Liz Norman – Master's in Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (20)
• Danny Affleck – Biology
• Praise Aniamaka – Industrial Engineering Technology
• Cale Ayers – Chemical Engineering
• Justin Becker – Master's in Marketing (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Andrew Brandt – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2021, 2022)
• Alex Frey – Computer Science (2022)
• Grant Gogel – Mechanical Engineering
• Ian Hunter – Master's in Statistics (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Bryce Hutchinson – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022)
• Brett Otterbacher – Construction Engineering
• John Pieper – Master's in Environmental & Ecological Engineering (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Jason Polydoris – Mechanical Engineering
• Joseph Romanyk – Civil Engineering
• Logan Sandlin – Mechanical Engineering
• Owen Schafer – Integrated Business & Engineering
• Johnny Vanos – Kinesiology (2021, 2020)
• Nathan Walker – Mathematics Education
• Caleb Williams – Animation (2022)
• Safin Wills – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Brady Yoder – General Management and Finance
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (19)
• Lindsay Absher – Interior Design Professional (2021, 2022)
• Jessica Bray – Master's in Healthcare Leadership (2021, 2022)
• Jaelyn Burgos – Kinesiology
• Sarah Busch – Industrial Design Pre-Professional
• Anne Busse – Nursing
• Naomi Campbell – Accounting (2022)
• Alison Casey – Doctor of Pharmacy
• Jayla Ellis – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022)
• Meagan Hathaway – Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences and Biomedical Health Science (2021, 2022)
• Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2022)
• Emily Kim – Actuarial Science and Applied Statistics
• Tanya Pinthapataya – Public Health
• Kerris Roberts – Mathematics Education (2021, 2022)
• Brenna Shaw – Animal Sciences
• Emma Squires – Industrial Engineering
• Ellie Tate – Master's in Human Resource Management (2021, 2022)
• Emma Tate – Plant Science (2021, 2022)
• Payne Turney – Biochemistry (2022)
• Katelyn Wasson – Brain & Behavioral Sciences and Applied Statistics (2022)
The Boilermakers had 89 Academic All-Big Ten honorees in the fall and 66 in the winter. The spring season has been very consistent this decade, producing 80-plus honorees for the fourth straight 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 GPA of 3.0 or higher. Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA for sophomores and above. Those honorees will be announced later this summer.
Track & field led the way with a combined 39 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this spring – 20 from the men's roster and 19 form the women's. Baseball contributed 18 and softball added 12. Golf produced nine (five women, four men) and tennis had seven honorees (four women, three men).
Sophomore golfer Momo Sugiyama and graduate student Jessica Bray from track & field earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
Twenty of the 84 Academic All-Big Ten honorees from the spring earned the distinction for at least third time. Among that group, softball's Alex Echazarretta and track & field's Justin Becker, Ian Hunter and John Pieper are all four-year honorees.
| 3-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES Seniors/fifth-year student-athletes to be recognized at least 3 times For track & field, 3-year honorees exclude additional honors from cross country |
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| BASEBALL • Avery Cook • Cam Thompson MEN'S TRACK & FIELD • Justin Becker (4x) • Andrew Brandt • Ian Hunter (4x) • Bryce Hutchinson • John Pieper (4x) • Johnny Vanos MEN'S GOLF • Nick Dentino • Andrew Farraye |
SOFTBALL • Alex Echazarreta (4x) WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD • Lindsay Absher • Jessica Bray • Jayla Ellis • Meagan Hathaway • Kerris Roberts • Ellie Tate • Emma Tate WOMEN'S GOLF • Kan Bunnabodee MEN'S TENNIS • Tomasz Dudek |
Altogether, 36 of the 85 Boilermakers (42%) recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Purdue also had 48 first-time honorees from the spring season. Track & field had 19 of its 39 honorees recognized for at least the second time.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a record total of 2,224 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the spring and at-large sports season. That total includes 625 from track & field, 187 from softball, 180 from baseball, 155 from golf, 136 from tennis, and 274 from the sports that Purdue does not sponsor.
Full listing of Purdue's spring 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
BASEBALL (18)
• Connor Caskenette – Sociology
• Avery Cook – Organizational Leadership (2021, 2022)
• Couper Cornblum – Sociology
• Jackson Dannelley – Selling & Sales Management
• Logan Danzeisen – Finance (2022)
• Zach Fletcher – Selling & Sales Management
• Sam Franco – American Studies
• Malcolm Gilchrist – Law & Society
• Weston Gingerich – Selling & Sales Management (2022)
• Cal Lambert – Selling & Sales Management
• Griffin Lohman – Supply Chain & Sales Leadership Technology (2022)
• Camden Melvin – Selling & Sales Management
• Steve Ramirez – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership
• Calvin Schapira – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership
• Jake Stadler – Communications (2022)
• Khal Stephen – Finance
• Cam Thompson – Organizational Leadership (2021, 2022)
• CJ Valdez – Selling & Sales Management (2022)
MEN'S GOLF (4)
• Nick Dentino – Accounting (2021, 2022)
• Andrew Farraye – Master's in Accounting (2021, 2022)
• Kentaro Nanayama – Organizational Leadership
• Andrew White – Finance
WOMEN'S GOLF (5)
• Jocelyn Bruch – General Management (2022)
• Kan Bunnabodee – General Management (2021, 2022)
• Jade Gu – Computer Science
• Ashley Kozlowski – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2022)
• Momo Sugiyama – Psychology
SOFTBALL (12, Up From 11 in 2022)
• Kyndall Bailey – Communications
• Kate Claypool – Business Analytics
• Kiara Dillon – General Management (2022)
• Alex Echazarreta – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Becca Edwards – Biomedical Health Sciences
• Kiersen George – Biomedical Health Sciences (2022)
• Hailey Hayes – Elementary Education
• Tyrina Jones – Education
• Kendall Klochack – Actuarial Science & Applied Statistics
• Anna Lonchar – Graduate Certificate in Leadership Change Management & Negotiation
• Alexa Pinarski – Visual Communication Design
• Ryen Ross – Public Health
MEN'S TENNIS (3, Up from 2 in 2022)
• Hassan Baroudi – Mechanical Engineering
• Tomasz Dudek – Industrial Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation (2021, 2022)
• Daniel Labrador – Civil Engineering
WOMEN'S TENNIS (4, Up from 2 in 2022)
• Csilla Fodor – Hospitality & Tourism Management (2022)
• Juana Larranaga – Nutrition & Dietetics
• Tara Katarina Milic – General Management and Marketing
• Liz Norman – Master's in Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (20)
• Danny Affleck – Biology
• Praise Aniamaka – Industrial Engineering Technology
• Cale Ayers – Chemical Engineering
• Justin Becker – Master's in Marketing (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Andrew Brandt – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2021, 2022)
• Alex Frey – Computer Science (2022)
• Grant Gogel – Mechanical Engineering
• Ian Hunter – Master's in Statistics (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Bryce Hutchinson – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022)
• Brett Otterbacher – Construction Engineering
• John Pieper – Master's in Environmental & Ecological Engineering (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Jason Polydoris – Mechanical Engineering
• Joseph Romanyk – Civil Engineering
• Logan Sandlin – Mechanical Engineering
• Owen Schafer – Integrated Business & Engineering
• Johnny Vanos – Kinesiology (2021, 2020)
• Nathan Walker – Mathematics Education
• Caleb Williams – Animation (2022)
• Safin Wills – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Brady Yoder – General Management and Finance
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (19)
• Lindsay Absher – Interior Design Professional (2021, 2022)
• Jessica Bray – Master's in Healthcare Leadership (2021, 2022)
• Jaelyn Burgos – Kinesiology
• Sarah Busch – Industrial Design Pre-Professional
• Anne Busse – Nursing
• Naomi Campbell – Accounting (2022)
• Alison Casey – Doctor of Pharmacy
• Jayla Ellis – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022)
• Meagan Hathaway – Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences and Biomedical Health Science (2021, 2022)
• Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2022)
• Emily Kim – Actuarial Science and Applied Statistics
• Tanya Pinthapataya – Public Health
• Kerris Roberts – Mathematics Education (2021, 2022)
• Brenna Shaw – Animal Sciences
• Emma Squires – Industrial Engineering
• Ellie Tate – Master's in Human Resource Management (2021, 2022)
• Emma Tate – Plant Science (2021, 2022)
• Payne Turney – Biochemistry (2022)
• Katelyn Wasson – Brain & Behavioral Sciences and Applied Statistics (2022)