Five Badgers earn spring Academic All-Big Ten recognition
June 07, 2010 | Women's Golf
June 7, 2010
Madison, Wis. - Five Badger women golfers earned Academic All-Big Ten Honors for 2009-10. The Badgers tied Penn State and Northwestern for the schools with the second most honorees. Michigan recorded seven players which met the criteria.
Repeating as All-Big Ten honorees were seniors Heather Herrick, Human Development; Molly Schemm, Retailing; Kelsey Verbeten, Retailing; and Beth Weinstein, Spanish. Sophomore Ellie Arkin, Spanish, earned her first honor.
A total of 93 University of Wisconsin spring student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades. In order to be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten honors, nominees must be a letter winner in at least their second academic year at their university and maintain a career grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better.
A total of 1,037 student-athletes throughout the Big Ten Conference were named to the Academic All-Conference team, including 15 who finished the 2010 spring semester with an untarnished 4.0 GPA.
The Big Ten honored 2,278 fall, winter and spring athletes for the 2009-10 academic year, including 173 UW athletes among all 23 varsity sports.
2009-10 Wisconsin Women's Golf Academic Honorees
Ellen Arkin So. Spanish Reedsburg, Wis.
Heather Herrick Sr. Human Develop. Hartland, Wis.
Molly Schemm Sr. Retailing Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Kelsey Verbeten Sr. Retailing Green Bay, Wis.
Beth Weinstein Sr. Spanish Highland Park, Ill.
Players Mentioned
