MADISON, Wis. -- A total of 54 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin have received the honor of earning spots on the fall Academic All-Big Ten teams, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday.

Leading the way for the fall sports was football, which had 24 student-athletes honored. It is the fifth-straight year the football team has had at least 20 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Women's soccer had eight honorees, volleyball, men's soccer and men's cross country had six each and women's cross country had four.

Among the 54, redshirt freshman Olin Hacker of men's cross country and sophomore women's soccer player Natalie Jacobson were two of 16 student-athletes conference-wide recognized for maintaining a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point average. 

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

FOOTBALL (24 honorees)
Connor Allen, So., Undeclared
Zack Baun, So., Retailing & Consumer Behavior
Vince Biegel, Sr., Life Sciences Communication
Evan Bondoc, Jr., Spanish and Political Science
Ryan Connelly, Jr., Personal Finance
Brett Connors, Jr., Kinesiology
D'Cota Dixon, Jr., Rehabilitation Psychology
David Edwards, So., Undeclared
Andrew Endicott, Sr., Communication Arts
Arrington Farrar, So., Undeclared
Joe Ferguson, Sr., Business: Real Estate & Urban Land Economics
Alex Hornibrook, So., Undeclared
Bart Houston, Gr., Kinesiology
Alec Ingold, So., Undeclared
Tyler Johnson, So., Undeclared 
Reggie Love, Gr., Education Leadership & Policy Analysis
David Moorman, So., Undeclared
Zander Neuville, Jr., Biology
Chikwe Obasih, Sr., Business: Risk Management & Insurance
P.J. Rosowski, Jr., Geological Engineering
Bradrick Shaw, So., Life Sciences Communication
Eric Steffes, Gr., Kinesiology
Nick Thomas, So., Biology
T.J. Watt, Sr., Retailing & Consumer Behavior

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (6 honorees)
Benjamin Eidenschink, So., Biochemistry
Olin Hacker, So., Undeclared
Joe Hardy, Jr., Economics
Morgan McDonald, Jr., International Business & Finance
Tyson Miehe, Jr., Physical Education
Malachy Schrobilgen, Sr., Political Science and History

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (4 honorees)
Sarah Disanza, Sr., Retailing & Consumer Behavior
Sarah Heinemann, Sr., Chemical Engineering
Jamie Shannon, Jr., Nutritional Sciences
Erin Wagner, So., Kinesiology

MEN'S SOCCER (6 honorees)
Sam Brotherton, So., Finance: Investments & Banking
Mike Catalano, Jr., Finance: Investments & Banking
Nick Jones, Sr., Life Sciences Communication
Enda O'Neill, Jr., Economics
Adrian Remeniuk, Jr., Psychology
Isaac Schlenker, Jr., Mathematics

WOMEN'S SOCCER (8 honorees)
Jamie Donohue, So., Undeclared
Steph Fabry, So., Undeclared
Becca Harrison, Jr., Neurobiology
Holly Heckendorf, Sr., Kinesiology
Natalie Jacobson, So., Biology
Chloe Knudtson, So., Biology
Sydney McGinnis, Jr., Journalism
Grace Quirk, So., Kinesiology

VOLLEYBALL (6 honorees)
Lauren Carlini, Sr., Retailing & Consumer Behavior
Romana Kriskova, Gr., Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
Amber MacDonald, So., Undeclared
Haleigh Nelson, Sr., Business, Marketing
Jordan Robbins, Sr., Life Sciences Communication
Julia Saunders, So., Kinesiology

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