MADISON, Wis. –  A total of 163 student-athletes from University of Wisconsin spring and at-large teams were named to the 2018-19 Academic All-Big Ten team. The Badgers were led by the men's rowing team with 32 honorees, while the women's openweight rowing team had 27 members on the academic team. Other teams recognized were women's track and field (26), men's track and field (22), women's ice hockey (18), softball (13), women's golf (7), women's lightweight rowing (5), men's golf (5), men's tennis (4), and women's tennis (4).
 
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, have been enrolled fulltime at the institution for a minimum of 12 months, and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
 
Among the recipients is two-time NCAA champion Morgan MacDonald of the men's track and field team. MacDonald won the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championship and the 2019 NCAA Indoor 3,000-meter title and 5,000-meter title. He goes for his fourth national championship this season on June 5-8 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas.
 
For the women's track and field team, NCAA Indoor 5,000-meter champion Alicia Monson as well as NCAA qualifiers Banke Oginni and Amy Davis were named Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Hockey stars Annie Pankowski and Kristen Campbell earned Academic All-Big Ten honors after earning first and second-team All-American honors, respectively. Pankowski was named the Wisconsin Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient and a Big Ten Postgraduate scholarship award winner in 2018-19.
 
Kayla Konwent, the 2019 Big Ten Player of the Year, led the Badger softball team list of honorees while Taylor Johnson earned first-team All-Big Ten honors and Academic All-Big Ten selection.
 
Five members of the UW women's rowing teams earned Academic All-Big Ten honors and were also named to the USRowing Under-23 National Team selection. Openweight rowers Isa Darvin, Rebekah Armstrong and Lauren O'Connor as well as lightweight rowers Grace D'Souza and Rachel Illgen were outstanding in the classroom and on the water.
 
Seven members of the Badger men's rowing varsity eight boat earned Academic All-Big Ten honors - Dylan Adams, William Alt, Philipp Bogdanov, Kyle McCarthy, Taylor Steeno, Tyler Stevens, and Adam Wehking.
 
NCAA qualifier Jordan Hahn led the men's golf team while Jessica Reinecke was the top scorer on the women's team. 
 
Senior Sara Castellano of the women's tennis team was a first-team All-Big Ten pick and an academic honoree. Sophomore Jesper Freimuth was the men's tennis teams' Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner and Academic All-Big Ten pick.
 

Men's Golf (5)
Griffin Barela	So.	Undeclared
Tom Calbi	So.	Personal Finance
Jordan Hahn	Sr.	Personal Finance
Pete Kuhl	Jr.	Personal Finance
Brett Robinson	Sr.	Communication Arts
Women's Golf (7)
Claire Fitzgerald	So.	Undeclared
Alyssa Gromala	So.	Undeclared
Tess Hackworthy	Sr.	Retailing and Consumer Behavior
Mackenzie Hahn	So.	Undeclared
Eloise Healey	Jr.	Economics / Scandinavian Studies
Jessica Reinecke	Sr.	Zoology
Bobbi Stricker	So.	Journalism
Women's Ice Hockey (18)
Breanna Blesi	So.	Chemical Engineering
Grace Bowlby	So.	Finance, Investment and Banking
Natalie Buchbinder	So.	Kinesiology
Kristen Campbell	Jr.	Life Sciences Communication
Emily Clark	Sr.	Economics
Sam Cogan	Sr.	Physical Education
Mikaela Gardner	Sr.	Life Sciences Communication
Kyleigh Hanzlik	So.	Undeclared
Alexis Mauermann	Jr.	Communication Sciences and Disorders
Presley Norby	Jr.	Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Annie Pankowski	Sr.	Zoology
Brette Pettet	So.	Nursing
Maddie Posick	So.	Psychology
Abby Roque	Jr.	Marketing
Maddie Rowe	Jr.	Personal Finance
Caitlin Schneider	So.	Marketing
Sophia Shaver	Sr.	Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Mekenzie Steffen	Jr.	Life Sciences Communication
Men's Rowing (32)
Dylan Adams	Sr.	Chemistry
William Alt	Jr.	Finance, Investment and Banking
Matthew Bernard	So.	Political Science
Philipp Bogdanov	Jr.	Economics / Environmental Studies
Jacob Buboltz	Sr.	Chemistry
James Catalano	So.	Real Estate and Urban Land Economics / Management and Human Resources
Arthur Condor	Sr.	Economics
Chase Covey	Jr.	Biological Systems Engineering
Henry Dern	So.	History / Political Science
Derek Franz	So.	Undeclared
Jonathan Kilen	So.	Marketing / International Business
Bryce Kuehl	Jr.	Biology
Kyle McCarthy	Sr.	Economics / Classical Humanities
Nicholas Mohrdieck	So.	Genetics and Genomics
Logan Morehouse	So.	Undeclared
Matthew Palmer	So.	Industrial Engineering
Nathan Petersen	Sr.	Computer Sciences
Lucas Ratanawong	So.	Finance, Investment and Banking
Kevin Reed	Sr.	Computer Sciences / Electrical Engineering
Blake Richter	Jr.	Finance, Investment and Banking / Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Tristan Ruch	So.	Nursing
Evan Sadlon	So.	History
Paul Sagraves	So.	Undeclared
Taylor Steeno	Sr.	Biochemistry
Tyler Stevens	Sr.	Mechanical Engineering
Luke VandenHeuvel	So.	Mathematics
Spencer Waldron	Jr.	Geography
Adam Wehking	So.	Civil Engineering
Jacob Wenner	Jr.	Mechanical Engineering
Sam Wheeler	Jr.	Computer Sciences
Bilal Yassine	So.	Computer Sciences
John Young	So.	Undeclared
Women's Rowing (27)
Rebekah Armstrong	Jr.	Kinesiology
Taylor Caudle	Jr.	Retailing and Consumer Behavior
Eliza Clifford	Sr.	Art
Isa Darvin	So.	Economics
Sophia Elworthy	So.	Undeclared
Orennia Goetzinger	Jr.	Classical Humanities
Grace Joyce	Jr.	Neurobiology
Becca Kite	So.	Undeclared
Allie Lohrenz	Sr.	Communication Arts / Environmental Studies
Maggie Mandarano	Jr.	Psychology / Retailing and Consumer Behavior
Charlotte Melcher	So.	Computer Sciences
Jane Merriman	Sr.	Personal Finance
Abbey Moore-Kneipp	So.	Community and Nonprofit Leadership
Alyson Nerenhausen	So.	Undeclared
Laura Nicks	So.	Undeclared
Georgia Norton	So.	History / Legal Studies
Lauren O'Connor	Jr.	Biology / Environmental Studies
Olivia Oaks	So.	Community and Nonprofit Leadership
Renee Olley	Sr.	Geological Engineering / Geology and Geophysics
Martyna Paruch	So.	Undeclared
Elisabet Pietz	Jr.	Spanish
Emma Smith	So.	Finance, Investment and Banking
Kaylee Steeno	So.	Animal Sciences
Makayla Stow	Jr.	Actuarial Science / Risk Management and Insurance
Madeline Thomey	So.	Interior Architecture
Mackenna Wilkie	So.	Human Development and Family Studies
Carissa Witthuhn	So.	Communication Sciences and Disorders
Women's Lightweight Rowing (5)
Grace D'Souza	So.	Finance, Investment and Banking
Rachel Illgen	Jr.	Animal Sciences
Payton James	Sr.	Neurobiology
Mya Lebakken	So.	Undeclared
Delaney Toepel	So.	Neurobiology
Softball (13)
Melanie Cross	Sr.	Marketing
Lauren Foster	So.	Undeclared
Haley Hestekin	So.	Human Development and Family Studies
Taylor Johnson	So.	History
Kayla Konwent	Jr.	Retailing and Consumer Behavior
Sydney Lawson	Jr.	Environmental Studies / Geography
Jordan Little	Jr.	Kinesiology
Stephanie Lombardo	Sr.	Retailing and Consumer Behavior
Kaitlyn Menz	Jr.	Psychology
Angela Morrow	Sr.	Retailing and Consumer Behavior
Heather Rudnicki	Jr.	Accounting
Gabby Scherle	Sr.	Agricultural Business Management
Kelly Welsh	Sr.	Communication Arts
Men's Tennis (4)
Chase Colton	Jr.	English
Jesper Freimuth	So.	Undeclared
Robert Krill	So.	Business: Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Martim Vilela	So.	Undeclared
Women's Tennis (4)
Sara Castellano	Sr.	Food Science / Agricultural Business Management
Lexi Keberle	So.	Undeclared
Melissa Pick	Jr.	Industrial Engineering
MaryAnn Rompf	So.	Marketing / Management and Human Resources
Men's Track & Field (22)
Paul Afflitto	Jr.	Electrical Engineering
Zack Benning	Sr.	Psychology / Neurobiology
Ryan Clevenger	Jr.	Communication Arts
Rashid Coulibaly	Jr.	Engineering Mechanics
Ryan Dundun	Sr.	Economics / Statistics
Ben Eidenschink	Jr.	Business: Finance, Investment and Banking
Corbin Ellis	Sr.	Electrical Engineering
George Ghafari	So.	Undeclared
Olin Hacker	Jr.	Biology
Seth Hirsch	So.	Business: Finance, Investment and Banking
Noah Jacobs	So.	Undeclared
Nick Krawczyk	So.	Civil Engineering
Zach Lorbeck	Jr.	Kinesiology
Morgan McDonald	Sr.	Business: Finance, Investment and Banking
Tyson Miehe	Sr.	Physical Education
Trent Nytes	Sr.	Kinesiology
Austin Rendon	So.	Undeclared
Andrew Schilling	Jr.	Kinesiology
Zach Snider	Jr.	Economics / History
Travis Toliver	Jr.	Zoology / Classical Humanities
Dan Ufearo	So.	Undeclared
Tucker Wedig	Jr.	Agricultural and Applied Economics / Environmental Sciences
Women's Track & Field (26)
Mary Bartelson	So.	Communication Arts
Hanna Barton	Gr.	Biomedical Engineering
Meagan Blair	Jr.	Psychology
Liz Bohn	Jr.	Rehabilitation Psychology
Claire Buck	Sr.	Nutritional Sciences
Annika Cederstrand	So.	Civil Engineering
Elli Daniels	Sr.	Biochemistry
Phoebe Edwards	Jr.	Sociology
Anissa Hacker	Jr.	Environmental Studies / Conservation Biology
Emma Haugen	Jr.	Finance, Investment and Banking / Economics
Ann Heuerman	So.	Environmental Sciences
Emma Langer	Jr.	Biology / Psychology
Haley Lubow	Jr.	Elementary Education
Alica Monson	Jr.	Nutritional Sciences: Dietetics
Taylor Nicholson	So.	Zoology
Banke Oginni	Sr.	Sociology
Megan Olshanski	So.	Spanish
Izzy Owca	So.	Undeclared
Trista Pringle	So.	Kinesiology
Eleanor Sammons	So.	Retailing and Consumer Behavior
Josie Schaefer	So.	Sociology
Shaelyn Sorensen	Sr.	Statistics / Communication Arts
Bianca Stubler	So.	Interior Architecture
Kelsey Sullivan	Gr.	Social Work
Rachel Werking	So.	Rehabilitation Psychology
Hannah Wilson	So.	Journalism