MADISON, Wis. — Sixty-eight student-athletes from University of Wisconsin winter sports teams were named to the 2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten team, as announced by the Big Ten on Monday. Women's swimming and diving led the list with 20 honorees, while men's swimming and diving had 13 recipients. Women's basketball garnered 12 honors, while both men's basketball and men's hockey had nine student-athletes on the respective teams. Wrestling saw five Badgers earn spots on the academic honor team.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 1 for winter sports, who have been enrolled full-time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

Standing out from the pack, sophomore Carmen Backes, a Communication Sciences and Disorders major on the women's basketball team, maintains a perfect 4.0 grade-point average (bolded below).

Overall, Wisconsin counts 168 student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten honors during the 2019-20 academic year for both fall and winter sports. Read the fall announcement here.

Men's Basketball (9)

Michael Ballard, Sr., Business: Finance, Investment And Banking

Courtland Cuevas, Sr., Business: Marketing

Brad Davison, Jr., Business: Management and Human Resources

Carter Higginbottom, So., Management & Human Resources/Real Estate & Urban Land Economics

Walt McGrory, Jr., Economics

Micah Potter, Sr., Agricultural Business Management

Brevin Pritzl, Gr., Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Samad Qawi, Sr., Kinesiology

D'Mitrik Trice, Sr., Communications Arts

Women's Basketball (12)

Carmen Backes, So., Communication Sciences and Disorders

Niya Beverley, Jr., Rehabilitation Psychology

Diamond Bragg, So., Business: Marketing; Finance, Investment & Banking

Kara Crowley, Jr., Rehabilitation Psychology

Courtney Fredrickson, Jr., Retailing And Consumer Behavior

Suzanne Gilreath, Sr., Communication Arts

Abby Laszewski, Sr., Retailing and Consumer Behavior

Imani Lewis, So., Undeclared

Alex Luehring, So., Rehabilitation Psychology

Sydney Mathiason, So., Biomedical Engineering

Grace Mueller, Sr., Psychology, Legal Studies

Kendra Van Leeuwen, Sr., Marketing & Operations and Technology Management

Men's Hockey (9)

Roman Ahcan, So., Personal Finance

Tarek Baker, Jr., Life Sciences Communications

Brock Caufield, So., Personal Finance

Jason Dhooghe, Jr., Personal Finance

Ty Emberson, So., Business: Real Estate And Urban Land Economics

Jack Gorniak, So., Undeclared

Wyatt Kalynuk, Jr., Communication Arts

Mick Messner, So., Business: Real Estate And Urban Land Economics

Linus Weissbach, Jr., Communication Arts

Men's Swimming & Diving (13)

Ben Attenberger, Jr., Business: Management and Human Resources

Eli Fouts, So., Personal Finance

Erik Gessner, So., Plymouth, Minn.

Eric Geunes, Sr., Biochemistry, Chemistry

Ido Haber, Jr., Neurobiology, Psychology

MJ Mao, Jr., Education Studies, International Studies

Graham Miotke, So., Statistics

Robert Niemann, So., Computer Sciences

Matthew Novinski, Jr., Personal Finance

Kevin Pomeroy, Sr., History

Brayden Schachle, Jr., Legal Studies

Justin Temprano, Sr., Psychology

Cameron Tysoe, Sr., Political Science, Economics

Women's Swimming & Diving (20)

Kelsi Artim, Jr., Human Development & Family Studies and Communications Arts

Claire Birchenough, So., Undeclared

Isabel Cortina, So., Management & Human Resources and International Business

Allison Courtney, Jr., Journalism, Communication Arts

Megan Doty, Sr., Neurobiology, Chemistry

Margaret Guanci, So., Business: Management and Human Resources

Gabby Higgins, Jr., Spanish, Economics

Lillie Hosack, So., Retailing and Consumer Behavior

Izzy Lampre, So., Undeclared

Hannah Lindsey, Sr., Political Science, Communication Arts

Beata Nelson, Sr., Psychology

Alana Palmer, So., Kinesiology

Alex Reddington, Jr., Economics Highlands

Paige Richardson, Jr., Personal Finance

Kendall Smith, Sr., Biology

Holly Stoll, So., Finance, Investment & Banking and Marketing

Julia Stupar, So., Human Development and Family Studies

Carly Townsend, So., Retailing and Consumer Behavior

Madison Waechter, Jr., Journalism

Alexandra Zeiss, So., Undeclared

Wrestling (5)

Dominic Dentino, So., Undeclared

Jared Krattiger, So., Undeclared

Cole Martin, Sr., Kinesiology

Drew Scharenbrock, So., Undeclared

Evan Wick, Jr., Rehabilitation Psychology