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