MADISON, Wis. — Excelling both in the classroom and in their sports, an outstanding 106 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin fall sports teams were
named to the 2024-25 Academic All-Big Ten team, as announced by the Big Ten Conference on Thursday.
Football led the way with 45 honorees, while women's soccer had 21 student-athletes recognized and men's soccer had 14 honorees. Nine members of the men's cross country team that won the 2024 Big Ten Cross Country title were recognized, along with 12 members of the UW women's cross country squad. Five student-athletes from the volleyball team also earned academic accolades from the Big Ten.
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 Nov. 1 for fall sports, 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.
In addition, the following student-athletes were recognized by having 4.0 GPA's.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (9)
Christian de Vaal, Sophomore, Accounting/Finance, Investment & Banking
Rowen Ellenberg, Senior, Design + Innovation
Nick Gilles, Sophomore, Economics
Matan Ivri, Sophomore, Undecided
Bob Liking, Senior, Health Promotion Health Equity
Logan Measner, Junior, Mechanical Engineering
Oliver Paleen, Senior Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
Adam Spencer, Senior, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Josh Truchon, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (12)
Mya Bunke, Senior, Kinesiology
Annika Cutforth, Junior, Life Sciences Communication/Psychology
Annika Elliott, Junior, Elementary Education
Kylie Finger, Senior, Biology
Bella Jacobsen, Junior, Agricultural & Life Sciences
Noelle Junig, Sophomore, Health Promo and Health Equity
Megan Lee, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering
Zaira Malloy-Salgado, Sophomore, Undecided,
Maggie Munson, Senior, Legal Studies/Political Science/History
Shea Ruhly, Senior, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Myra Stray, Sophomore, Business
Madelaine Sweeney, Junior, Kinesiology
FOOTBALL (45)
Haakon Anderson, Graduate, Arts & Creative Enterprise Leadership
Vinny Anthony, Junior, Personal Finance
Owen Arnett, Senior, Personal Finance
Ben Barten, Senior, Elementary Education
J.P. Benzschawel, Senior, Life Sciences Communication
Atticus Bertrams, Sophomore , Agricultural and Applied Economics
Austin Brown, Junior, Health Promotion and Health Equity
Joe Brunner, Junior, Life Sciences Communication
Quincy Burroughs, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
John Clifford, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Zach Gloudeman, Junior, Wildlife Ecology
Bryson Green, Graduate, Sports Leadership
Ricardo Hallman, Senior, Health Promotion and Health Equity
Joe Huber, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Tyler Jansey, Sophomore, Business Undergraduate
Charlie Jarvis, Junior, Engineering Mechanics
Kerry Kodanko, Graduate, Sports Leadership
Gavin Lahm, Junior, Personal Finance
Braedyn Locke, Junior, Personal Finance
Max Lofy, Senior, Sociology
Riley Mahlman, Senior, Business Undergraduate
Cade McDonald, Graduate, Mechanical Engineering
Will McDonald, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
Duncan McKinley, Senior, Personal Finance
Gavin Meyers, Senior, Business Undergraduate
Alex Moeller, Senior, Business Undergraduate
Barrett Nelson, Junior, Personal Finance
Jack Nelson, Senior, Business Undergraduate
Riley Nowakowski, Senior, Industrial Engineering
Will Pauling, Senior, Personal Finance
Darryl Peterson, Senior, Personal Finance
Jake Renfro, Graduate, Sports Leadership
JT Seagreaves, Junior, Industrial Engineering
Garrison Solliday, Senior, Business Undergraduate
James Thompson, Senior, Community & Organizational Development
Angel Toombs, Sophomore, Health Promotion and Health Equity
Jackson Trudgeon, Junior, Accounting Finance, Investment, & Banking
Marketing
Nathanial Vakos, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Evan Van Dyn Hoven, Sophomore, Real Estate Finance, Investment, & Banking
Nate Van Zelst, Senior, Finance, Investment, & Banking
Nolan Vils, Sophomore, Personal Finance
CJ Williams, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Aaron Witt, Senior, Life Sciences Communication
Hunter Wohler, Junior, Real Estate
Cade Yacamelli, Junior, Management & Human Resources
MEN'S SOCCER (14)
Kevin Andrews, Senior, Personal Finance
Birgir Baldvinsson, Graduate, Industrial Engineering
Drew Brown, Junior, Personal Finance
Andrew Chavez, Sophomore, Personal Finance,
Charlie Crockford, Senior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Roman Eisa, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Noah Glorioso, Graduate, Physical Education
Mason Henderson, Senior, Personal Finance
Markie Hrvojevic, Sophomore, General Courses
Ryan Keefe, Senior, Economics
Ryan Quintos, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Thomas Raimbault, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Jack Roach, Sophomore, General Course - BA Degree
Will Smith, Sophomore, Business
WOMEN'S SOCCER (21)
Dara Andringa, Graduate, Health Promotions & Health Equity
Hailey Baumann, Sophomore , No Major
Adelyn Boer, Senior, Health Promotions & Health Equity
Erin Connolly, Sophomore, No Major
Megan Cornell,Sophomore, Pre-Kinesiology
Delaney Cox, Sophomore, Marketing, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics
Olivia Curry, Junior, Marketing, Supply Chain Management
Taylor Gordon, Senior, Biomedical Engineering
Madison Ishaug, Senior, Finance, Investing and Banking
Mira Issar, Sophomore, Marketing
Mackenzie Jacobson, Senior, Personal Finance
Aryssa Mahrt, Graduate, Geology & Geophysics
Ashley Martinez, Senior, Neurobiology, Psychology
Aidan McConnell, Senior, Kinesiology
Brooke Nelson, Sophomore, Pre-Kinesiology
Ella Ottey, Sophomore, Finance, Investing and Banking
Riley Philbin, Senior, Finance, Investing and Banking
Madelyn Poor, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Maia Richters, Senior, Health Promotions & Health Equity
Mia Sowders, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Drew Stover, Junior, Health Promotions & Health Equity
VOLLEYBALL (5)
Saige Damrow, Sophomore, Communication Arts
Gulce Guctekin, Junior, Communication Arts
Julia Orzol, Senior, Accounting
Devyn Robinson, Senior, Sports Leadership
Anna Smrek, Senior, Health Promotion Health Equity
