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General News Meg Milliron

74 Badgers named to winter Academic All-Big Ten Team

Wisconsin student-athletes honored for academic excellence

General News Meg Milliron

74 Badgers named to winter Academic All-Big Ten Team

Wisconsin student-athletes honored for academic excellence

MADISON, Wis. — A total of 74 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin's winter sports teams have been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-Big Ten team, recognizing their achievements in both academics and athletics, as announced by the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday.

Women's swimming and diving led all programs with 20 Academic All-Big Ten honorees, followed by wrestling with 17 and men's hockey with 13. Men's swimming and diving had 12 student-athletes recognized, while women's basketball earned six selections. The No. 11-ranked men's basketball team rounded out the list with five honorees.

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 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 BASKETBALL (5)
Steven Crowl, Grad Student, Sports Leadership 
Isaac Gard, Senior, Personal Finance
Markus Ilver, Senior Personal Finance 
Jack Janicki, Sophomore, Finance, Investment & Banking 
Kamari McGee, Senior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies 

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (6)
Halle Douglass, Grad Student, Sport Leadership 
Lily Krahn, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies 
Natalie Leuzinger, Grad Student, Kinesiology - Applied Exercise Science 
Leena Patibandla, Sophomore, Biology 
Ronnie Porter, Junior, Human Development & Family Studies 
Serah Williams, Junior, Health Promotion & Health Equity

MEN'S HOCKEY (14)
Ben Dexheimer, Junior, Personal Finance
Tyson Dyck, Junior, Personal Finance
Quinn Finley, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Christian Fitzgerald, Junior, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics
William Gramme, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Jack Horbach, Junior, Personal Finance
Anthony Kehrer, Grad Student, Real Estate
Daniel Laatsch, Senior, Personal Finance
Owen Lindmark, Grad Student, Sports Leadership
Owen Mehlenbacher, Sophomore, Kinesiology - Applied Exercise Science
Joe Palodichuk, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Sawyer Scholl, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Zach Schulz, Sophomore, Real Estate & Finance
Simon Tassy, Junior, Personal Finance

MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (12)
Andrew Benson, Grad Student, Sports Leadership
Evan Bock, Senior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Nico Butera, Senior, Data Science
Brayden Henkel, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Charlie Jones, Junior, Biochemistry
Jan Lanser, Junior, Kinesiology
Michael Long, Junior, Marketing
Chris Morris, Senior, Kinesiology
Matthew Segal, Senior, Molecular & Cell Biology
Lance Swanepoel, Sophomore, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Luukas Vainio, Sophomore, Data Science
Ben Wiegand, Junior, Kinesiology

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (20)
Phoebe Bacon, Grad Student, Health Promotion & Health Equity
Elle Braun, Grad Student, Elementary Special Education
Abby Carlson, Senior, Data Science
Callahan Dunn, Grad Student, Sports Leadership
Isabelle Enz, Sophomore, Marketing
Lily Gardner, Senior, Political Science
Molly Hampton, Senior, Biology
Vivian Kinnard, Sophomore, Community & Organizational Development
Katie McClintock, Senior, Psychology
Mackenzie McConagha, Senior, Community & Organizational Development
Ryane Neal, Sophomore, Neurobiology
Hazal Ozkan, Junior, Kinesiology
Abby Reid, Junior, Health Promotion & Health Equity
Kit Schneider, Sophomore, Biology
Ally Silvestri, Senior, Health Promotion & Health Equity
Blair Stoneburg, Junior, Civil Engineering
Anna teDuits, Junior, Elementary Education
Hailey Tierney, Sophomore, Biology
Abby Wanezek, Junior, Kinesiology
Haley Zelen, Sophomore, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies

WRESTLING (17)
Braxton Amos, Junior, Personal Finance
Cale Anderson, Senior, Kinesiology
Luke Condon, Sophomore, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Dylan Coy, Junior, Computer Sciences
Brooks Empey, Senior, Civil Engineering
Zan Fugitt, Sophomore, Undeclared
Julian George, Sophomore, Undeclared
Luke Mechler, Junior, Agricultural & Applied Economics
David Mitrovich, Sophomore, Nuclear Engineering
Gavin Model, Senior, Health Promotion & Health Equity
Royce Nilo, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Nicolar Rivera, Junior, Life Science Communication
Gannon Rosenfeld, Senior, Biochemistry
Dylan Russo, Sophomore, Rehabilitation Psychology
Jonah Schmidtke, Senior, Legal Studies
Wyatt Skebba, Sophomore, Undeclared
Joseph Zargo, Senior, Personal Finance
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Players Mentioned

Steven Crowl

#22 Steven Crowl

F
7' 0"
Graduate Student
Isaac Gard

#15 Isaac Gard

G
6' 3"
Junior
Markus Ilver

#35 Markus Ilver

F
6' 9"
Senior
Jack Janicki

#33 Jack Janicki

G
6' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
Kamari McGee

#4 Kamari McGee

G
6' 0"
Senior
Halle Douglass

#10 Halle Douglass

G
6' 2"
Graduate Student
Lily Krahn

#4 Lily Krahn

G
5' 10"
Junior
Natalie Leuzinger

#24 Natalie Leuzinger

G
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Leena Patibandla

#5 Leena Patibandla

G
6' 0"
Sophomore
Ronnie  Porter

#13 Ronnie Porter

G
5' 4"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Steven Crowl

#22 Steven Crowl

7' 0"
Graduate Student
F
Isaac Gard

#15 Isaac Gard

6' 3"
Junior
G
Markus Ilver

#35 Markus Ilver

6' 9"
Senior
F
Jack Janicki

#33 Jack Janicki

6' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
G
Kamari McGee

#4 Kamari McGee

6' 0"
Senior
G
Halle Douglass

#10 Halle Douglass

6' 2"
Graduate Student
G
Lily Krahn

#4 Lily Krahn

5' 10"
Junior
G
Natalie Leuzinger

#24 Natalie Leuzinger

5' 8"
Graduate Student
G
Leena Patibandla

#5 Leena Patibandla

6' 0"
Sophomore
G
Ronnie  Porter

#13 Ronnie Porter

5' 4"
Junior
G