Northwestern Lacrosse vs. Rutgers on April 21, 2018 in Evanston, Ill at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium.

NU Posts 200-Plus Academic All-Big Ten Honors For Eighth-Straight Year

5/30/2018 12:40:00 PM | Baseball, General, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Tennis, Academic Services & Student Development, Women's Fencing

EVANSTON, Ill. — For the eighth straight year, Northwestern has accumulated 200-plus Academic All-Big Ten awards, the conference announced on Wednesday. The Wildcats finished the 2017-18 year with a total of 227 student-athletes receiving the recognition.

"At Northwestern, we pride ourselves on excellence both in the classroom and on the playing field," said Vice President for Athletics & Recreation Jim Phillips. "For yet another year, Wildcats student-athletes have shown that their commitment to academic success is second-to-none, and I hope they know how proud they continue to make the entire Northwestern community."

In data released by the Conference, Northwestern totaled 84 spring and at-large Academic All-Big Ten recognitions, the fourth-straight year with at least 80 such honors in the spring.

Chicago's Big Ten Team was led by lacrosse's 26 winning student-athletes, which led all Big Ten lacrosse programs and marks a program record. Women's golf had a program-record eight student-athletes receive the awards — which equals 100 percent of all eligible student-athletes.

Men's golf and women's tennis also had all eligible student-athletes receive the honors while fencing posted double-digit winners for the fourth-straight season.

Eight Northwestern sports are eligible for spring awards. To be eligible for an Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution carrying a 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Earlier this month, 12 Northwestern varsity athletic programs received the nation's top Academic Progress Rate (APR) in their respective sports.

The conference office will also present the Distinguished Scholar Award in July. Qualifying students must be in at least their second year at their institution while earning at least a 3.7 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year.

Following are Northwestern's 2018 spring and at-large Academic All-Big Ten award winners:

Baseball (14)
Tommy Bordignon • Sr. • Communication Studies
Willie Bourbon • Jr. • Economics
Kyle Burnett, Jr. • So. • Undeclared
Nick Cauley • So. • Undeclared
Jack Claeys • Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Ben Dickey • Jr • Communication Studies
Jack Dunn • Jr. • Economics
Mat Jones • Sr. • Economics
Leo Kaplan • So. • Industrial Engineering
Danny Katz • Jr. • Economics
Josh Levy • So. • Economics/Industrial Engineering (double major)
Connor Lind • Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Charlie Maxwell • So. • Undeclared
JR Reimer • Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change

Fencing (15)
Alexandra Banin • So. • Undeclared
Sacha Bazzal • Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Adelle Berdichevsky • So. • Undeclared
Yvonne Chart • Sr. • Materials Science and Engineering
Sharon Chen • Jr. • Radio/Television/Film
Pauline Hamilton • So. • Neuroscience
Amy Jia • So. • Undeclared
Stefani Kahookele • Sr. • Radio/Television/Film
Sydney Larrier • Sr. • Radio, Television, And Film
Michelle Lee • Sr. • Cognitive Science
Ella Lombard • Jr. • Psychology/English (double major)
Abby Tartell • So. • Undeclared
Anna Tolley • Sr. • Anthropology
Katie Van Riper • Sr. • History/Psychology (double major)
Emine Yücel • Sr. • Neuroscience

Men's Golf (5)
Pete Griffith • Jr. • Political Science
Everton Hawkins • So. • Undeclared
Ryan Lumsden • Jr. • Economics
Sam Triplett • Sr • Statistics
Dylan Wu • Sr. • Economics

Women's Golf (8)
Sarah Cho • Sr. • Communication Studies
MacKenzie Hawkes • Jr. • Learning & Organizational Change
Hannah Kim • Sr. • Communication Studies
Stephanie Lau • Jr. • Communication Studies
Janet Mao • Jr. • Neuroscience
Monica Matsubara • Jr. • Computer Science/Psychology (double major)
Louise McCulloch • So. • Communication Studies
Brooke Riley • So. • Communication Studies

Lacrosse (26)
Ivy Arlia • Jr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Nicole Beardsley • Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Tara Chelios • Sr. • Communication Studies
Nell Copeland • Jr. • Sociology/History (double major)
Lindsay Darrell • Sr. • Human Communication Studies
Meghan Duffy • So. • Learning and Organizational Change
Shelby Fredericks • Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Kim Harker • Jr. • Communication Studies
Carli Harpel • So. • Communication Studies
Olivia Harpel • Sr. • English
Riley Johnston • So. • Undeclared
Megan Kinna • So. • Undeclared
Holly Korn • Jr. • History
Julie Krupnick • So. • Social Policy
Lyndsey Lafitte • Sr. • Neuroscience
Selena Lasota • Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Lindsey McKone • So. • Communication Studies
Ally Mueller • Sr. • Political Science/Legal Studies (double major)
Shannon Nesselbush • Sr. • Industrial Engineering
Sheila Nesselbush • Sr. • Predictive Analytics**
Claire Quinn • Jr. • Communication Studies
Claire Smith • So. • Social Policy
Emily Stein • Sr. • Communication Studies
Danita Stroup • Sr. • Human Communication Sciences
Sara Szynal • So. • Social Policy
Leighton Yenor • Jr. • Journalism

Men's Tennis (4)
Chris Ephron • So. • Undeclared
Jason Seidman • Jr. • Economics
Dominik Stary • So. • Undeclared
Ben Vandixhorn • Jr. • Economics

Women's Tennis (5)
Alex Chatt • Sr. • Sociology
Rheeya Doshi • Jr. • Communication Studies
Erin Larner • Sr. • Communication Studies
Maddie Lipp • Sr. • Management Studies
Lee Or • Jr. • Economics

Softball (7)
Nicole Bond • Gr. • Integrated Marketing Communications
Abbey Boyd • Sr. • Biological Sciences
Brooke Marquez • Sr. • Communication Studies
Sammy Nettling • Sr. • Communication Studies
Morgan Newport • So. • Undeclared
Sabrina Rabin • Sr. • Biological Sciences/Psychology (double Major)
Eva Stees • So. • Undeclared

**Indicates 4.0 GPA