Northwestern University Athletics
Five Wildcats Earn Academic All-Big Ten Distinction
6/1/2016 3:54:00 PM | Women's Golf
EVANSTON, Ill. – Five Wildcats golfers have earned Academic All-Big Ten distinction for the spring of 2016, the Conference announced on Wednesday. Northwestern achieved a school-record number of Academic All-Big Ten awards for the third-straight season, amassing 232 during the 2015-16 academic year.
With 87 Wildcats earning spring and at-large Academic All-Big Ten awards as announced by the conference office Wednesday, NU's year-long total is north of the 200 mark for the sixth-straight season. Northwestern won 103 accolades in the fall and 42 in the winter; women's fencing, which competes in the Midwest Fencing Conference, is honored in the spring with at-large Academic All-Big Ten awards.
To be eligible for an Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a 3.0 cumulative GPA or above.
"Establishing yet another school record for Academic All-Big Ten awards is a fitting end to an amazing 2015-16 in the classroom," said Jim Phillips, vice president for athletics and recreation. "This year Northwestern student-athletes achieved their highest overall quarterly GPA on record with a 3.31 during the winter, earned 12 NCAA Academic Progress Rate Public Recognition awards and led the Big Ten with a 97 percent Graduation Success Rate, eight points higher than anyone else in the conference.
"The entire Wildcats community is incredibly proud of these student-athletes, especially our seniors who are about to become Northwestern graduates."
The conference office also will 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 2015-16 academic year.
Following are Northwestern's 2016 spring and at-large season Academic All-Big Ten award winners:
Women's Golf (5)
Hannah Kim, So. • Communication Studies
Kacie Komoto, Jr. • Communication Studies
Minjia Luo, Jr. • Mathematics
Kaitlin Park, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, Sr. • Economics
Baseball (16)
Tommy Bordignon, So. • Communication Studies
Jack Claeys, So. • Undeclared
Antonio Freschet, Sr. • Communication Studies
Pete Hofman, Jr. • Economics
Matt Hopfner, Jr. • Economics
Joe Hoscheit, Jr. • Economics
Zach Jones, Sr. • Communication Studies
Connor Lind, So. • Learning and Organizational Change
Reed Mason, Sr. • Industrial Engineering
Grant Peikert, Jr. • Economics
JR Reimer, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Jake Schieber, Sr. • Communication Studies
Jake Stolley, Sr. • Chemical Engineering
Ryan Vukovich, So. • Undeclared
RJ Watters, Sr. • Economics and Spanish (double major)
Cooper Wetherbee, Jr. • Economics and Environmental Science (double major)
Men's Golf (2)
Sam Triplett, So. • Undeclared
Dylan Wu, So. • Economics
Men's Tennis (5)
Fedor Baev, Sr. • Economics
Alp Horoz, Jr. • Industrial Engineering
Mihir Kumar, Sr. • Economics
Sam Shropshire, Jr. • Communication Studies
Konrad Zieba, Jr. • Political Science
Softball (13)
Caylor Arnold, Sr. • Communication Studies
Nicole Bond, Jr. • Economics
Abbey Boyd, So. • Biological Sciences
Andrea Filler, Gr. • Sports Administration
Brianna LeBeau, Sr. • Communication Studies
Amy Letourneau, Gr. • Finance Post Baccalaureate
Brooke Marquez, So. • Undeclared
Aubrie May, Sr. • Communication Studies
Sammy Nettling, So. • Communication Studies
Anna Petersen, Jr. • Mechanical Engineering
Sabrina Rabin, So. • Undeclared
Fran Strub, Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Krista Williams, Jr. • Economics
Women's Fencing (20)
Julia Abelsky, Jr. • Statistics
Mandeep Bhinder, Jr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Kaila Budofsky, So. • Psychology
Stephanie Chan, Jr. • English and Asian Studies (double major)
Courtney Dumas, Sr. • History
Kimmy Fishman, Jr. • Radio/Television/Film
Helen Foster, Sr. • Computer Science
Mikela Goldstein, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Alisha Gomez-Shah, Jr. • Psychology
Stefani Kahookele, So. • Radio/Television/Film
Alex Kain, Jr. • Psychology and Political Science (double major)
Michelle Lee, So. • Cognitive Science
Cindy Oh, Jr. • Political Science
Stella Pointeau, Jr. • Statistics and Political Science (double major)
Lucia Procopio, So. • Anthropology
Charlotte Sands, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Anna Tolley, So. • Anthropology
Katie Van Riper, So. • History
Jen Yamin, Sr. • Communication Studies
Emine Yucel, So. • Undeclared
Women's Lacrosse (19)
Hadley Brooke, Sr., • History
Lydia Cassada, Jr. • Communication Studies
Hayley Ciklin, So. • Communication Studies
Kaleigh Craig, Sr. • Communication Studies
Jessica Dahldorf, Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Lindsay Darrell, So. • Human Communication Studies
Jasmine Docal, Jr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Nancy Dunbar, Sr. • Psychology
Emily Eichner, Gr. • Post Baccalaureate
Olivia Harpel, So. • English
Caitlin Ingrilli, Jr. • Communication Studies
Lyndsey Lafitte, So. • Neuroscience
Carolina Lizzio, Sr. • International Studies and Italian (double major)
Ally Mueller, So. • Political Science
Lauren Murray, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Shannon Nesselbush, So. • Industrial Engineering
Sheila Nesselbush, Jr. • Industrial Engineering
Spring Sanders, Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Corinne Wessels, So. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Women's Tennis (7)
Alicia Barnett, Sr. • Political Science
Alex Chatt, So. • Sociology
Erin Larner, So. • Communication Studies
Maddie Lipp, Jr. • Communication Studies
Manon Peri, Jr. • Communication Studies
Brooke Rischbieth, Jr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Jillian Rooney, Jr. • Economics
With 87 Wildcats earning spring and at-large Academic All-Big Ten awards as announced by the conference office Wednesday, NU's year-long total is north of the 200 mark for the sixth-straight season. Northwestern won 103 accolades in the fall and 42 in the winter; women's fencing, which competes in the Midwest Fencing Conference, is honored in the spring with at-large Academic All-Big Ten awards.
To be eligible for an Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a 3.0 cumulative GPA or above.
"Establishing yet another school record for Academic All-Big Ten awards is a fitting end to an amazing 2015-16 in the classroom," said Jim Phillips, vice president for athletics and recreation. "This year Northwestern student-athletes achieved their highest overall quarterly GPA on record with a 3.31 during the winter, earned 12 NCAA Academic Progress Rate Public Recognition awards and led the Big Ten with a 97 percent Graduation Success Rate, eight points higher than anyone else in the conference.
"The entire Wildcats community is incredibly proud of these student-athletes, especially our seniors who are about to become Northwestern graduates."
The conference office also will 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 2015-16 academic year.
Following are Northwestern's 2016 spring and at-large season Academic All-Big Ten award winners:
Women's Golf (5)
Hannah Kim, So. • Communication Studies
Kacie Komoto, Jr. • Communication Studies
Minjia Luo, Jr. • Mathematics
Kaitlin Park, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, Sr. • Economics
Baseball (16)
Tommy Bordignon, So. • Communication Studies
Jack Claeys, So. • Undeclared
Antonio Freschet, Sr. • Communication Studies
Pete Hofman, Jr. • Economics
Matt Hopfner, Jr. • Economics
Joe Hoscheit, Jr. • Economics
Zach Jones, Sr. • Communication Studies
Connor Lind, So. • Learning and Organizational Change
Reed Mason, Sr. • Industrial Engineering
Grant Peikert, Jr. • Economics
JR Reimer, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Jake Schieber, Sr. • Communication Studies
Jake Stolley, Sr. • Chemical Engineering
Ryan Vukovich, So. • Undeclared
RJ Watters, Sr. • Economics and Spanish (double major)
Cooper Wetherbee, Jr. • Economics and Environmental Science (double major)
Men's Golf (2)
Sam Triplett, So. • Undeclared
Dylan Wu, So. • Economics
Men's Tennis (5)
Fedor Baev, Sr. • Economics
Alp Horoz, Jr. • Industrial Engineering
Mihir Kumar, Sr. • Economics
Sam Shropshire, Jr. • Communication Studies
Konrad Zieba, Jr. • Political Science
Softball (13)
Caylor Arnold, Sr. • Communication Studies
Nicole Bond, Jr. • Economics
Abbey Boyd, So. • Biological Sciences
Andrea Filler, Gr. • Sports Administration
Brianna LeBeau, Sr. • Communication Studies
Amy Letourneau, Gr. • Finance Post Baccalaureate
Brooke Marquez, So. • Undeclared
Aubrie May, Sr. • Communication Studies
Sammy Nettling, So. • Communication Studies
Anna Petersen, Jr. • Mechanical Engineering
Sabrina Rabin, So. • Undeclared
Fran Strub, Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Krista Williams, Jr. • Economics
Women's Fencing (20)
Julia Abelsky, Jr. • Statistics
Mandeep Bhinder, Jr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Kaila Budofsky, So. • Psychology
Stephanie Chan, Jr. • English and Asian Studies (double major)
Courtney Dumas, Sr. • History
Kimmy Fishman, Jr. • Radio/Television/Film
Helen Foster, Sr. • Computer Science
Mikela Goldstein, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Alisha Gomez-Shah, Jr. • Psychology
Stefani Kahookele, So. • Radio/Television/Film
Alex Kain, Jr. • Psychology and Political Science (double major)
Michelle Lee, So. • Cognitive Science
Cindy Oh, Jr. • Political Science
Stella Pointeau, Jr. • Statistics and Political Science (double major)
Lucia Procopio, So. • Anthropology
Charlotte Sands, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Anna Tolley, So. • Anthropology
Katie Van Riper, So. • History
Jen Yamin, Sr. • Communication Studies
Emine Yucel, So. • Undeclared
Women's Lacrosse (19)
Hadley Brooke, Sr., • History
Lydia Cassada, Jr. • Communication Studies
Hayley Ciklin, So. • Communication Studies
Kaleigh Craig, Sr. • Communication Studies
Jessica Dahldorf, Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Lindsay Darrell, So. • Human Communication Studies
Jasmine Docal, Jr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Nancy Dunbar, Sr. • Psychology
Emily Eichner, Gr. • Post Baccalaureate
Olivia Harpel, So. • English
Caitlin Ingrilli, Jr. • Communication Studies
Lyndsey Lafitte, So. • Neuroscience
Carolina Lizzio, Sr. • International Studies and Italian (double major)
Ally Mueller, So. • Political Science
Lauren Murray, Sr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Shannon Nesselbush, So. • Industrial Engineering
Sheila Nesselbush, Jr. • Industrial Engineering
Spring Sanders, Sr. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Corinne Wessels, So. • Human Development and Psychological Services
Women's Tennis (7)
Alicia Barnett, Sr. • Political Science
Alex Chatt, So. • Sociology
Erin Larner, So. • Communication Studies
Maddie Lipp, Jr. • Communication Studies
Manon Peri, Jr. • Communication Studies
Brooke Rischbieth, Jr. • Learning and Organizational Change
Jillian Rooney, Jr. • Economics
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