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Wildcats Earn Record 60 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Accolades

3/22/2017 5:03:00 PM | General, Men's Basketball, Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Basketball, Women's Swimming and Diving, Wrestling, Academic Services & Student Development

EVANSTON, Ill. – A school-record 60 Wildcats student-athletes across five winter sports received Academic All-Big Ten honors, the Conference office announced on Wednesday. Coupled with the 99 Wildcats who received Academic All-Big Ten laurels during the fall, Northwestern has now earned 159 total honors for the year.

"Quarter after quarter, year after year, our Wildcats continue to raise the bar academically," said Vice President for Athletics & Recreation Jim Phillips. "To achieve at such a high level, both in the classroom and in competition, is a tremendous achievement. These young men and women, along with our academic support staff, deserve all the credit for refusing to compromise one for the other, and for continuing to make this University proud."

Wildcats student-athletes took home a school-record 232 Academic All-Big Ten nods in 2015-16, the group's sixth consecutive campaign exceeding 200 total honors.

Northwestern's five eligible sports for the winter season are men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming and diving, and wrestling. All five programs increased their Academic All-Big Ten hauls year-over-year. NU's fencing program, which will have two participants at this weekend's NCAA Championships, will be recognized during the spring at-large period.

To earn Academic All-Big Ten recognition, an athlete must be in at least his/her second year at the institution, letter in his/her sport and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. Sanjay Lumpkin of men's basketball earned the fourth Academic All-Big Ten recognition of his career this winter, while 11 additional Wildcats, including Olympian Jordan Wilimovsky, earned the third honors of their respective collegiate careers. They are noted below.

Following are Northwestern's 2017 winter season Academic All-Big Ten award winners:

Men's Basketball (4)
Jordan Ash, SO, Undeclared
Charlie Hall, SO, Radio/TV/Film
Vic Law, SO, Learning & Organizational Change
Sanjay Lumpkin, GR, Sports Administration (Four-time honoree)

Men's Swimming & Diving (19)
Damian Becker, SO, Mechanical Engineering
Jonathan Blansfield, JR, Communication Studies
Charlie Cole, SR, Computer Science (Three-time honoree)
Andrew Cramer, SR, Human Communication Sciences
Justin Hanson, SO, Undeclared
Will Hofstadter, SO, Undeclared
Andy Jovanovic, SR, Classics/Philosophy
Thanas Kountroubis, SO, Undeclared
Jonathan Lieberman, SR, Economics/Applied Mathematics (Three-time honoree)
Tyler Lis, SO, Undeclared
Ben Magliato, SO, Undeclared
Jack Morris, SR, International Studies
Almog Olshtein, JR, International Studies
Carter Page, SO, Undeclared
Arjun Sharma, SO, Undeclared
Stephen Shull, SR, Mechanical Engineering (Three-time honoree)
Alex Snarski, JR, Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Tate, SO, Undeclared
Jordan Wilimovsky, SR, Political Science (Three-time honoree)

Women's Basketball (9)
Nia Coffey, SR, Learning & Organizational Change
Ashley Deary, SR, Economics (Three-time honoree)
Lauren Douglas, GR, Sports Administration
Oceana Hamilton, JR, Communication Studies
Christen Inman, SR, Economics (Three-time honoree)
Maya Jonas, JR, Biological Sciences
Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, SO, Undeclared
Lydia Rohde, JR, English
Allie Tuttle, SR, Biological Sciences

Women's Swimming & Diving (17)
Lauren Abruzzo, SR, Philosophy (Three-time honoree)
Lindsay Adamski, SO, Human Development & Psychological Services
Jackie Doyle, SR, Communication Studies
Peyton Greenberg, SO, Undeclared
Alex Grimes, SO, Computer Science
Lacey Locke, SR, Human Development & Psychological Services (Three-time honoree)
Aja Malone, JR, Anthropology/International Studies
Georgia Pettibone, SR, Learning & Organizational Change/Economics
Melissa Postoll, SR, Neuroscience (Three-time honoree)
Megan Purdy, SR, Biological Sciences (Three-time honoree)
Olivia Rosendahl, SO, Undeclared
Eryn Scannell, SO, Journalism/Psychology
Katherine Senseman, JR, Statistics
Madeline Sims, JR, Journalism
Lacey Smith, SR, Industrial Engineering
Ellen Stello, SR, Learning & Organizational Change (Three-time honoree)
Annika Winsnes, SR, Biological Sciences

Wrestling (11)
Jacob Berkowitz, SR, Learning & Organizational Change
Bryce Brill, JR, Learning & Organizational Change
Zack Chakonis, SO, Learning & Organizational Change
Braxton Cody, SO, Mechanical Engineering
Ian Cramer, SO, Undeclared
Regis Durbin, JR, Economics
Jason Ipsarides, SO, Undeclared
Alec McKenna, SO, Undeclared
Anthony Rubinetti, SO, Learning & Organizational Change
Johnny Sebastian, JR, Learning & Organizational Change
Mitch Sliga, SR, Economics (Three-time honoree)