47 Wildcats Earn Winter Academic All-Conference Honors

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47 Wildcats Earn Winter Academic All-Conference Honors

3/20/2024 3:02:00 PM | General, Men's Basketball, Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Basketball, Women's Swimming and Diving, Wrestling

Big Ten Release

EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern saw 47 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors during their winter seasons, the conference announced on Wednesday.

Among the group are three student-athletes who posted unblemished 4.0 GPA's during their season: Ben Forbes (Swim & Dive), Markie Hopkins (Swim & Dive) and Troy Fisher (Wrestling).

To earn Academic All-Big Ten distinction, an athlete must be in at least their second year at the institution and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0-or-better. The Office of Academic Services & Student Development plays a key role in ensuring that the athletic department succeeds in its mission of helping student-athletes perform well on the field and in the classroom.

Men's Basketball (7)

Brooks Barnhizer	Junior	Radio/Television/Film	Lafayette, Indiana
Ty Berry	Senior	Learning & Organizational Change	Newton, Kansas
Boo Buie III	Grad Student	Post Baccalaureate	Albany, New York
Luke Hunger	Sophomore	Communication Studies	Montreal, Quebec
Gus Hurlburt	Sophomore	Undeclared	Enderlin, North Dakota
Nick Martinelli	Sophomore	Communication Studies	Glenview, Illinois
Blake Smith	Sophomore	Journalism	Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Women's Basketball (6)

Mercy Ademusayo	Junior	Human Development in Context	Ode Irele, Nigeria
Alana Goodchild	Sophomore	Communication Studies	Sydney, Australia
Caroline Lau	Sophomore	Communication Studies	Westport, Connecticut
Jasmine McWilliams	Senior	Communication Studies	Indianapolis, Indiana
Lauren Trumpy	Sophomore	Undeclared	Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Caileigh Walsh	Junior	Learning & Organizational Change	Sparta, New Jersey

Men's Swim & Dive (11)

Graysen Bernard	Junior	Economics	Toronto, Ontario
Malachi Cohen	Sophomore	Materials Science and Engineering	Dallas, Texas
Ben Forbes	Graduate	Mechanical Engineering	Fresno, California
Jan Karolczak	Sophomore	History	Warsaw, Poland
Matthew Lucky	Sophomore	Undeclared	Kirkland, Washington
Alex Mo	Junior	Mechanical Engineering	Los Cerritos, California
Connor Morikawa	Junior	Computer Science	Weston, Connecticut
Jacob Rosner	Senior	Political Science	Bethesda, Maryland
Collin Schuster	Senior	Mechanical Engineering	Guttenberg, Iowa
Jack White	Sophomore	Data Science	Lincolnshire, Illinois
Tonahuc Zinn	Sophomore	Undeclared	Santa Ana, California

Women's Swim & Dive (11)

Erika Chen	Senior	Communication Studies	Rockville, Maryland
Lindsay Ervin	Sophomore	Undeclared	Irvine, California
Markie Hopkins	Graduate	Educational Studies	Mission Viejo, California
Mackenzie Lanning	Sophomore	Undeclared	Louisville, Kentucky
Shauntel Lim	Sophomore	Undeclared	Palo Alto, California
Justine Murdock	Junior	Statistics	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Ines Sancho	Sophomore	Undeclared	Guadalajara, Spain
Hana Shimizu-Bowers	Sophomore	Undeclared	New York, New York
Annika Wagner	Senior	Economics	Park Ridge, Illinois
Isabella Wallace	Senior	Biological Sciences	Portland, Oregon
Audrey Yu	Sophomore	Human Communication Sciences	Las Vegas, Nevada

Wrestling (12)

Jamie Berg	Senior	Data Science	New York, New York
David Ferrante	Senior	Economics	Huntley, Illinois
Troy Fisher	Graduate	Global Health Leadership Cert.	Garden Plain, Kansas
Jon Halvorsen	Graduate	Analytics Management Cert.	Park Ridge, Illinois
Jack Jessen	Graduate	Analytics Management Cert.	Villa Park, Illinois
Joseph Martin	Sophomore	Learning & Organizational Change	Clovis, California
Maxx Mayfield	Senior	Learning & Organizational Change	Lincoln, Nebraska
Kai Neumark	Sophomore	Data Science	Deerfield, Illinois
Andre Rocker	Sophomore	Political Science	Byfield, Massachusetts
Frankie Tal-Shahar	Senior	Learning & Organizational Change	Delray Beach, Florida
Aiden Vandenbush	Junior	Computer Science	Random Lake, Wisconsin
Joel VanderVere	Junior	Learning & Organizational Change	Gurnee, Illinois