Ashley Deary earned Academic All-Big Ten and All-Big Ten honors in 2014-15.
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Thirty-nine Northwestern student-athletes in five winter sports have been named Academic All-Big Ten honorees, the B1G office announced today. Coupled with NU's 102 fall award winners, 141 Wildcats have earned academic all-conference accolades thus far in 2014-15.
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. NU's fencing program, which recently secured its 15th straight top-10 national finish at the NCAA championships, will be recognized during the spring at-large period.
Among those individuals who excelled in their athletic pursuits while maintaining a high standard in the classroom were All-Big Ten performers on the basketball Ashley Deary and Maggie Lyon. Wrestling's Pierce Harger wrestled at the NCAA Championships last week while Jordan Wilimovsky of men's swimming stands ready to compete as one of the favorites in the mile at the upcoming NCAA Championships after winning the Big Ten title in the 1,650 freestyle.
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.
Instituted beginning in 2008-09, the conference office also will hand out the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year. Student-athletes eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letter winners in at least their second year in residence at their institution. Qualifying student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year, excluding summer school. The 3.7 GPA benchmark was designed to include the top 10 percent of all eligible student-athletes.
The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award was established by conference Faculty Representatives as an addition to the conference's Academic All-Big Ten program. This year's recipients will be honored prior to the fall of 2015 based on their GPAs from the 2014-15 academic year.
Following are Northwestern's 2015 winter season Academic All-Big Ten award winners:
Men's Basketball (2)
Sanjay Lumpkin, Jr. Learning and Organizational Change Wayzata, Minn.
Dave Sobolewski, Sr. Economics Naperville, Ill.
Men's Swimming and Diving (11)
John Andrade, Sr. Psychology Avon, Conn.
Uula Auren, Sr. Political Science and International Studies (double major) Helsinki, Finland
Charlie Cole, So. Computer Science Bernards, N.J.
Van Donkersgoed, Jr. Social Policy and Legal Studies (double major) Eden Prairie, Minn.
Grant Halsall, Jr. History Laxey, Isle of Man, GBR
Jonathan Lieberman, So. Applied Mathematics Eden Prairie, Minn.
William Rosler, Sr. Economics Bexley, Ohio
Aaron Sears, Sr. Mechanical Engineering Neenah, Minn.
Andrew Seitz, Sr. Materials Science and Engineering Pleasanton, Calif.
Stephen Shull, So. Mechanical Engineering Evanston, Ill.
Jordan Wilimovsky, Jr. Political Science Malibu, Calif.
Women's Basketball (8)
Alex Cohen, Sr. Human Development and Psychological Services Bayside, Wis.
Ashley Deary, So. Economics Flower Mound, Texas
Tessa Haldes, Jr. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (double major) Chicago, Ill.
Christen Inman, So. Economics Katy, Texas
Christen Johnson, Jr. Journalism and African American Studies (double major) Powder Springs, Ga.
Maggie Lyon, Jr. Communication Studies Wilmette, Ill.
Karly Roser, Sr. Cognitive Science Hamilton, Ontario
Allie Tuttle, So. Undeclared Cary, N.C.
Women's Swimming and Diving (14)
Lauren Abruzzo, So. Undeclared Denver, Colo.
Ellen Anderson, Jr. Economics and Statistics (double major) Montgomery Village, Md.
Danielle Elliott, So. Journalism Barrington, Ill.
Erika Elliott, Jr. Psychology Barrington, Ill.
Madeleine Klichowski, Sr. Manufacturing and Design Engineering Chicago, Ill.
Emily Launer, Jr. Economics DeKalb, Ill.
Lacey Locke, So. Undeclared Carmel, Ind.
Valerie Nubbe, Sr. Environmental Engineering Huntsville, Ala.
Georgie Pettibone, So. Undeclared Santa Rosa, Calif.
Melissa Postoll, So. Undeclared Acworth, Ga.
Megan Purdy, So. Undeclared Boulder City, Nev.
Lacey Smith, So. Industrial Engineering Boulder, Colo.
Ellen Stello, So. Undeclared Shorewood, Wis.
Annika Winsnes, So. Undeclared Singapore
Wrestling (4)
John Coukos, Sr. Integrated Science Program (ISP) Framingham, Mass.
Pierce Harger, Sr. Industrial Engineering Loveland, Ohio
Mitch Sliga, So. Economics Fishers, Ind.
Garrison White, Jr. English, Concord, N.C.
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