Fall Academic All-Big Ten Honorees Announced
• Photo Roster of 2021 Fall Academic All-Big Ten Honorees
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten conference announced its 2021 Academic All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday (Dec. 14), with the University of Michigan setting a record with 171 student-athletes on the list, breaking the previous record of 148 set last year.
Criteria for making the Academic All-Big Ten team include being in at least their second academic year at their institution and maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
The breakdown of Michigan student-athletes on the list is 19 from field hockey, 60 from football, 19 from men’s cross country, 15 from women’s cross country, 24 from women’s soccer, 20 from men’s soccer and 14 from volleyball.
Michigan had four student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA in Elijah Pierre (football), Joel Harrison (men’s soccer), Sarah Bridenstine (women’s soccer) and Alice Hill (women’s cross country).
The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the winter and spring seasons, and the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year. Student-athletes eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letterwinners 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.
Michigan’s 2021 Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team
Men’s Cross Country (19)
Tom Brady, Jr., Computer Science BSE
Tom Dodd, Sr., Movement Science MS
John Florence, Jr., Economics
Nick Foster, Jr., Economics
James Gedris, Jr., Business Administration BBA
Anthony Hancock, So., LSA Undeclared
Michael Hancock, So., LSA Undeclared
Cole Johnson, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Will Landowne, Sr., Environmental Engineering
Joe Meyers, So., Art and Design
Devin Meyrer, Gr., Int Prac IH MH&Subst Abuse MSW
Joost Plaetinck, Gr., Supply Chain Management MSM
Oli Raimond, So., Computer Science
Austin Remick, Sr., Business Administration BBA
Thomas Shilgalis, Jr., Computer Science
Jack Spamer, So., Engineering
Zach Stewart, So., Sport Management
Nick Trevisan, Sr., Computer Science
Colton Yesney, Sr., Film, Television, and Media BA & International Studies
Women’s Cross Country (15)
Anne Forsyth, Sr., Statistics
Lauren Fulcher, Jr., Information
Amber Gall, Jr., Psychology
Katelynne Hart, So., LSA Undeclared
Alice Hill, Gr., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology MS
Eva Jansohn, Jr., Psychology
Jessi Larson, Sr., Movement Science
Colleen Megerle, Jr., Environment
Lucy Petee, So., LSA Undeclared
Aurora Rynda, Sr., Movement Science
Gabby Swider, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Samantha Tran, Jr., Movement Science
Ericka VanderLende, Jr., Applied Exercise Science
Julia Vanitvelt, 5th Year, Movement Science
Kayla Windemuller, Sr., Applied Exercise Science
Field Hockey (19)
Katie Anderson, Sr., Psychology
Nina Apoola, Jr., Psychology
Katie Begley, Jr., History
Bailey Bowman, Jr., Psychology
Serena Brimacombe, So., Undeclared
Katelyn Clarke, So., Undeclared
Tina D’Anjolell, Sr., Sport Management
Gillian Dumont, So., Business Administration
Rosie Hope, So., Undeclared
Kate McLaughlin, So., Undeclared
Pilar Oliveros, So., Undeclared
Kathryn Peterson, Sr., Neuroscience
Sarah Pyrtek, Jr., Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience
Erin Reilly, So., Undeclared
Sofia Southam, Sr., International Studies/Economics
Anna Spieker, Sr., Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity
Lindsey Stagg, So., Undeclared
Emma Tamer, Sr., Statistics
Anouk Veen, So., Undeclared
Football (60)
Lucas Andrighetto, Sr., Economics
Reece Atteberry, So., LSA Undeclared
Christian Bartholomew, So., LSA Undeclared
Luke Buckman, Sr., Communication and Media
Blake Corum, So., LSA Undeclared
Eamonn Dennis, So., LSA Undeclared
Isaiah Gash, So., LSA Undeclared
Joey George, Sr., Business Administration BBA
Jaylen Harrell, So., Sport Management
Mathew Harrison, Jr., Business Administration BBA
Brad Hawkins , Gr., Unclassified
Ryan Hayes, Sr., Psychology
A.J. Henning, So., LSA Undeclared
Matthew Hibner, So., Business Administration BBA
Daxton Hill, Jr., AfroAmerican & African Studies
Nikhai Hill-Green, So., LSA Undeclared
Christopher Hinton, Jr., Political Science
Danny Hughes, Jr., Communication and Media
Cole Hussung, So., LSA Undeclared
Aidan Hutchinson, Sr., Applied Exercise Science
Kris Jenkins, So., LSA Undeclared
Cornelius Johnson, Jr., Communication and Media
Quinten Johnson, Jr., Political Science
Trente Jones, Jr., Creative Writing-Literature
Trevor Keegan, Jr., Communication and Media
Caden Kolesar, Jr., Communication and Media
Joshua Luther, Jr., Computer Science
Cade McNamara, Jr., American Culture
Jake Moody, Sr., Sport Management
Jordan Morant, So., LSA Undeclared
Mike Morris, Jr., Communication and Media
R.J. Moten, So., LSA Undeclared
Kalel Mullings, So., Business Administration BBA
Hunter Neff, Jr., History
Gabe Newburg, Jr., American Culture
Jerome Nichols, So., LSA Undeclared
David Ojabo, Jr., English
Makari Paige, So., LSA Undeclared
Jalen Perry, Jr., Political Science
Jeffrey Persi, So., LSA Undeclared
Elijah Pierre, Gr., Master of Social Work
Brad Robbins, Gr., Unclassified
Will Rolapp, So., LSA Undeclared
Andre Seldon, So., LSA Undeclared
Carter Selzer, 5th Year, Movement Science
Mazi Smith, Jr., Creative Writing-Literature
Jess Speight, Gr., Masters of Management
Sam Staruch, So., LSA Undeclared
Noah Stewart, So., LSA Undeclared
Andrew Stueber, Gr., Real Estate Program
Greg Tarr, So., LSA Undeclared
Jake Thaw, So., Business Administration BBA
Nico Tiberia, So., History
Matt Torey, Sr., Business Administration BBA
Andrew Vastardis, Gr., Physiology MS
Dan Villari, So., LSA Undeclared
William Wagner, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Julius Welschof, Sr., Sociology
Roman Wilson, So., LSA Undeclared
Zak Zinter, So., Sport Management
Men’s Soccer (20)
Moshtaba Al-Hasnawi, Jr., Movement Science
Kevin Buca, Sr., Electrical Engineering
Brennan Callow, Jr., Biomedical Engineering
C.Y. Cheng, Sr., Business Administration
Declan Gaffney, Sr., Communciation & Media
Joel Harrison, Gr., Computer Science Engineering
Jens Hoff, So., LSA Undeclared
Cameron Martin, Jr., Economics
Daniel Massey, So., LSA Undeclared
Umar Farouk Osman, Gr., Sport Management
Harry Pithers, Jr., Sport Management
Christian Pulselli, Jr., Movement Science
Evan Rasmussen, Jr., Information
Inaki Rodriguez, Jr., Movement Science
Quin Rogers, So., LSA Undeclared
Bode Saul, So., LSA Undeclared
Ryan Schultz, Jr., Business Administration
Ethan Wood, So., Business Administration
Marc Ybarra, 5th year, Business Administration
Mohammed Zakyi, 5th year, Economics
Women’s Soccer (24)
Skylar Anderson, Sr., International Studies
Sammi Atterbury, Sr., Sociology
Hillary Beall, 5th Year, Communication and Media
Hannah Blake, Jr., Communication and Media
Lauren Bolte, So., LSA Undeclared
Lauren Brideau, Jr., Industrial & Operations Engineering
Sarah Bridenstine, So., LSA Undeclared
Claire Dawson, Jr., Industrial & Operations Engineering
Lily Farkas, Jr., International Studies
Abigail Finn, So., LSA Undeclared
Meredith Haakenson, Sr., Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience
Janiece Joyner, Sr., Computer Science
Kacey Lawrence, So., LSA Undeclared
Emily Leyson, Jr., Nursing BS Fresh
Raleigh Loughman, Sr., Business Administration BBA
Katherine McElroy, Jr., Business Administration BBA
Izzy Nino, 5th Year, Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience
Emilee Ray, So., LSA Undeclared
Jayde Riviere, Jr., Movement Science
Sydney Shepherd, Sr., Public Health
Stephanie Sparkowski, So., Civil Engineering
Sarah Stratigakis, 5th Year, Sport Management
Dani Wolfe, Jr., Elementary Education
Sammi Woods, So., LSA Undeclared
Volleyball (14)
Amber Beals, Jr., Applied Exercise Science
Maddie Dowd, Jr., Data Science
Hannah Grant, So., Psychology
Brooke Humphrey, So., Undeclared
Scottee Johnson, So., Undeclared
Paige Jones, Sr., Sport Management
Jenni Liu, Jr., Biomedical Engineering
Abbey Malinowski, Sr., Communication and Media
Jess Mruzik, So., Applied Exercise Science
Kendall Murray, So., Undeclared
Grace Persson, Sr., Movement Science
May Pertofsky, Jr., General Studies
Jess Robinson, Jr., Public Policy
Lizzie Sadilek, Sr., Biology, Health & Society