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Big Ten Recognizes 95 Gophers with Academic Honors
3/21/2018 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
ROSEMONT, Ill. - For their work in the classroom, 95 University of Minnesota student-athletes were honored Wednesday with Academic All-Big Ten recognition. Each one, representing eight different sports, achieved success by meeting the criteria - students must be in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Women's swimming and diving led the Gophers with 23 honorees, followed by men's ice hockey (16), wrestling (15), men's swimming and diving (12), women's gymnastics (10), men's gymnastics (9), women's basketball (8) and men's basketball (2).
Two different Gopher student-athletes have maintained perfect 4.0 grade point averages, in women's swimming & diving senior Mariam Khamis and wrestling senior Chris Pfarr.
A total of 872 student-athletes from the 14 member institutions of the Big Ten Conference were recognized.
Below is a list of the Gophers that were honored, listed by their sport, academic year and major.
Men's Basketball (2)
Michael Hurt, Jr., Undeclared
Brady Rudrud, So., Premajor
Women's Basketball (8)
Kehinde Bello, So., Pre Computer Science
Taiye Bello, So., Lower Division
Jasmine Brunson, So., Business and Marketing Education
Jessie Edwards, Sr., Psychology
Bryanna Fernstrom, Sr., Human Resource Development
Palma Kaposi, Jr., Agricultural/Food Business Management
Annalese Lamke, Jr., Kinesiology
Carlie Wagner, Sr., Business and Marketing Education
Men's Gymnastics (9)
Luke Aldrich, Sr., Biology
Joel Gagnon, Sr., Aerospace Engineering
Vitali Kan, Jr., Statistics
Justin Karstadt, Jr., Kinesiology
Jack Kramer, Sr., Aerospace Engineering
Timmy Kutyla, So., Undeclared
Yaroslav Pochinka, Sr., Neuroscience
Ben Winkel, Jr., Electrical Engineering
Alex Wittenberg, Sr., Journalism
Women's Gymnastics (10)
Casey Betts, So., Kinesiology
Rachel Cutler, Jr., Elementary Ed: Foundations
Abby DeMuse, Sr., Retail Merchandising
Hannah Hitchcock, Sr., Elementary Ed: Foundations
Julia Huebert, So., Journalism
Ivy Lu, So., Political Science
Rachel Rowland, Sr., Kinesiology
Becca Taylor, So., Physiology
Selena Ung, Jr., Physiology
Paige Williams, So., Undeclared
Men's Ice Hockey (16)
Leon Bristedt, Sr., Business & Marketing Education
Brent Gates Jr., Jr., Business & Marketing Education
Jack Glover, Sr., Business & Marketing Education
Steve Johnson, Sr., Agricultural/Food Business Management
Brock Kautz, Jr., Sport Management
Nick Lehr, Sr., Business & Marketing Education
Joey Marooney, So., Business & Marketing Education
Tyler Nanne, Jr., Business & Marketing Education
Ryan Norman, Jr., Sport Management
Tommy Novak, Jr., Business & Marketing Education
Rem Pitlick, So., Recreation Administration
Jack Ramsey, Jr., Business & Marketing Education
Darian Romanko, Jr., Marketing
Eric Schierhorn, Jr., Business & Marketing Education
Tyler Sheehy, Jr., Business & Marketing Education
Mike Szmatula, Sr., Sociology
Men's Swimming & Diving (12)
Harrison Baden, Jr., Psychology
Bowen Becker, Jr., Sociology of Law/Criminology/Deviance
Jan Hansen, Sr., Political Science
Alan LeBlang, Jr., Supply Chain & Operations Management
Peter Lefebvre, Sr., Chemical Engineering
Parker Lemke, So., Premajor
Conner McHugh, Sr., Business and Marketing Education
Michael Messner, Jr., Business and Marketing Education
Jeremy Moser, Jr., Supply Chain & Operations Management
Nick Plachinski, Jr., Biology
Tuomas Pokkinen, So., Undeclared
Matthew Thomas, So., Agricultural/Food Business Management
Women's Swimming & Diving (23)
Zoe Avestruz, Sr., Psychology
Sarah Bacon, So., Undeclared
Dani Bergeson, Jr., Child Psychology
Erin Buck, Sr., Psychology
Rae Bullinger, Sr., Psychology
Tara Chapman, Jr., Premajor
Erin Emery, Jr., Business and Marketing Education
Beth Etterman, Sr., Biology
Kaia Grobe, Jr., Business and Marketing Education
Olivia Johnston, Sr., Biomedical Engineering
Morgan Justus, Sr., Entrepreneurial Management
Mariam Khamis, Sr., Psychology
Lindsey Kozelsky, Jr., Elementary Education:Foundation
Lauren Lalumiere, Jr., Urban Studies
Rachel Munson, Jr., Psychology & Physiology
Chantal Nack, Sr., Civil Engineering
Danielle Nack, Sr., Psychology
Madison Preiss, So., Undeclared
Katelyn Sauder, Jr., Kinesiology
Tevyn Waddell, Jr., Lower Division
Maggie Werba, Sr., Psychology
Isabel Whited, So., Undeclared
Brooke Zeiger, Sr., Child Psychology
Wrestling (15)
Will Balow, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
James Berg, So., Finance
Carson Brolsma, So., Agricultural/Food Business
Colin Carr, Jr., History
Faris Karaborni, Jr., Ind & Systems Engr Business
Tijani Karaborni, Jr., Chemical Engineering
Ethan Lizak, Jr., Kinesiology
Hunter Marko, Fr., Undeclared
Mitch McKee, So., Undeclared
Miles Patton, So., Political Science
Chris Pfarr, Sr., Land & Atmospheric Science
Steve Polakowski, Jr., Business and Marketing Education
Rylee Streifel, So., Business and Marketing Education
Gannon Volk, Jr., Kinesiology
Nick Wanzek, Sr., Applied Economics