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74 Badgers named to winter Academic All-Big Ten Team

74 Badgers named to winter Academic All-Big Ten Team


MADISON, Wis. — A total of 74 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin’s winter sports teams have been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-Big Ten team, recognizing their achievements in both academics and athletics, as announced by the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday.

Women’s swimming and diving led all programs with 20 Academic All-Big Ten honorees, followed by wrestling with 17 and men’s hockey with 13. Men’s swimming and diving had 12 student-athletes recognized, while women’s basketball earned six selections. The No. 11-ranked men’s basketball team rounded out the list with five honorees.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team (as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 1 for fall sports), have been enrolled full time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. 

In addition, the following student-athletes were recognized by having 4.0 GPA’s. 

MEN’S BASKETBALL (5)
Steven Crowl, Grad Student, Sports Leadership 
Isaac Gard, Senior, Personal Finance
Markus Ilver, Senior Personal Finance 
Jack Janicki, Sophomore, Finance, Investment & Banking 
Kamari McGee, Senior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (6)

Halle Douglass, Grad Student, Sport Leadership 

Lily Krahn, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies 

Natalie Leuzinger, Grad Student, Kinesiology – Applied Exercise Science 

Leena Patibandla, Sophomore, Biology 

Ronnie Porter, Junior, Human Development & Family Studies 

Serah Williams, Junior, Health Promotion & Health Equity

MEN’S HOCKEY (14)

Ben Dexheimer, Junior, Personal Finance

Tyson Dyck, Junior, Personal Finance

Quinn Finley, Sophomore, Personal Finance

Christian Fitzgerald, Junior, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics

William Gramme, Sophomore, Personal Finance

Jack Horbach, Junior, Personal Finance

Anthony Kehrer, Grad Student, Real Estate

Daniel Laatsch, Senior, Personal Finance

Owen Lindmark, Grad Student, Sports Leadership

Owen Mehlenbacher, Sophomore, Kinesiology – Applied Exercise Science

Joe Palodichuk, Sophomore, Personal Finance

Sawyer Scholl, Sophomore, Personal Finance

Zach Schulz, Sophomore, Real Estate & Finance

Simon Tassy, Junior, Personal Finance

MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING (12)

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