WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics' academic excellence from the fall sports season featured 70 student-athletes earning Academic All-Big Ten accolades.
Football led the way with 32 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this fall. Cross Country produced 22 (15 women, 7 men), headlined by three of the four Boilermakers with flawless 4.0 grade-point averages in either their master's or bachelor's degree programs. Volleyball had eight honorees and Soccer featured seven.
Cross Country's Payne Turney, Alex Frey and Joel Gomez as well as Soccer's Lida Dodge received special recognition for their 4.0 cumulative GPAs. Gomez is a two-time Paralympian for Team USA.
During the 2023-24 school year, the Boilermakers had 228 Academic All-Big Ten honorees and 60 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at their university for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition, announced in the summer, is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA for sophomores and above.
Among the Boilermakers recognized is an elite group of 17 student-athletes to be honored by the conference for at least the third time. Of those 17, Cross Country's Caroline Jordan and Turney as well as Football's Ben Furtney, Gus Hartwig and Andrew Sowinski were all recognized for a fourth time. Turney, Furtney, Hartwig and Sowinski are all now in master's programs at Purdue.
Altogether, 27 of the 70 Boilermakers honored this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 2,001 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports season. That total includes 772 from football, 502 from soccer, 413 from cross country, 170 from volleyball and 144 from field hockey.
Purdue's fall Academic All-Big Ten Honorees & majors by sport
(Years in parentheses are those in which he or she was Academic All-Big Ten)
Names in bold have 4.0 cumulative GPAs
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (7)
• Douglas Buckeridge – Mathematics and Statistics
• Alex Frey – Master's in Computer Science (2022, 2023)
• Joel Gomez – Civil Engineering
• Quintin Lowe – Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering
• Nathan Walker – Mathematics Education (2022, 2023)
• Caleb Williams – Animation (2022, 2023)
• Brady Yoder – Supply Chain Operations Management (2022, 2023)
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (15, Up From 9 in 2023)
• Meredith Bloss – Master's in Mechanical Engineering
• Jaelyn Burgos – Kinesiology (2023)
• Julia Economou – Biomedical Health Sciences
• Kylie Graf – Biomedical Engineering
• Paige Hazelrigg – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Dentistry
• Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Julie Klaus – Biomedical Health Sciences
• Sarah Maggio – Mechanical Engineering (2023)
• Sofia Muñoz – Mechanical Engineering
• Elise Peckinpaugh – Psychological Sciences
• Katherine Rumsey – Mechanical Engineering (2023)
• Emma Squires – Industrial Engineering (2022, 2023)
• Payne Turney – Master's in Public Health (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Ally Wigand – Biomedical Engineering
• Caitlin Williams – Kinesiology (2023)
FOOTBALL (32)
• Andrew Adkison – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Botros Alisandro – Selling & Sales Management
• Winston Berglund – Selling & Sales Management
• Drew Biber – Financial Counseling & Planning (2022, 2023)
• Bennett Boehnlein – Selling & Sales Management
• Anthony Brown – Retail Management
• Nolan Buckman – Selling & Sales Management
• George Burhenn – Undeclared
• Hudson Card – Selling & Sales Management
• Drake Carlson – Business Analytics & Information Management
• Bakyne Coly – Studio Arts & Technology / Art History
• Ben Furtney – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Christian Gelov – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2022, 2023)
• Gus Hartwig – Master's in Global Supply Chain Management (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Landon Heard – Business Analytics & Information Management
• Will Heldt – Finance
• Elijah Jackson – Selling & Sales Management
• Luke Jones – Selling & Sales Management
• Yanni Karlaftis – Master's in Business Administration
• Reggie Love III – African-American Studies
• Bennett Meredith – Selling & Sales Management
• Hudson Miller – Marketing (2023)
• Luke Pettaway – General Management
• Aaron Roberts – Kinesiology (2022, 2023)
• Ryne Shackelford – Accounting
• Andrew Sowinski – Master's in Global Supply Chain Management (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Joe Strickland – Industrial Engineering Technology (2023)
• Dillon Thieneman – General Management
• Thomas Tinsley – Mechanical Engineering
• Ethan Trent – Selling & Sales Management
• Salim Turner-Muhammad – Master's in Business Administration
• Jake Wilson – Finance
SOCCER (8)
• Lauren Adam – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Dentistry
• Sabrina Blount – Animal Sciences (2023)
• Sydney Boudreau – Civil Engineering (2022, 2023)
• Kayla Budish – Brain & Behavioral Sciences (2023)
• Gracie Dunaway – Sociology
• Lida Dodge – Exploratory Studies
• Megan Hutchinson – Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (2022, 2023)
• Lauren Omholt – Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
VOLLEYBALL (8, Up from 7 in 2023)
• Taylor Anderson – Communication
• Lizzie Carr – Marketing (2023)
• Chloe Chicoine – Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Ali Hornung – Hospitality & Tourism Management (2022, 2023)
• Eva Hudson – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Med (2023)
• Julia Kane – Natural Resources & Environmental Science
• Kenna Wollard – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Dentistry
• Sydney Yim – Elementary Education (2022, 2023)
Football led the way with 32 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this fall. Cross Country produced 22 (15 women, 7 men), headlined by three of the four Boilermakers with flawless 4.0 grade-point averages in either their master's or bachelor's degree programs. Volleyball had eight honorees and Soccer featured seven.
Cross Country's Payne Turney, Alex Frey and Joel Gomez as well as Soccer's Lida Dodge received special recognition for their 4.0 cumulative GPAs. Gomez is a two-time Paralympian for Team USA.
During the 2023-24 school year, the Boilermakers had 228 Academic All-Big Ten honorees and 60 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at their university for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition, announced in the summer, is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA for sophomores and above.
Among the Boilermakers recognized is an elite group of 17 student-athletes to be honored by the conference for at least the third time. Of those 17, Cross Country's Caroline Jordan and Turney as well as Football's Ben Furtney, Gus Hartwig and Andrew Sowinski were all recognized for a fourth time. Turney, Furtney, Hartwig and Sowinski are all now in master's programs at Purdue.
| 3-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES Seniors/fifth-year student-athletes to be recognized at least 3 times |
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| CROSS COUNTRY • Alex Frey • Caroline Jordan (4x) • Emma Squires • Payne Turney (4x) • Nathan Walker • Caleb Williams • Brady Yoder SOCCER • Sydney Boudreau • Megan Hutchinson |
FOOTBALL • Drew Biber • Ben Furtney (4x) • Christian Gelov • Gus Hartwig (4x) • Aaron Roberts • Andrew Sowinski (4x) VOLLEYBALL • Ali Hornung • Sydney Yim |
Altogether, 27 of the 70 Boilermakers honored this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 2,001 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports season. That total includes 772 from football, 502 from soccer, 413 from cross country, 170 from volleyball and 144 from field hockey.
Purdue's fall Academic All-Big Ten Honorees & majors by sport
(Years in parentheses are those in which he or she was Academic All-Big Ten)
Names in bold have 4.0 cumulative GPAs
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (7)
• Douglas Buckeridge – Mathematics and Statistics
• Alex Frey – Master's in Computer Science (2022, 2023)
• Joel Gomez – Civil Engineering
• Quintin Lowe – Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering
• Nathan Walker – Mathematics Education (2022, 2023)
• Caleb Williams – Animation (2022, 2023)
• Brady Yoder – Supply Chain Operations Management (2022, 2023)
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (15, Up From 9 in 2023)
• Meredith Bloss – Master's in Mechanical Engineering
• Jaelyn Burgos – Kinesiology (2023)
• Julia Economou – Biomedical Health Sciences
• Kylie Graf – Biomedical Engineering
• Paige Hazelrigg – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Dentistry
• Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Julie Klaus – Biomedical Health Sciences
• Sarah Maggio – Mechanical Engineering (2023)
• Sofia Muñoz – Mechanical Engineering
• Elise Peckinpaugh – Psychological Sciences
• Katherine Rumsey – Mechanical Engineering (2023)
• Emma Squires – Industrial Engineering (2022, 2023)
• Payne Turney – Master's in Public Health (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Ally Wigand – Biomedical Engineering
• Caitlin Williams – Kinesiology (2023)
FOOTBALL (32)
• Andrew Adkison – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Botros Alisandro – Selling & Sales Management
• Winston Berglund – Selling & Sales Management
• Drew Biber – Financial Counseling & Planning (2022, 2023)
• Bennett Boehnlein – Selling & Sales Management
• Anthony Brown – Retail Management
• Nolan Buckman – Selling & Sales Management
• George Burhenn – Undeclared
• Hudson Card – Selling & Sales Management
• Drake Carlson – Business Analytics & Information Management
• Bakyne Coly – Studio Arts & Technology / Art History
• Ben Furtney – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Christian Gelov – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2022, 2023)
• Gus Hartwig – Master's in Global Supply Chain Management (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Landon Heard – Business Analytics & Information Management
• Will Heldt – Finance
• Elijah Jackson – Selling & Sales Management
• Luke Jones – Selling & Sales Management
• Yanni Karlaftis – Master's in Business Administration
• Reggie Love III – African-American Studies
• Bennett Meredith – Selling & Sales Management
• Hudson Miller – Marketing (2023)
• Luke Pettaway – General Management
• Aaron Roberts – Kinesiology (2022, 2023)
• Ryne Shackelford – Accounting
• Andrew Sowinski – Master's in Global Supply Chain Management (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Joe Strickland – Industrial Engineering Technology (2023)
• Dillon Thieneman – General Management
• Thomas Tinsley – Mechanical Engineering
• Ethan Trent – Selling & Sales Management
• Salim Turner-Muhammad – Master's in Business Administration
• Jake Wilson – Finance
SOCCER (8)
• Lauren Adam – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Dentistry
• Sabrina Blount – Animal Sciences (2023)
• Sydney Boudreau – Civil Engineering (2022, 2023)
• Kayla Budish – Brain & Behavioral Sciences (2023)
• Gracie Dunaway – Sociology
• Lida Dodge – Exploratory Studies
• Megan Hutchinson – Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (2022, 2023)
• Lauren Omholt – Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
VOLLEYBALL (8, Up from 7 in 2023)
• Taylor Anderson – Communication
• Lizzie Carr – Marketing (2023)
• Chloe Chicoine – Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Ali Hornung – Hospitality & Tourism Management (2022, 2023)
• Eva Hudson – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Med (2023)
• Julia Kane – Natural Resources & Environmental Science
• Kenna Wollard – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Dentistry
• Sydney Yim – Elementary Education (2022, 2023)