Aniamaka, Gallardo Guevara Honored with Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship AwardAniamaka, Gallardo Guevara Honored with Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award

Aniamaka, Gallardo Guevara Honored with Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award

The Big Ten Conference announced the league's 28 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award honorees, selecting Praise Aniamaka (men's outdoor track & field) and Carmen Gallardo Guevara (women's tennis) as Purdue's representatives.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced the league's 28 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award honorees, selecting Praise Aniamaka (men's outdoor track & field) and Carmen Gallardo Guevara (women's tennis) as Purdue's representatives.
 
A junior from Surrey, British Columbia, Aniamaka has been a leader for the track & field team since arriving on campus. He earned First Team All-America honors after finishing sixth at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, his third time nabbing All-American recognition in his career. The First Team All-America accolade concluded a memorable 2023-24 season for Aniamaka, in which he won his second consecutive Big Ten outdoor triple jump title, reached the national championships and was named an All-American both indoors and outdoors.
 
Gallardo Guevara is an aerospace engineering major who hails from Madrid, Spain. She earned First Team All-Big Ten honors as a junior in 2024, achieving a high mark of No. 113 in the ITA rankings. Gallardo Guevara played in all 23 dual matches and four fall events this past season, going 15-3 in singles play with a 9-3 record at No. 1 and an undefeated 6-0 at No. 2. Throughout her career, Gallardo Guevara has been an exemplary team player and has gone 44-35 in doubles.
 
One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All of the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. Below is a look at the 2024 nominees from Purdue:
 
Thomas Green (Baseball)
Chase Martin (Men's Basketball)
Caitlyn Harper (Women's Basketball)
Caleb Williams (Men's Cross Country)
Caroline Jordan (Women's Cross Country)
Daniel Johnson (Football)
Peyton Snoeberger (Men's Golf)
Jocelyn Bruch (Women's Golf)
Kelsi Carrico (Soccer)
Kate Claypool (Softball)
Charles King (Men's Swimming & Diving)
Ana Rojas (Women' Swimming & Diving)
Henrick Villanger (Men's Tennis)
Carmen Gallardo Guevara (Women's Tennis)
Brett Otterbacher (Men's Indoor Track & Field)
Jalen Elrod (Women's Indoor Track & Field)
Praise Aniamaka (Men's Outdoor Track & Field)
Emma Squires (Women's Outdoor Track & Field)
Lizzie Carr (Volleyball)
Hayden Filipovich (Wrestling)