Spring-Record 106 Boilermakers Earn Academic All-Big Ten HonorsSpring-Record 106 Boilermakers Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors

Spring-Record 106 Boilermakers Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors

Purdue Athletics produced a department-record 106 Academic All-Big Ten honorees from the spring sports season, finishing the 2024-25 school year with its third-best total in the history of the academic honor.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics produced a department-record 106 Academic All-Big Ten honorees from the spring sports season, finishing the 2024-25 school year with its third-best total in the history of the academic honor.

For the school year, 247 Boilermakers were recognized as Academic All-Big Ten for their cumulative 3.0-plus grade point average. Along with the record 106 spring honorees, 69 student-athletes were recognized in the fall and 72 in the winter.

Purdue Athletics' previous spring record was 92 during the 2020-21 school year. The department record for any sports season is 107 in the fall of 2021. This spring is believed to be only the second time Purdue has hit the century mark for a season.

PURDUE ATHLETICS MOST ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
2021-22 – 265
2020-21 – 256
2024-25 – 247
2022-23 – 240
2019-20 – 234

The spring season has been very consistent this decade, producing 80-plus honorees for the sixth straight year.

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 is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA, also for sophomores and above. Those honorees will be announced later this summer.

Track & Field led the way with a combined 40 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this spring – 20 from both rosters. Baseball contributed a program-record 28 academic achievers with 3.0-plus GPAs. Golf produced 15 (eight women, seven men), Softball 13, and Tennis 10 (five from both rosters).

Twenty-seven of the 106 Academic All-Big Ten honorees from the spring earned the distinction for at least the third time. Among that group, pitcher Avery Cook is now the rare five-time honoree. Track & Field accounted for 15 of the 27, including 10 from the men's team. Four-year honorees included Alex Frey, Caleb Williams, Caroline Jordan and Payne Turney from Track & Field as well as golfer Jocelyn Bruch.

 
3-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
Seniors/fifth-year student-athletes to be recognized at least 3 times
For track & field, 3-year honorees exclude additional honors from cross country
BASEBALL
Avery Cook (5x)
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Danny Affleck
Praise Aniamaka
Cale Ayers
Alex Frey (4x)
Grant Gogel
Brett Otterbacher
Logan Sandlin
Nathan Walker
Caleb Williams (4x)
Brady Yoder
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Jaelyn Burgos
Caroline Jordan (4x)
Emma Squires
Payne Turney (4x)
MEN'S GOLF
Kentaro Nanayama
Andrew White
WOMEN'S GOLF
Jocelyn Bruch (4x)
Jade Gu
Momo Sugiyama
MEN'S TENNIS
Daniel Labrador
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Juana Larranaga
Tara Katarina Milic
SOFTBALL
Kyndall Bailey
Tyrina Jones
Kendall Klochack
Ryen Ross
 

Altogether, 49 of the 106 Boilermakers (46%) recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Purdue also had 57 first-time honorees from the spring season. Women's Tennis had four of its five honorees recognized for at least the second time. Eleven of the 15 golfers were also on the list again as multi-year honorees.

The Big Ten also spotlights student-athletes with a 4.0 cumulative GPA as an undergraduate or graduate student. Purdue had five honorees on that list – Brandon Anderson, Albert Choi and Aaron Manias from Baseball; Lana Malek from Women's Golf; and Paige Hazelrigg from Women's Track & Field.

For Track & Field, Academic All-Big Ten honorees Cameron Miller and Jalen Elrod were both NCAA Championships qualifiers during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Praise Aniamaka and Brett Otterbacher joined them at the indoor national championship meet and are also Academic All-Big Ten honorees.

Both Purdue Golf teams were NCAA Championships qualifiers again this year. The Academic All-Big Ten honorees that competed at nationals included Jocelyn Bruch, Natasha Kiel, Momo Sugiyama, Sam Easterbrook and Nels Surtani.

The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 2,824 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the spring and at-large sports season. That total includes 832 from track & field, 256 from baseball, 194 from softball, 173 from golf, 171 from tennis, and 1,198 from the sports that Purdue does not sponsor.

Full listing of Purdue's spring Academic All-Big Ten Honorees and majors by sport
Student-Athletes in bold have a 4.0 GPA as an undergraduate or graduate student
(Years in parentheses are those in which he or she was Academic All-Big Ten)


BASEBALL (28, Up from 18 in 2024)Brandon Anderson – Graduate Certificate in Communication & LeadershipEli Anderson – Selling & Sales Management • Gavin Beuter – Selling & Sales Management • Will Briggs – Kinesiology • Albert Choi – Graduate Certificate in Communication & LeadershipBrody Chrisman – Selling & Sales Management (2024) • Avery Cook – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) • Carter Doorn – Construction Management (2024) • Maclane Finley – Kinesiology • Chris Gallagher – Communication • Justin Guiliano – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership • Enas Hayden – Selling & Sales Management (2024) • Austin Klug – Communication • Nick Kolze – Communication • Lance Lauve – American Studies • Aaron Manias – Selling & Sales ManagementIsaac Milburn – Construction Management • Avery Moore – Kinesiology • Breck Nowik – Selling & Sales Management (2024) • Brandon Rogers – Communication • Houston Russell – Communication • Barron Sawyer – Selling & Sales Management • Keenan Spence – Selling & Sales Management (2024) • Easton Storey – Communication • Matthew Tarr – Selling & Sales Management • Michael Vallone – Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership • Cole Van Assen – Educational Studies • Gabe Watson – Selling & Sales Management

MEN'S GOLF (7)Sam Easterbrook – General Management • Sam Maylee – Finance (2024) • Kentaro Nanayama – Business Analytics & Information Management (2023, 2024) • Luke Prall – Accounting (2024) • Yilin Sun – Finance (2024) • Nels Surtani – Finance • Andrew White – Finance (2023, 2024)

WOMEN'S GOLF (8, Up from 6 in 2024)Jocelyn Bruch – Master's in Communication (2022, 2023, 2024) • Caroline Dasch – Industrial Engineering • Jade Gu – Computer Science / English (2023, 2024) • Alison Hildebrand – Mechanical Engineering (2024) • Jasmine Kahler – Sociology • Natasha Kiel – Economics (2024) • Lana Malek – Biological EngineeringMomo Sugiyama – Psychological Sciences (2023, 2024)

SOFTBALL (13)Emma Bailey – Interior Design Professional (2024) • Kyndall Bailey – Master's in Communication (2023, 2024) • Madi Elish – Sociology • Kylie Franks – Organizational Leadership • Julia Gossett – Kinesiology • Tyrina Jones – Educational Studies (2023, 2024) • Kendall Klochack – Actuarial Science (2023, 2024) • Olivia McFadden – Kinesiology (2024) • Alivia Meeks – Animal Sciences (2024) • Jules Raymond – Undeclared • Delaney Reefe – Developmental & Family Sciences • Ryen Ross – Public Health (2023, 2024) • Sage Scarmardo – Communication (2024)

MEN'S TENNIS (5, Up from 1 in 2024)Mujtaba Ali-Khan – Kinesiology • Aleksa Krivokapica – Financial Counseling & Planning • Daniel Labrador – Civil Engineering (2023, 2024) • Stefan Simeunovic – Business Analytics & Information Management • Henrik Villanger – Finance

WOMEN'S TENNIS (5)Carmen Gallardo Guevara – Industrial Engineering (2024) • Fatima Gutierrez – Psychological Sciences • Juana Larranaga – Nutrition & Dietetics (2023, 2024) • Tara Katarina Milic – General Management (2023, 2024) • Ashlie Wilson – Marketing (2024)

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (20, Up from 14 in 2024)Danny Affleck – Biology (2023, 2024) • Praise Aniamaka – Master's in Business Analytics & Information Management (2023, 2024) • Cale Ayers – Chemical Engineering (2023, 2024) • Douglas Buckeridge – Mathematics & Statistics • Alex Frey – Master's in Computer Science (2022, 2023, 2024) • Nathaniel Getachew – Master's in Computer Science • Grant Gogel – Mechanical Engineering (2023, 2024) • Joel Gomez – Civil Engineering (2024) • Matthew Helton – Finance • Collin Kao – Biological Engineering • Quintin Lowe – Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering • Leo Maxwell – Accounting (2024) • Cameron Miller – Master's in Communication • Brandon Moss – Business Analytics & Information Management • Brett Otterbacher – Construction Engineering (2023, 2024) • Jason Polydoris – Mechanical Engineering (2023) • Logan Sandlin – Master's in Interdisciplinary Engineering (2023, 2024) • Nathan Walker – Mathematics Education (2023, 2024) • Caleb Williams – Animation (2022, 2023, 2024) • Brady Yoder – Supply Chain & Operations Management (2023, 2024)

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (20, Up from 18 in 2024)Meredith Bloss – Master's in Mechanical Engineering • Jaelyn Burgos – Kinesiology (2023, 2024) • Rebecca Caliendo – Economics (2024) • Julia Economou – Biomedical Health Sciences • Jalen Elrod – Biomedical Health Sciences • Kylie Graf – Biomedical Engineering • Paige Hazelrigg – Biomedical Health SciencesBritannia Johnson – Hospitality & Tourism Management • Britannie Johnson – Hospitality & Tourism Management • Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2022, 2023, 2024) • Quin Lumbley – Biomedical Health Sciences • Sofia Muñoz – Mechanical Engineering • Elise Peckinpaugh – Psychological Sciences • Melissa Riegle – Electrical Engineering • Katherine Rumsey – Mechanical Engineering (2024) • Emma Squires – Industrial Engineering (2023, 2024) • K'Ja Talley – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership (2024) • Payne Turney – Master's in Public Health (2022, 2023, 2024) • Ally Wigand – Biological Engineering • Nia Wilson – Civil Engineering