WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics produced a department-record 107 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, 248 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 also 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 – 248
• 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 107 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 |
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| 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 107 Boilermakers (46%) recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Purdue also had 58 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 & Leadership
• Eli Anderson – Selling & Sales Management
• Gavin Beuter – Selling & Sales Management
• Will Briggs – Kinesiology
• Albert Choi – Graduate Certificate in Communication & Leadership
• Brody 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 Management
• Isaac 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 Engineering
• Momo 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 (7)
• Calissa Dellabarca – Political Science
• 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 Sciences
• Britannia 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