WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Headlined by a trio of Boilermakers with 4.0 grade-point averages during the 2024-25 school year, five members of Purdue Baseball were recognized as the program's Academic All-District honorees.
Selected to represent Purdue were 2025 starters Brandon Anderson, Albert Choi, Aaron Manias and Keenan Spence as well as relief pitcher Isaac Milburn. They were recognized for having 3.5-plus GPAs coupled with starting at least 66% of the team's games – or having pitched at least 35 innings/17 games in the case of Milburn on the mound.
Anderson and Choi earned graduate certificates last month after joining the Boilermakers for their final seasons of collegiate eligibility. Spence also graduated last month with his bachelor's in selling and sales management, earning it in two years at Purdue. Milburn is set to officially earn his bachelor's degree in construction management in December.
Anderson, Choi and Manias joined Brody Chrisman as Boilermakers to earn flaw 4.0 GPAs during the 2024-25 school year.
Choi and Milburn were recognized for the second time in their careers. Choi was also Academic All-District in 2024 at NJIT and Milburn made the list for Eastern Kentucky in 2023.
All five Boilermakers will be among the program's Academic All-Big Ten honorees when those achievers are announced by the league office next week.
Brandon Anderson – Communication & Leadership Graduate Certificate
4.0 GPA at Purdue
3.79 GPA at Louisville from Fall 2021-Spring 2024
Albert Choi – Communication & Leadership Graduate Certificate
4.0 GPA at Purdue
3.52 GPA as Undergraduate at NJIT from Fall 2019-Spring 2023
Aaron Manias – Selling & Sales Management
4.0 GPA at Purdue
3.82 GPA at Nebraska During 2023-24 School Year
4.0 GPA at Howard College from Fall 2021-Spring 2023
Isaac Milburn – Construction Management
3.53 GPA at Purdue
3.51 GPA at Eastern Kentucky from Fall 2021-Spring 2024
Keenan Spence – Selling & Sales Management
3.52 GPA at Purdue
4.0 GPA at Howard College from Fall 2021-Spring 2023
College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District and Academic All-America program underwent an overhaul in the summer of 2022. The minimum GPA requirement was raised from 3.3 to 3.5 – with freshmen remaining ineligible. Graduate students are required to have achieved a minimum 3.5 GPA during their undergraduate course work as well. Programs are now permitted to designate a selected number of eligible student-athletes to be recognized as Academic All-District. That number of honorees for baseball has been set at five per team. Academic All-America honorees are selected from the Academic All-District designees.
The Academic All-District and Academic All-America programs continue to strive to spotlight student-athletes that achieve dual success in athletic and academic accomplishments.
Selected to represent Purdue were 2025 starters Brandon Anderson, Albert Choi, Aaron Manias and Keenan Spence as well as relief pitcher Isaac Milburn. They were recognized for having 3.5-plus GPAs coupled with starting at least 66% of the team's games – or having pitched at least 35 innings/17 games in the case of Milburn on the mound.
Anderson and Choi earned graduate certificates last month after joining the Boilermakers for their final seasons of collegiate eligibility. Spence also graduated last month with his bachelor's in selling and sales management, earning it in two years at Purdue. Milburn is set to officially earn his bachelor's degree in construction management in December.
Anderson, Choi and Manias joined Brody Chrisman as Boilermakers to earn flaw 4.0 GPAs during the 2024-25 school year.
Choi and Milburn were recognized for the second time in their careers. Choi was also Academic All-District in 2024 at NJIT and Milburn made the list for Eastern Kentucky in 2023.
All five Boilermakers will be among the program's Academic All-Big Ten honorees when those achievers are announced by the league office next week.
Brandon Anderson – Communication & Leadership Graduate Certificate
4.0 GPA at Purdue
3.79 GPA at Louisville from Fall 2021-Spring 2024
Albert Choi – Communication & Leadership Graduate Certificate
4.0 GPA at Purdue
3.52 GPA as Undergraduate at NJIT from Fall 2019-Spring 2023
Aaron Manias – Selling & Sales Management
4.0 GPA at Purdue
3.82 GPA at Nebraska During 2023-24 School Year
4.0 GPA at Howard College from Fall 2021-Spring 2023
Isaac Milburn – Construction Management
3.53 GPA at Purdue
3.51 GPA at Eastern Kentucky from Fall 2021-Spring 2024
Keenan Spence – Selling & Sales Management
3.52 GPA at Purdue
4.0 GPA at Howard College from Fall 2021-Spring 2023
College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District and Academic All-America program underwent an overhaul in the summer of 2022. The minimum GPA requirement was raised from 3.3 to 3.5 – with freshmen remaining ineligible. Graduate students are required to have achieved a minimum 3.5 GPA during their undergraduate course work as well. Programs are now permitted to designate a selected number of eligible student-athletes to be recognized as Academic All-District. That number of honorees for baseball has been set at five per team. Academic All-America honorees are selected from the Academic All-District designees.
The Academic All-District and Academic All-America programs continue to strive to spotlight student-athletes that achieve dual success in athletic and academic accomplishments.