WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics continued to make the grade as student-athletes from the fall sports season produced 89 Academic All-Big Ten honors for their academic excellence in the classroom.

Purdue set a department record during the 2021-22 school year with 265 Academic All-Big Ten honorees, including 107 from the fall season, plus 72 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 is based on a 3.7-plus yearly or cumulative GPA for sophomores and above.

Football led the way with 38 Academic All-Big Ten honorees this fall. Cross country produced 22 (13 women, 9 men). Soccer (19) and volleyball (10) both had a large majority of their award-eligible student-athletes also recognized.

Runner Ian Hunter and placekicker Mitchell Fineran earned special recognition for maintaining flawless 4.0 cumulative GPAs. Hunter has maintained his 4.0 as a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and is now pursuing a master's in computer science after graduating earlier this year with a triple major. Fineran has a 4.0 in his technology leadership and innovation graduate program at Purdue.

Among the Boilermakers recognized as an elite group of 29 student-athletes to be honored by the conference for at least the third time. Of those 29, seven are enrolled in master's programs and were recognized for the fourth time. All-Big Ten quarterback Aidan O'Connell is closing out his career as a five-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
 

3-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES Seniors/fifth-year student-athletes to be recognized at least 3 times
CROSS COUNTRY • Andrew Brandt • Meagan Hathaway • Ian Hunter (4x) • Bryce Hutchinson • John Pieper (4x) • Ellie Tate • Emma Tate SOCCER • Sydney Duarte (4x) • Hannah Lapeire • Skylurr Patrick • Leanna Rebimbas • Emma Tompkins • Chloe Woodbeck	FOOTBALL • Cam Craig • Payne Durham (4x) • Spencer Holstege • Alex Maxwell • Eric Miller (4x) • Aidan O'Connell (5x) • Cory Trice (4x) • Chris Van Eekeren • Jacob Wahlberg • Nick Zecchino VOLLEYBALL • Maddy Chinn • Emma Ellis • Madeline Koch • Megan Renner • Maddie Schermerhorn • Ava Torrance

Altogether, 55 of the 89 Boilermakers recognized this month are now multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Football had the highest percentage with 25 of its 38 honorees (66%) making the list again.

The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,619 student-athletes as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports season. That total includes 614 from football, 370 from soccer, 359 from cross country, 135 from volleyball and 141 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 compiled 4.0 cumulative GPAs

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
• Andrew Brandt – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2021, 2020)
• Alex Frey – Computer Science
• Ian Hunter – Master's in Computer Science (2021, 2020, 2019)
• Bryce Hutchinson – Chemical Engineering (2021, 2020)
• John Pieper – Environmental & Ecological Engineering (2021, 2020, 2019)
• Jason Polydoris – Mechanical Engineering
• Nathan Walker – Mathematics Education
• Caleb Williams – Visual Communication Design
• Brady Yoder – Pre-Management/General Management

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (13 – UP FROM 12 IN 2021)
• Lauren Bales – Sales & Marketing
• Sarah Busch – Industrial Design
• Gabriele Green – Brain & Behavioral Sciences
• Meagan Hathaway – Biomedical Health Sciences (2021, 2020)
• Caroline Jordan – Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (2021)
• Emma Keesling – Master's in Biological Engineering (2021)
• Leah Keesling – Food Science (2021)
• Brenna Shaw – Animal Sciences
• Emma Squires – First-Year Engineering
• Ellie Tate – Aviation Management (2021, 2020)
• Emma Tate – Kinesiology (2021, 2020)
• Payne Turney – Biochemistry (2021)
• Katelyn Wasson – Actuarial Science (2021)

FOOTBALL (38)
• Michael Alaimo – Finance (2021)
• Jack Albers – Master's in Business Analytics (2021)
• Jack Ansell – Selling & Sales Management
• Drew Biber – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Prince James Boyd Jr. – General Management
• Ryan Brandt – General Management (2021)
• Ben Buechel – General Management (2021)
• Austin Burton – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2021)
• Brandon Calloway – Selling & Sales Management
• Tristan Cox – Kinesiology
• Cam Craig – Selling & Sales Management (2021, 2020)
• Brendan Cropsey – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (2021)
• Payne Durham – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2021, 2020, 2019)
• Mitchell Fineran – Master's in in Technology Leadership & Innovation
• Ben Furtney – Chemical Engineering (2021)
• Christian Gelov – Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Gus Hartwig – Finance  (2021)
• Spencer Holstege – Master's in Business Administration (2021, 2020)
• Josh Kaltenberger – General Management (2021)
• Ben Kreul – Organizational Leadership (2021)
• Caleb Krockover – Mechanical Engineering Technology (2021)
• Caleb Lahey – General Management (2021)
• Alex Maxwell – Civil Engineering (2021, 2020)
• Eric Miller – Master's in Business Administration (2021, 2020, 2019)
• Mahamane Moussa – Undecided
• Aidan O'Connell – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018)
• Zach Richards – Selling & Sales Management
• Aaron Roberts – Kinesiology
• Andrew Sowinski – Marketing (2021)
• Jack Sullivan – Professional Flight/Aviation Management
• Khordae Sydnor – Financial Counseling & Planning
• Nick Taylor – Biomedical Health Sciences (2021)
• Cory Trice – Master's in Technology Leadership & Innovation (2021, 2020, 2019)
• Chris Van Eekeren – Agribusiness (2021, 2020)
• Ben Van Noord – Political Science
• Jacob Wahlberg – Master's in Communication Leadership (2021, 2020)
• Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen – General Management (2021)
• Nick Zecchino – Master's in Strategic Communication Management (2021, 2020)

SOCCER (19)
• Sydney Boudreau – Civil Engineering
• Kelsi Carrico – Public Health
• Elizabeth Droner – Psychological Sciences
• Sydney Duarte – Master's in Strategic Communication Management (2021, 2020, 2019)
• Gabby Hollar – Psychological Sciences (2021)
• Lauren Holleran – Selling & Sales Management
• Sydney Hunt – Pre-Finance
• Megan Hutchinson – Kinesiology
• Callie Ingram – Nutrition & Dietetics (2021)
• Nicole Kevdzija – Electrical Engineering (2021)
• Victoria Kevdzija – Mechanical Engineering (2021)
• Hannah Lapeire – Public Health (2021, 2020)
• Hannah Martin – Accounting (2021)
• Emily Mathews – Mechanical Engineering (2021)
• Skylurr Patrick – Master's in Selling & Sales Management (2021, 2020)
• Leanna Rebimbas – Doctor of Pharmacy (2021, 2020)
• Abigail Roy – Integrated Business & Engineering
• Emma Tompkins – Brain & Behavioral Sciences (2021, 2020)
• Chloe Woodbeck – Marketing (2021, 2020)

VOLLEYBALL (10)
• Maddy Chinn – Health Science Pre-Professional/Pre-Dentistry (2021, 2020)
• Raven Colvin – Accounting
• Emma Ellis – Animal Sciences: Pre-Veterinarian (2021, 2020)
• Ali Hornung – Hospitality & Tourism Management
• Madeline Koch – Brain & Behavioral Sciences/Sociology (2021, 2020)
• Emily Rastovski – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Med
• Megan Renner – Biomedical Health Sciences: Pre-Physician Assistant (2021, 2020)
• Maddie Schermerhorn – Kinesiology (2021, 2020)
• Ava Torrance – Hospitality & Tourism Management (2021, 2020)
• Sydney Yim – Elementary Education