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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Forty-five University of Iowa student-athletes have been named to the 2022-23 Big Ten Winter Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from men’s basketball (5), women’s basketball (11), women’s gymnastics (9), women’s swimming and diving (6) and wrestling (14).
The 11 women’s basketball honorees are the most in school history, while men’s basketball’s five selections are tied for the second most in program history.
The Big Ten Conference recognized 1,000 winter sports student-athletes, including 67 men’s and 83 women’s basketball players, 59 men’s and 132 women’s gymnasts, 85 men’s hockey players, 141 men’s and 237 women’s swimmers and divers and 196 wrestlers. Twenty-two of these student-athletes have maintained unblemished cumulative GPAs, including Iowa’s Sharon Goodman (women’s basketball) and Cullan Schriever (wrestling).
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 1 for winter sports, who have been enrolled fulltime at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Men’s Basketball (5)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Carter Kingsbury – So. – Sport Studies – Ponca, Neb.
Luc Laketa – So. – Pre-Business – Concord, Mich.
Connor McCaffery – Grad. – CLAS Non-degree student – North Liberty, Iowa
Riley Mulvey – So. – Exercise Science – Rotterdam, N.Y.
Payton Sandfort – Jr. – Business Direct Admission – Waukee, Iowa
Women’s Basketball (11)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Sydney Affolter – So. Exercise Science – Chicago, Ill.
Caitlin Clark – Jr. – Marketing – West Des Moines, Iowa
Monika Czinano – Sr. – Biology – Watertown, Minn.
AJ Ediger – So. – Social Justice – Hudsonville, Mich.
Kyle Feuerbach – Sr. – Marketing – Sycamore, Ill.
Sharon Goodman – Sr. – Health Studies – Lime Springs, Iowa
Gabby Marshall – Sr. – Health Studies – Cincinnati, Ohio
Kate Martin – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Edwardsville, Ill.
Addison O’Grady – Jr. – Chemical Engineering – Aurora, Colo.
McKenna Warnock – Sr. – Human Physiology – Madison, Wis.
Shateah Wetering – Jr. – Environmental Sciences – Montezuma, Iowa
Women’s Gymnastics (9)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Alex Bradford – So. – Health Studies – Fairfield Township, Ohio
Alexa Ebeling – So. – Communication Studies – Adel, Iowa
Adeline Kenlin – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Iowa City, Iowa
Kendall Laplante – Sr. – Health Studies – Seminole, Fla.
Kareena Mcsweeny – Jr. – Human Physiology – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Aubrey Nick – Jr. – Exercise Science – Wauconda, Ill.
Ellie Rogers – Sr. – Psychology – Sportsylvania, Va
Marissa Rojas – So. – Exercise Science – Canton, Mich.
Allison Zuhlke – Jr. – Enterprise Leadership – Waukesha, Wis.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (6)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Sarah Ballard – Sr. – Political Science – Fishers, Ind.
Maddie Black – Jr. – Communications Studies – Longmont, Colo.
Claire Hartley – Jr. – Communications Studies – Omaha, Neb.
Makayla Hughbanks – So. – Enterprise Leadership – Bettendorf, Iowa
Aleksandra Olesiak – Sr. – Human Physiology – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Anna Pfeiffer – Sr. – Exercise Science – Peosta, Iowa
Wrestling (14)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Drake Ayala – So. – Pre-business – Fort Dodge, Iowa
Drew Bennett – Sr. – Economics – Fort Dodge, Iowa
Nelson Brands – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Iowa City, Iowa
Tony Cassioppi – Sr. – Finance – Roscoe, Ill.
Zach Glazier – So. – Sport & Recreation Management – Albert Lea, Minn.
Joe Kelly – Sr. – Entrepreneurial Management – West Liberty, Iowa
Patrick Kennedy – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.
Charles Matthews – Jr. – Finance – San Mateo, Calif.
Max Murin – Sr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Edensburg, Pa.
Cullan Schriever – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Mason City, Iowa
Leif Schroeder – Jr. – Social Studies Education – Bozeman, Mont.
Cobe Siebrecht – Sr. – Enterprise Leadership – Lisbon, Iowa
Brennan Swafford – Sr. – Art – Mediapolis, Iowa
Jacob Warner – Sr. – Business Analytics – Tolono, Ill.
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