Record 59 Winter Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-Big Ten

Record 59 Winter Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-Big Ten

Mar 17 | General, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Women's Gymnastics, Women's Swimming & Diving, Wrestling, Scarlet Knights for Life™

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – A school-record 59 Rutgers student-athletes were recognized by the Big Ten Conference as Winter 2021 Academic All-Conference on Wednesday after a record-setting 123 were honored by the league in the fall. Among the winter honorees are 18 repeat selections and 12 three-time selections.

Rutgers' three-time Big Ten All-Academic honorees include Geo Baker, Myles Johnson and Luke Nathan from men's basketball, Mael Gilles from women's basketball, Lauren Boone from women's swimming and diving, Emily Drauss and Belle Huang from gymnastics and Brett Donner, Zach Firestone, Joseph Grello, Shane Metzler and Michael VanBrill from wrestling. Firestone and Jenna Douglass (diving) maintained perfect 4.0 GPAs during the semester.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students-athletes must have been enrolled full-time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

Men's Basketball (11)
Geo Baker, Sr., Human Resource Management ***
Nick Brooks, Sr., Human Resource Management **
Ron Harper Jr., Jr., Journalism and Media Studies
Myles Johnson, Sr., Electrical and Computer Engineering ***
Daniel Lobach, So., Psychology
Montez Mathis, Jr., Africana Studies
Caleb McConnell, Jr., Africana Studies
Paul Mulcahy, So., Human Resource Management
Luke Nathan, Sr., Marketing ***
Oskar Palmquist, So., Undeclared
Jacob Young, Gr., Labor Studies and Employment Relations

Women's Basketball (6)
Zipporah Broughton, Jr., Environmental and Business Economics **
Mael Gilles, Sr., Communication ***
Stephanie Guihon, Sr., Criminal Justice **
Arella Guirantes, Gr., Global Sports Business
Joiya Maddox, So., Exercise Science
Tyia Singleton, Jr., Africana Studies

Swimming & Diving (17)
Lily Black, Sr., Environmental Sciences **
Sam Blanc, So., Exercise Science
Lauren Boone, Sr., Journalism and Media Studies ***
Delaney Carey, Sr., Industrial Engineering **
Sofia Chichaikina, So., Information Technology
Megan Demeo, Jr., Exercise Science **
Katie Dougherty, Jr., Public Health **
Jenna Douglass, Jr., Chemical Engineering **
Kasja Dymek, Jr., Pharmacy **
Giulia Ghidini, So., Cognitive Science
Federica Greco, Sr., Human Resource Management **
Aleksandra Ignatova, So., Communication
Simone Lusby, Jr. Human Resource Management **
Erin Murphy, Jr. Public Health **
Eleonora Trentin, Jr., Nutritional Science **
Daniela Vega, So., Journalism and Media Studies
Yael Weber, Jr., Accounting

Gymnastics (14)
Sophia Atienza, Sr., Public Health **
Kaitlyn Bertola, So., Journalism And Media Studies
Kiera Doherty-Herwitz, Jr., Exercise Science **
Emily Drauss, Sr., Materials Science And Engineering ***
Jordyn Duffield, So., Criminal Justice
Jenna Ferguson, So., Exercise Science
Lizzy Henshall, So., Sport Management
Belle Huang, Sr., Biological Sciences ***
Hannah Joyner, So., Criminal Justice
Abigail Karolewski, Jr., Journalism And Media Studies
Sage Littlejohn, Jr., Journalism And Media Studies
Alexis Rogers, So., Sport Management
Toni Williams, Sr., Sport Management **
Jordyn Zieden-Weber, So., Public Health

Wrestling (11)
Gerard Angelo, So., Human Resource Management & Labor Studies
JoJo Aragona, So., Psychology
Devon Britton, So., Human Resource Management
Christian Colucci, Gr., Labor Studies and Employment Relations **
Brett Donner, Sr., Sport Management & Labor Studies ***
Zach Firestone, Gr., Human Resource Management ***
Andrew Gapas, Jr., Psychology
Joseph Grello, Gr., Labor Studies and Employment Relations ***
Shane Metzler, Sr., Human Resource Management & Labor Studies ***
Nick Santos, Jr., Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Michael VanBrill, Sr., Human Resource Management & Labor Studies ***