66 Badgers named to winter Academic All-Big Ten Team
March 18, 2026 | General News
Wisconsin student-athletes honored for academic excellence
MADISON, Wis. — A total of 66 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin's winter sports teams have been named to the 2025-26 Academic All-Big Ten team, recognizing their achievements in both academics and athletics, as announced by the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday.
Women's swimming and diving, men's hockey and wrestling all had 15 athletes recognized. Men's swimming and diving totaled 10 honorees while women's basketball posted seven and men's basketball had four student-athletes recognized.
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 fall sports), 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.Â
Isaac Gard, Grad Student, Business Analytics
Ricardo Greppi, Sophomore, Interior Architecture
Jack Janicki, Junior, Business Finance
Nolan Winter, Junior, Communication Arts
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (7)
Alison Bisballe, Sophomore, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace StudiesÂ
Lily Krahn, Senior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace StudiesÂ
Leena Patibandla, Junior, Biology
Alba Martin Mesa, Sophomore, Biology
Jovana Spasovski, Sophomore, Economics
Ronnie Porter, Senior, Human Development & Family StudiesÂ
Reese Jaramillo, Sophomore, Political Science
MEN'S HOCKEYÂ (15)
Ryan Botterill, Sophomore, Undecided
Anton Castro, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Ben Dexheimer, Senior, Personal Finance
Tyson Dyck, Senior, Personal Finance
Quinn Finley, Junior, Personal Finance
Christian Fitzgerald, Senior, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics
Jack Horbach, Senior, Personal Finance
Weston Knox, Sophomore, Educational Policy Studies
Kyle Kukkonen, Senior, Industrial Engineering
Gavin Morrissey, Sophomore, Operations & Technology Management
Joe Palodichuk, Junior, Personal Finance
Jack Phelan, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Adam Pietila, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Zach Schulz, Junior, Marketing
Simon Tassy, Senior, MSB: Business Analytics
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVINGÂ (10)
Andrew Hanson, Sophomore, Risk Management & Insurance
Nate Harris, Sophomore, Computer Science
Brayden Henkel, Sophomore, Personal Finance
Charlie Jones, Senior, Biochemistry
Jan Lanser, Senior, Kinesiology
Michael Long, Senior, Marketing
Jack Skarda, Sophomore, Economics
Lance Swanepoel, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Luukas Vainio, Junior, Data Science
Ben Wiegand, Senior, Kinesiology
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVINGÂ (15)
Stella Chapman, Sophomore, Psychology
Isabelle Enz, Junior, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics
Avery Hawker, Sophomore, Anthropology
Catherine Hughes, Sophomore, Kinesiology
Vivian Kinnard, Junior, Social Welfare
Ryane Neal, Junior, Neurobiology
Hazal Ozkan, Senior, Kinesiology
Abby Reid, Senior, Health Promotion & Health Equity
Kit Schneider, Junior, Biology
Molly Simmons, Sophomore, Nutritional Sciences
Blair Stoneburg, Senior, Civil Engineering
Anna teDuits, Senior, Elementary Education
Hailey Tierney, Junior, Biology
Abby Wanezek, Senior, Kinesiology
Maggie Wanezek, Sophomore, Psychology
WRESTLING (15)
Braxton Amos, Senior, Personal Finance
Cale Anderson, Graduate Student, Kinesiology
Elliot Biba, Sophomore, Finance, Investment & Banking
Luke Condon, Junior, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
Zan Fugitt, Junior, Life Sciences Communication
Julian George, Junior, Psychology
David Malin, Sophomore, Biology
Luke Mechler, Senior, Agricultural & Applied Economics
David Mitrovich, Junior, Nuclear Engineering
Royce Nilo, Junior, Personal Finance
Nicolar Rivera, Senior, Life Science Communication
Gannon Rosenfeld, Senior, Biochemistry
Dylan Russo, Junior, Rehabilitation Psychology
Wyatt Skebba, Sophomore, Undeclared
Joseph Zargo, Senior, Personal Finance
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