49 Hawkeyes Named Fall Academic All-Big Ten

Dec. 11, 2013

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Forty-nine University of Iowa student-athletes have been named to the 2013 Big Ten Fall Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from football (14), women’s soccer (nine), field hockey (nine), volleyball (nine), women’s cross country (four) and men’s cross country (four).

The nine honorees for the UI volleyball program ties a school record that was established in 2008.

The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 874 fall sports athletes. The list includes 74 field hockey players, 270 football players, 79 men’s and 142 women’s cross country runners, 81 men’s and 153 women’s soccer student-athletes and 75 volleyball players.

Twenty of these student-athletes have maintained unblemished GPAs. Two of those honorees are Iowa’s Sarah Mazur and Jocelyn Todd. Mazur, a sophomore on the women’s soccer team from LeGrange, Ill., is majoring in engineering, while Todd, a redshirt sophomore cross country runner from St. Louis, is studying biomedical engineering.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must be letterwinners and be in at least their second academic year at the institution. They must also carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Below is the list of Iowa’s Academic All-Big Ten honorees.

Football (14) Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Conor Boffeli – Sr. – Management – West Des Moines, Iowa
Cole Fisher – So. – Civil Engineering – Omaha, Neb.
George Kittle – RS Fr. – Communication Studies – Norman, Okla.
Casey Kreiter – Sr. – Science Education – DeWitt, Iowa
Jordan Lomax – So. – Economics – Upper Marlboro, Md.
Nolan MacMillan – Sr. – Philosophy/Interdepartmental Studies – Toronto, Ontario
James Morris – Sr. – Political Science – Solon, Iowa
Drew Ott – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Trumbull, Neb.
Travis Perry – So. – Communications Studies – Urbandale, Iowa
Jake Rudock – RS So. – Interdepartmental Studies – Weston, Fla.
Don Shumpert – Sr. – Leisure Studies – St. Louis, Mo.
Louis Trinca-Pasat – Jr. – Sports Studies – Chicago, Ill.
Brett Van Sloten – Sr. – Management – Decorah, Iowa
Mark Weisman – Jr. – Health and Human Physiology – Buffalo Grove, Ill.

Field Hockey (9) Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Aubrey Coleman – Sr. – Leisure Studies & Journalism/Mass Communications – Mickleton, N.J.
Brynn Gitt – Jr. – Electrical Engineering – Lumberton, N.J.
Dani Hemeon – Jr. – Human Physiology Interest – Gilroy, Calif.
Liz Leh – So. – English – East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Kelsey Mitchell – Sr. – Accounting – Berlin, N.J.
Danielle Peirson – RS Jr. – Elementary Education – Conestoga, Pa.
Niki Schultheis – Sr. – Finance – Hambury, Germany
Marike Stribos – Sr. – Finance – Brussels, Belgium
Sara Watro – Jr. – Elementary Education – Audubon, Pa.

Women’s Soccer (9) Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Brooke Backes – So. – Human Physiology Interest – Carmel, Ind.
Kiley Beck – Jr. – Speech & Hearing Science – Rockford, Ill.
Lana Bonekemper – So. – Journalism and Mass Communications – Cincinnati, Ohio
Caitlin Brown – Jr. – Health and Human Physiology/Spanish – Ann Arbor, Mich.
Ashley Catrell – Sr. – Elementary Education – Overland Park, Kan.
Marissa Hurt – Jr. – Speech and Hearing Science – Ankeny, Iowa
Sarah Mazur – So. – Engineering – LeGrange, Ill.
Alex Melin – Sr. – Elementary Education – Verona, Wis.
Katie Nasenbenny – RS Jr. – Psychology/Communications Studies – LaGrange, Ill.

Women’s Volleyball (9) Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Julianne Blomberg – So. – Pre-Medicine Chanhassen, Minn.
Grace Burns – Sr. – Health & Human Physiology – Geneva, Ill.
Katie Kelley – Jr. – Political Science – Iowa City, Iowa
Erin Leppek – Jr. – Biomedical Engineering – Rochester Hills, Mich.
Alex Lovell – Jr. – Pharmacy – Leonard, Mich.
Alli O’Deen – RS So. – Health and Human Physiology – Iowa City, Iowa
Anne Yanda – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Atlanta, Ga.
Emily Yanny – Jr. – Human Physiology – New Berlin, Wis.
Bethany Yeager – Sr. – Health & Human Physiology – Brenham, Texas

Women’s Cross Country (4) Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Shannon Maser – Sr. – Health and Human Physiology – Stillwell, Kan.
Lena Placzek – Sr. – Health and Human Physiology/Leisure Studies – Poznan, Poland
Rachel Price – RS So. – Art/Journalism and Mass Communications – Chicago, Ill.
Jocelyn Todd – RS So. – Biomedical Engineering – St. Louis, Mo.

Men’s Cross Country (4) Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Matt Butler – So. – Business – Bettendorf, Iowa
Nate Ferree – RS Fr. – Pre-Business – Appleton, Wis.
Kevin Lewis – Jr. – Electrical Engineering – Ottumwa, Iowa
Ben Witt Jr. – Health & Human Physiology – Burlington, Iowa