IOWA CITY, Iowa — Seventy-three University of Iowa student-athletes have been named to the 2020-21 Big Ten Winter Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from men’s basketball (4), women’s basketball (9), men’s gymnastics (6), women’s gymnastics (11), men’s swimming and diving (15), women’s swimming and diving (15), and wrestling (13).
The Big Ten Conference recognized 1,130 winter sports student-athletes, including 81 men’s and 89 women’s basketball players, 79 men’s and 114 women’s gymnasts, 103 men’s hockey players, 189 men’s and 285 women’s swimmers and divers and 190 wrestlers. Twenty-four of these student-athletes have maintained unblemished cumulative GPAs, including Iowa women’s gymnasts Allie Gilchrist and Allyson Steffensmeier.
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 (4)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Michael Baer – Sr. – Management – Bettendorf, Iowa
Connor McCaffery – RS Jr. – Finance – North Liberty, Iowa
Jack Nunge RS So. – Accounting – Newburgh, Ind.
Joe Wieskamp – Jr. – Finance – Muscatine, Iowa
Women’s Basketball (9)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Logan Cook – Jr. – Human Physiology – Iowa City, Iowa
Monika Czinano – Jr. – Biology – Watertown, Minn.
Gabbie Marshall – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Mason, Ohio
Kate Martin – So. – Sport and Recreation Management – Glen Carbon, Ill.
Megan Meyer – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Mason City, Iowa
Zion Sanders – Sr. – Psychology – Evansville, Ind.
Alexis Sevillian – Sr. – Social Work – Goodrich, Mich.
Tomi Taiwo – Jr. – Biology – Fishers, Ind.
McKenna Warnock – So. – Human Physiology – Cottage Grove, Wis.
Men’s Gymnastics (6)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Evan Davis – Jr. – Art – Houston, Texas
Drew Helberg – Jr. – Business Analytics and Information Systems – Spring, Texas
Peyton Hobson – Jr. – Industrial Engineering – Salem, Ore.
Noah Scigliano – Jr. – Biomedical Sciences – Des Moines, Iowa
Amari Sewell – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Landover, Md.
Alexander Walther – Sr. – Industrial Engineering – Chanhassen, Minn.
Women’s Gymnastics (11)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Erin Castle – Sr. – Communication Studies – Boone, Iowa
Allie Gilchrist – Jr. – Accounting – Norwalk, Iowa
Alex Greenwald – Jr. – Human Physiology – Coral Springs, Fla.
Lauren Guerin – Jr. – Health & Human Physiology – Austin, Texas
Emma Hartzler – Sr. – Health & Human Physiology – Marion, Iowa
Clair Kaji – Sr. – Social Work – Vancouver, Canada
Bridget Killian – Jr. – Health & Human Physiology – Wheaton, Ill.
Ellie Rogers – So. – Psychology – Sportsylvania, Va
Allyson Steffensmeier – Jr. Biomedical Sciences – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Carina Tolan – Jr. – Health & Human Physiology – Tinley Park, Ill.
Mackenzie Vance – Jr. – Human Physiology – Buda, Texas
Men’s Swimming & Diving (15)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Jackson Allmon – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Council Bluffs, Iowa
Mateusz Arndt – Jr. – Health & Human Physiology – Gdynia, Poland
Dolan Craine – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Carver, Minn.
Anze Fers Erzen – Jr. – Health & Human Physiology – Ljbljana, Slovenia
Anton Hoherz – Sr. – Music – Spring, Texas
Evan Holt – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Kearney, Mo.
Michael Huebner – So. – Psychology – Kearney, Neb.
Sergey Kuznetsov – So. – Art – Espoo, Finland
Will Myhre – So. – Enterprise Leadership – St. Charles, Ill.
Mohamed Neuman – So. – Business – Alexandria, Egypt
Thomas Pederson – Sr. – Health & Human Physiology – Minnetonka, Minn.
Jonatan Posligua – Sr. – Astronomy – Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ryan Purdy – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Glenview, Ill.
Tom Schab – Sr. – Art – Fresno, Calif.
Daniel Swanepoel – Sr. – Mechanical Engineering – Cape Town, South Africa
Women’s Swimming & Diving (15)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Georgia Clark – So. – Health and Human Physiology – Kansas City, Mo.
Kelsey Drake – Sr. – Industrial Engineering – Marion, Iowa
Taylor Hartley – Jr. – Health & Human Physiology – Fort Dodge, Iowa
Lexi Horner – Sr. – Health & Human Physiology – Johnston, Iowa
Christina Kaufman – So. – Business Analytics and Information Systems – Oak Brook, Ill.
Julia Koluch – So. – Sport and Recreation Management – Zelechow, Poland
Lauren McDougall – Jr. – Environmental Engineering – Sydney, Australia
Sage Ohlensehlen – Sr. – English & Creative Writing – Bettendorf, Iowa
Aleksandra Olesiak – So. – Human Physiology – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Claire Park – Sr. – Elementary Education – Bettendorf, Iowa
Macy Rink – So. – Human Physiology – Bloomington, Ill.
Sarah Schemmel – Sr. – Speech & Hearing Sciences – Durant, Iowa
Sam Tamborski – Jr. – Political Science – Castle Rock, Colo.
Alleyna Thomas – Jr. – Nursing – Iowa City, Iowa
Ariel Wooden – Jr. – English and Creative Writing – Chino Hills, Calif.
Wrestling (13)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Zach Axmear – Sr. – Finance – North English, Iowa
Tony Cassioppi – So. – Mathematics – Roscoe, Ill.
Connor Corbin – Sr. – Biology – Des Moines, Iowa
Aaron Costello – Sr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Dubuque, Iowa
Zach Glazier – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Albert Lea, Minn.
Michael Kemerer – Sr. – Finance – Murrysville, Pa.
Spencer Lee – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Murrysville, Pa.
Alex Marinelli – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Miamisburg, Ohio
Max Murin – Jr. – Criminology, Law & Justice – Edensburg, Pa.
Cobe Siebrecht – So. – Enterprise Leadership – Lisbon, Iowa
Justin Stickley – Sr. – Management – Urbana, Ohio
Jacob Warner – Jr. – Finance – Tolono, Ill.
Kaleb Young – Sr. – Human Physiology, Civil and Environmental Engineering – Punxsutawkney, Pa.