IOWA CITY, Iowa – Fifty-nine University of Iowa student-athletes have been named to the 2023-24 Big Ten Winter Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from men’s basketball (5), women’s basketball (10), women’s gymnastics (13), women’s swimming and diving (12) and men’s wrestling (19).
The 19 honorees for men’s wrestling are a school record, while the five men’s basketball and 13 women’s gymnastics accolades are the second most in program history. The women’s swimming and diving team’s 12 honorees are the most since 2021.
The Big Ten Conference recognized 1,032 winter sports student-athletes, including 81 men’s and 94 women’s basketball players, 58 men’s and 133 women’s gymnasts, 90 men’s hockey players, 147 men’s and 232 women’s swimmers and divers and 197 men’s wrestlers.
Thirty-five of these student-athletes have maintained unblemished cumulative GPAs, including Iowa’s Sharon Goodman (women’s basketball) and Kaia Vanney (women’s gymnastics).
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.
A complete list of Iowa’s honorees is listed below.
Men’s Basketball (5)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Josh Dix – So. – Business Standard Admission – Council Bluffs, Iowa
Carter Kingsbury – Jr. – Marketing – Ponca, Neb.
Luc Laketa – Jr. – Business Standard Admission – Concord, Mich.
Riley Mulvey – Jr. – Exercise Science – Rotterdam, N.Y.
Payton Sandfort – Jr. – Finance – Waukee, Iowa
Women’s Basketball (10)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Sydney Affolter – Jr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Chicago, Ill.
Caitlin Clark – Sr. – Marketing – West Des Moines, Iowa
Molly Davis – Sr. – Health Studies – Midland, Mich.
AJ Ediger – So. – Social Justice – Hudsonville, Mich.
Kylie Feuerbach – Sr. – Marketing – Sycamore, Ill.
Sharon Goodman – Sr. – CLAS Non-degree Student – Lime Springs, Iowa
Gabbie Marshall – Sr. – CLAS Non-degree Student – Cincinnati, Ohio
Kate Martin – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Edwardsville, Ill.
Taylor McCabe – So. – Civil Engineering – Fremont, Neb.
Addison O’Grady – Jr. – Chemical Engineering – Aurora, Colo.
Women’s Gymnastics (13)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Ella Castellanos – Sr. – Interdepartmental Studies – Cumming, Ga.
Avery Chambers – So. – Speech and Hearing Science – Lombard, Ill.
Alex Bradford – Jr. – Health Studies – Fairfield Township, Ohio
Alexa Ebeling – Jr. – Communication Studies – Adel, Iowa
Emily Erb – So. – Sport and Recreation Management – Flemington, N.J.
Adeline Kenlin – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Iowa City, Iowa
Kendall Laplante – Sr. – Health Studies – Seminole, Fla.
Bailey Libby – So. – Speech and Hearing Science – Iowa City, Iowa
Gianna Masella – So. – Interdepartmental Studies – Palm Harbor, Fla.
Aubrey Nick – Sr. – Exercise Science – Wauconda, Ill.
Marissa Rojas – Jr. – Exercise Science – Canton, Mich.
Kaia Vanney – So. – Health Studies – Redondo Beach, Calif.
Allison Zuhlke – Sr. – Enterprise Leadership – Waukesha, Wis.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (12)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Olivia Asay – So. – Sport and Recreation Management – Downers Grove, Ill.
Sarah Ballard – Sr. – Political Science – Fishers, Ind.
Maddie Black – Jr. – Communications Studies – Longmont, Colo.
Makayla Hughbanks – Jr. – Enterprise Leadership – Bettendorf, Iowa
Sabina Kupcova – So. – Sport and Recreation Management – Levice, Slovakia
Alix O’Brien – Jr. – Enterprise Leadership – Apple Valley, Minn.
Meredith O’Malley – So. – Sport and Recreation Management – Winter Garden, Fla.
Geneva Pauly – So. – Business Standard Admission – Arvada, Colo.
Anna Pfeiffer – Sr. – Exercise Science – Peosta, Iowa
Madison Stone – So. – Nursing Interest – Danville, Calif.
Leslie Wendel – So. – Business Direct Admission – Winnetka, Ill.
Lainey Woodward – So. – Business Standard Admission – Omaha, Neb.
Wrestling (19)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Drake Ayala – Jr. – Interdepartmental Studies – Fort Dodge, Iowa
Nelson Brands – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Iowa City, Iowa
Tony Cassioppi – Sr. – Finance – Roscoe, Ill.
Easton Fleshman – RS Fr. – Social Studies Education – Inwood, Iowa
Kolby Franklin – RS Fr. – Criminology, Law and Justice – DuBois, Pa.
Zach Glazier – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Albert Lea, Minn.
Joel Jesuroga – RS Fr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Pleasant Hill, Iowa
Patrick Kennedy – Jr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.
Carter Martinson – RS Fr. – History – Altoona, Iowa
Gage Marty – RS Fr. – Enterprise Leadership – Solon, Iowa
Charles Matthews – Jr. – Finance – San Mateo, Calif.
Aidan McCain – RS Fr. – Mechanical Engineering – Round Lake, Ill.
Drake Rhodes – RS Fr. – Pre-Business – Billings, Mont.
Jace Rhodes – RS Fr. – Exercise Science – Mason City, Iowa
Aiden Riggins – RS Fr. – Business Standard Admission – Janesville, Iowa
Cullan Schriever – Sr. – Finance – Mason City, Iowa
Leif Schroeder – Jr. – Social Studies Education – Bozeman, Mont.
Cade Siebrecht – RS Fr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Lisbon, Iowa
Cobe Siebrecht – Sr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Lisbon, Iowa
Brennan Swafford – Grad. Entrepreneurial Management – Mediapolis, Iowa
