Track & Field Posts 41 Academic All-Big Ten Honors

Lincoln – The Big Ten Conference announced its spring Academic-All Big Ten teams on Wednesday. A total of 41 members of the Nebraska track and field team were honored.

Sophomore Angela Mercurio received special recognition with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. Mercurio, a long and triple jumper from Kitchener, Ontario, is majoring in biochemistry. 

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

The conference office will also present the Distinguished Scholar Award in July. Students eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letterwinners in at least their second year in residence at their institution. Qualifying students must have earned a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year, excluding summer school. The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award was established by conference Faculty Representatives as an addition to the conference's Academic All-Big Ten program.

Academic All-Big Ten
Men
Oladapo Akinmoladun, Sr. (Nutrition Science/Microbiology)
Grant Anderson, Jr. (Marketing)
Landon Bartel, Jr. (Classics & Religious Studies)
Nick Bartels, Jr. (Mechanical Engineering)
Nolan Border, Sr. (Nutrition Science)
Sam Bransby, Jr. (Elementary Education)
Kaiwan Culmer, So. (Construction Management)
Craig Driver, Sr. (Nutrition Science)
Guy Fenske, Sr. (Nutrition, Exercise & Health Science)
Jed Fenske, Sr. (Nutrition, Exercise & Health Science)
Matt Gilbert, Sr. (Accounting/Actuarial Science/Finance)
Levi Gipson, Sr. (Nutrition, Exercise & Health Science)
Cam Holmes, Jr. (Biological Sciences)
Mate Koroknai, Sr. (Electrical Engineering)
Patrick Letz, Sr. (Civil Engineering)
Moujtaba Mohammed, So. (Civil Engineering)
Andy Neal, Jr. (Mechanical Engineering)
Jacob Olson, Sr. (Chemical Engineering)
Sean Pille, Sr. (Elementary Education)
Austin Post, Jr. (Biological Sciences)
Cody Rush, Sr. (Nutrition Science)
Drew Wiseman, Jr. (Electrical Engineering)

Women
Paula Andrie, Sr. (Biological Systems Engineering)
Melanie Blum, Sr. (Forensic Science)
Karlye Cygan, So. (Biological Sciences)
Reka Czuth, So. (Marketing)
Kristen Dowell, Jr. (Elementary Education)
Haley Harsin, Jr. (Biological Sciences)
Kari Heck, Sr. (Biological Systems Engineering)
Danielle Jones, Sr. (Criminology & Criminal Justice)
Megan Lush, Sr. (Biological Systems Engineering)
Allexis Menghini, Jr. (Psychology)
Angela Mercurio, So. (Biochemistry)
Karolina Pahlitzsch, So. (Psychology)
Katrina Santiago, So. (Animal Science)
Tristen Sharp, Sr. (Special Education 7‐12)
Bonnie Smith, Sr. (Elementary Education)
Morgan Smith, So. (Psychology)
Toni Tupper, So. (Mathematics Education 7‐12)
Tierra Williams, Jr. (Child, Youth & Family Studies)
Morgan Woitzel, Sr. (Child, Youth & Family Studies)

Bold = 4.0 GPA