Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, December 10, 2014
The Big Ten Conference on Wednesday recognized a total of 977 fall sports student-athletes who have been named to the Academic All-Conference team.
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The list of honored student-athletes features 91 field hockey players, 299 football players, 77 men?s and 153 women?s cross country runners, 88 men?s and 170 women?s soccer players and 99 volleyball players. 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.
At least 26 of these student-athletes have maintained unblemished cumulative GPAs:
| Name | School | Sport | Year | Major |
| Alia Abu-Douleh | Illinois | Women's Soccer | So. | Architectural Studies |
| Chi Chi Ariguzo | Northwestern | Football | Gr. | Master's in Sports Administration |
| David Berry | Michigan State | Men's Cross Country | So. | Premedical |
| Katie Dutchman | Northwestern | Volleyball | Gr. | School of Professional Studies |
| Morgan Dye | Indiana | Field Hockey | So. | Finance |
| Emily Fraik | Maryland | Volleyball | Jr. | Engineering: Chemical |
| Lisa Gordon | Iowa | Women's Cross Country | Jr. | Speech & Hearing Science |
| Maggie Halloran | Michigan State | Volleyball | Jr. | Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science |
| Lane Hovey | Nebraska | Football | Sr. | Business Administration |
| Nicole Imbriaco | Rutgers | Field Hockey | Jr. | Finance and Business Analytics |
| Allison Lunau | Michigan State | Women's Cross Country | So. | Supply Chain Management |
| Sarah Mazur | Iowa | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Electrical Engineering |
| Minori Minagawa | Ohio State | Women's Cross Country | Jr. | Exercise Science |
| Margaret Morash | Rutgers | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Genetics |
| Kayla Morin | Northwestern | Volleyball | So. | Undeclared |
| Alana O'Mara | Michigan State | Women's Cross Country | So. | Lyman Briggs College |
| Kathleen Rodden | Penn State | Women's Cross Country | Sr. | Kinesiology |
| Hope Schmelzle | Purdue | Women's Cross Country | So. | Human Services/Health Care |
| Jessy Silfer | Iowa | Field Hockey | So. | Human Physiology |
| Paige Tapp | Minnesota | Volleyball | So. | Pre-Major-Carlson School of Management |
| Austin Teitsma | Illinois | Football | Sr. | Recreation, Sport and Tourism |
| Jocelyn Todd | Iowa | Women's Cross Country | Jr. | Biomedical Engineering |
| Kaitlyn Willette | Ohio State | Women's Cross Country | So. | Communication |
| Brian Winterfield | Michigan State | Men's Soccer | So. | Finance |
| Samantha Zishka | Iowa | Women's Cross Country | So. | Health & Human Physiology |
| Garret Zuk | Michigan State | Men's Cross Country | So. | Mathematics |
The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the winter and spring seasons and will present the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year. Student-athletes eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letterwinners in at least their second year in residence at their institution. Qualifying student-athletes 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.
