Forty-nine Spartans named Academic All-Big Ten

The Big Ten announced its Academic All-Conference selections from winter sports on Wednesday, and 49 Spartans were honored. 

According to the Big Ten: "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."

Here are the total number of honorees per school. The numbers are wide-ranging because not every school sponsors every sport

Illinois: 47

Indiana: 52

Iowa: 63

Michigan: 60

MSU: 49

Minnesota: 67

Nebraska: 48

Northwestern: 44

Ohio State: 59

Penn State: 63

Purdue: 51

Wisconsin: 20

The MSU honorees are:

Men's basketball:

Dan Chapman, Physiology

Adreian Payne, Marketing 

Men's swimming & diving:

Brian Akers, Psychology 

Jacob Austermann, General Management

Cameron Bartlett, Construction Management 

Patrick Falconer, Social Science Education 

Andrew Goins, Applied Engineering Sciences 

Tyler Groskopf, Psychology 

Jacob Jarzen, Human Biology 

Jason Lintjer, Social Science Education

Nick McGowan, Finance 

Nick Roberts, Chemistry 

Mark Schramm, Kinesiology 

Sam Schulze, Pre‐Nursing 

Michael Uggeri, Mechanical Engineering

Women's basketball:

Taylor Alton, Animal Science 

Klarissa Bell, Education 

Tracy Nogle, Kinesiology 

Women's gymnastics:

Jackie Berg, Nutritional Science 

Alyssa Brennan, Kinesiology 

Sarena Bumbarger, Pre‐Dental 

Gillian Carr, Undeclared 

Daneen Haba, Kinesiology

Dani Levy, Criminal Justice 

Taira Neal, Criminal Justice 

Alex Pace, Kinesiology 

Selina Rodriguez, Nursing 

Women's swimming & diving:

Lauren Baisden, Kinesiology 

Sarah Clay, Nursing

Sarah Falconer, Political Science 

Samantha Hilk, Mechanical Engineering 

Jordan Jackson, Kinesiology 

Laura Leslie, Human Biology

Morgan Piasecki, Health Study 

Alexandra Pierce, Psychology

Jennifer Rusch, Accounting

Brooke Sauchak, Kinesiology 

Kerry Sodonis, Communicative Science & Disorders

Summer Strickler, Marketing 

Jessica Wellick, Hospitality Business 

Whitney Woodbridge, English

Wrestling:

Bryant Craft, Finance 

Tyler Dickenson, Human Biology 

Andrew Ermatinger, Finance 

Eric Ford, Agribusiness Management 

Curran Jacobs, Theater 

Nick Kaczanowski, Political Science

Kevin Nash, Pre‐Medicine

John Rizqallah, Political Science