Academic All-Big Ten - Wrestling

[npope]

The Badgers acquitted themselves rather nicely on the academic all-Big Ten list

Wisconsin:
Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) Jr. Business
Cole Martin (Wisconsin) So. Kinesiology
Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) Sr. Kinesiology
Eric Peissig (Wisconsin) Sr. Biological Systems Engineering
Mason Reinhardt (Wisconsin) So. Pre-nursing
TJ Ruschell (Wisconsin) Sr. Education Leadership And Policy Analysis
Eli Stickley (Wisconsin) So. Agricultural And Life Sciences
Ben Stone (Wisconsin) So. Agricultural And Life Sciences

[woody53]

Very nice to see. You go to College to get an Education. If you are good enough and Lucky enough, you get to wrestle.

[Micah]

This a great list to be on!

[dad 2 5]

Impressive guys. Keep up the great work in the classroom and on the mat !

[Ghetto]

Can we get more guys to go into Education, like TJ Ruschell? District administrators with wrestling backgrounds would be great.

Congratulations to all of these guys. Very impressive.

[TomM]

Wisconsin places 47 Badgers on winter Academic All-Big
Posted: Thu 4:39 PM, Mar 23, 2017
         
MADISON, Wis. – Forty-seven student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin were named to the winter Academic All-Big Ten teams, the Big Ten Conference office announced on Wednesday.

Leading the way for the winter sports was women's swimming and diving, which had 15 student-athletes honored. Men's swimming and diving and wrestling both had eight honorees while men's hockey had seven student-athletes recognized. Men's basketball (6) and women's basketball (3) rounded out the winter honor teams.

Women's swimming and diving All-Americans Marissa Berg, Abby Jagdfeld, Chase Kinney, Ashley Peterson, Emmy Sehmann, and Jess Unicomb also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Wrestling All-American Connor Medbery was also recognized for his work in the classroom.

Several All-Big Ten honorees also earned academic recognition. Hockey player Luke Kunin, basketball players Nigel Hayes and Zak Showalter as well as swimmer Matt Hutchins were all named to the honor team.

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

Men's Basketball (6)
Vitto Brown Sr. Life Sciences Communication Bowling Green, Ohio
Matt Ferris Sr. Business Finance & Investment Banking Appleton, Wis.
Nigel Hayes Sr. Business Finance & Investment Banking Toledo, Ohio
Aaron Moesch Jr. Business Finance & Management Green Bay, Wis.
Brevin Pritzl So. Undeclared De Pere, Wis.
Zak Showalter Sr. Business Finance & Risk Management Germantown, Wis.

Women's Basketball (3)
Malayna Johnson Jr. Rehabilitation Psychology Bellwood, Ill.
Ashley Kelsick So. Economics Palmdale, Calif.
Taylor Kuhn Sr. Kinesiology Medford, Wis.

Men's Hockey (7)
Aidan Cavallini Sr. Finance, Investment & Banking Barrington, Ill.
Jake Bunz So. Real Estate & Urban Land Economics Middleton, Wis.
Tim Davison Sr. Personal Finance De Pere, Wis.
Jason Ford Jr. Finance, Investment & Banking Waunakee, Wis.
Luke Kunin So. Community and Non-Profit Leadership Chesterfield, Mo.
Jedd Soleway Sr. Journalism Vernon, B.C.
Matt Ustaski Jr. Communication Arts Glenview, Ill.

Men's Swimming & Diving (8)
Matt Aronson So. Environmental Studies Ivyland, Pa.
Matt Hutchins Sr. History Christchurch, New Zealand
Anthony Lyons Jr. Sociology Calgary, Alberta
Sean Maloney Sr. Accounting Canberra, Australia
Todd McCarthy Jr. Mechanical Engineering Bellevue, Wash.
Andrew Pearce So. Journalism San Francisco, Calif.
Jonathan Salomon So. Civil Engineering Glenview, Ill.
Harrison Tran Sr. Economics Frisco, Texas

Women's Swimming & Diving (15)
Marissa Berg Jr. Human Development & Family Studies Monticello, Wis.
Madison Blaydes Sr. Psychology/Gender & Women's Studies Vernon Hills, Ill.
Maria Carlson Sr. Civil Engineering Livermore, Calif.
Gabriella Comunale So. Biochemistry Plantation, Fla.
Dana Grindall Sr. Human Development & Family Studies Orange, Conn.
Alexandra Hafey So. Animal Sciences Arvada, Colo.
Madeline Hazle Sr. Biology/History of Science, Medicine & Techno Klingwood, Texas
Hazel Hertting So. Food Science Appleton, Wis.
Abby Jagdfeld Sr. Microbiology Mukwonago, Wis.
Chase Kinney Sr. Biology Canton, Ohio
Maddie Martin Jr. Political Science Madison, Wis.
Ashley Peterson Sr. Human Development & Family Studies Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Emmy Sehmann So. Kinesiology Bowling Green, Ohio
Jess Unicomb So. Undeclared Gold Coast, Australia
Grace Wold Sr. Sociology/Gender & Women's Studies Mercer Island, Wash.

Wrestling (8)
Andrew Crone Jr. Business Delafield, Wis.
Cole Martin So. Kinesiology Woodinville, Wash.
Connor Medbery Sr. Kinesiology Loveland, Colo.
Eric Peissig Sr. Biological Systems Engineering Menomonie Wis.
Mason Reinhardt So. Pre-nursing Merrill, Wis.
TJ Ruschell Sr. Education Leadership and Policy Analysis Crittenden, Ky.
Eli Stickley So. Agricultural and Life Sciences Urbana, Ohio
Ben Stone So. Agricultural and Life Sciences Cumberland, Wis.

[MNbadger]

Ghetto, Look at their majors.  Wrestlers are very pragmatic.  They can't afford to go into education as compared to their earning potential looking at their areas.  
I can't remember the last time I saw an Education major wrestling at the U of MN. (there has been a very few and of them many end up doing something else anyway).
When you look at their majors, there is no way they are going into Ed.
I speak with college coaches all the time about this and they even tell me that they tell their wrestlers the same.  It is/will only get worse unless something changes drastically.

[Ghetto]

Apparently it's not just wrestlers. There is one education major in the entire list.

[MNbadger]

True.

[bigG]

Even in education, you have to go to admin. for any $. I notice a lot of wrestlers in admin. Cool to see Doug Parker (Parkside) at a conference. He was talkin' ACP as the principal at Whitewater. Hard to coach wrestling and carry those loads.