18 Terps Garner Big Ten All-Academic Honors
3/24/2016 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Wrestling, Gymnastics, The Barry & Mary Gossett Center for Acad
Big Ten Release
ROSEMONT, Ill. – 18 student-athletes from the University of Maryland men's basketball, women's basketball, gymnastics and wrestling programs were named Big Ten Winter All-Academic selections in a release made by the conference offices Wednesday afternoon.
“Our student-athletes have worked incredibly hard to achieve this prestigious honor,” said director of athletics Kevin Anderson. “We are extremely proud of the continued success of our student-athletes, who commit themselves on a daily basis both in the classroom and on the playing field.”
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 grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Senior Varun Ram of the men's basketball team holds a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average, one of just 12 student-athletes in the league on the academic all-conference list. He was the only men's basketball player in the conference to maintain an unblemished GPA.
The Big Ten recognized a total of 780 students who competed in winter sports from all 14 member institutions (track & field is acknowledged in the spring).
ALL-ACADEMIC BIG TEN
| Men's Basketball (4) | |||
| Trevor Anzmann | Sr. | Aerospace Engineering | Westminster, Md. |
| Kent Auslander | So. | Criminal Justice | Herndon, Va. |
| Michal Cekovsky | So. | Letters and Sciences | Kosice, Slovakia |
| Varun Ram | Sr. | Supply Chain Management | Clarksville, Md. |
| Women's Basketball (6) | |||
| Kristen Confroy | So. | Physiology & Neurobiology | Solon, Ohio |
| Malina Howard | Sr. | Kinesiology | Twinsburg, Ohio |
| Brionna Jones | Jr. | Kinesiology | Havre de Grace, Md. |
| Kiara Leslie | So. | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Holly Springs, N.C. |
| Chloe Pavlech | Sr. | Journalism | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Tierney Pfirman | Sr. | Family Science | Williamsport, Pa. |
| Gymnastics (4) | |||
| Abbie Epperson | So. | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Allen, Texas |
| Sarah Faller | Jr. | Studio Art | Raleigh, N.C. |
| Leah Slobodin | Jr. | Finance | Alexandria, Va. |
| Kathy Tang | Sr. | Kinesiology | Agawam, Mass. |
| Wrestling (4) | |||
| Michael Beck | So. | Computer Science | Ellicott City, Md. |
| Derrick Evanovich | Sr. | Agricultural & Resource Economics | Venetia, Pa. |
| Tyler Manion | Sr. | Management | McDonald, Pa. |
| Billy Rappo | Sr. | Economics | Holland, Pa. |
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