BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Big Ten Conference office released its Spring 2024 Academic All-Big Ten team with a record 243 University of Michigan student-athletes earning the distinction, including 14 Wolverines’ women’s water polo competitors. The total tops the previous record of 238 set in 2021.
Criteria for making the Academic All-Big Ten team includes being in at least their second academic year and maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
The breakdown for Michigan’s spring sports is 14 from baseball, six from men’s golf, seven from women’s golf, 34 from men’s lacrosse, 27 from women’s lacrosse, 39 from rowing, 14 from softball, seven from men’s tennis, six from women’s tennis, 34 from men’s track and field, 41 from women’s track and field and 14 from water polo. Water Polo is not a Big Ten sponsored sport as the Wolverines compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA).
Student-athletes with a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year, excluding summer school, are eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award.
2024 2024 Academic All-Big Ten (University of Michigan Water Polo)
Libby Alsemgeest (Sr., Hamilton, New Zealand, St. Cuthbert’s College) – Applied Exercise Science BS
Madie Ambrose (So., Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison) – Education Elementary ABEd
Riley Chapple ( So., Denton, Texas/Guyer) – Communication and Media BA
Lola Ciruli (Sr., Lafayette, Calif./Campolindo) – Communication and Media BA, Business Admin Minor
Claire Eusey (So., Newport Beach, Calif./Corona Del Mar) – Cognitive Science BS
Brooke Ingram (So., Santa Barbara, Calif./San Marcos) – Sport Management BA, Real Estate Development Minor
Issy Jackson (So., Auckland, New Zealand/Diocesan Schools for Girls) – Sport Management BA
Alison Lock (Sr., Ann Arbor, Mich./Skyline) – Neuroscience BS, Business Admin Minor
Sammi Monroe (Sr., Pleasant Hill, Calif./College Park) – Sport Management BA
Ashley O’Neill (Jr., Calgary, Alberta, Canada/William Aberhart) – Neuroscience BS
Kasey Umlauf (Sr., Northfield, Ill./New Trier Township) – Neuroscience BS, Philosophy Minor BS
Kata Utassy (Sr., Budapest, Hungary/Konyves Kalman Secondary School) – Communication and Media BA and Psychology BA
Grace Walsh (So., San Francisco, Calif./Saint Ignatius College Preparatory) – English BA
Fiona Young (Jr., Orinda, Calif./Miramonte) – Biology, Health, and Society BS
