University of Michigan Women’s Water Polo Places 10 on 2020 Spring & At-Large Sports Academic All-Big Ten List

Jun 10, 2020

CHICAGO, Ill. — 10 members of the University of Michigan women’s water polo team earned 2020 Spring & At-Large Sports Academic All-Big Ten honors.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 12 for spring sports, who have been enrolled fulltime at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

A total of 17 water polo players were recognized by the Big Ten with Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) member institution Indiana University garnering seven spots to trail the Wolverines.

Sophie Jackson (So. West Yorkshire, England/The Crossley Health Grammar School), Ava Morrant (So., Maple Ridge, B.C./Maple Ridge Secondary School), Maddie O’Reilly (Jr., Villanova, Pa./The Episcopal Academy), Sofie Pontre (Jr., Perth, Western Australia/Santa Maria College), Skyler Pyle (Sr., Long Beach, Calif./Mater Dei), Emily Ritner (Jr., Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar), Heidi Ritner (Sr., Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar), Isabelle Rocco (So., Naperville, Ill./Naperville North), Kathy Rogers (Jr., New Forest, England/Trinity School) and Sidney Vranesh (So., Moraga, Calif./Campolindo) all garnered recognition for their academic performance.

Overall, the Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 2,055 students competing in spring and at-large sports who have been named to the Academic All-Conference team. The list of honorees features 178 individuals in baseball, 140 in softball, 261 in women’s rowing, 75 in men’s and 84 in women’s golf, 127 in men’s and 152 in women’s lacrosse, 73 in both men’s and women’s tennis, 267 in men’s and 369 in women’s track and field and 78 in men’s at-large sports (representing fencing, rifle and pistol, rowing and volleyball) and 178 in women’s at-large sports (representing bowling, fencing, ice hockey, lightweight rowing, rifle and pistol, sand volleyball, synchronized swimming and water polo).