A school-record 220 Northwestern student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten honors during the 2013-14 academic year, marking the fourth straight year that more than 200 Wildcats received the honor.
Sixty-five Northwestern student-athletes from six spring sports and two at-large sports earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in May, after 104 student-athletes were honored in the fall and 51 more were honored during winter.
The 220 Academic All-Big Ten awards earned by Wildcats this year represent 64 percent of Northwestern student-athletes who were eligible for the honor. In order to be eligible, student-athletes must be letter-winners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution. From that pool, those who carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher receive the award.
Northwestern-sponsored sports honored by the Big Ten and recognized during the spring season are: baseball, men’s golf, women’s golf, softball, men’s tennis, and women’s tennis. In addition, the Wildcats women’s fencing team (which competes in the Midwest Conference) and women’s lacrosse team (which competes in the American Lacrosse Conference) were also honored.
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