Buckeyes Named to Winter Academic All-Big Ten List

ADDITIONAL INFO: Ohio State Winter 2023 Academic All-Big Ten List

COLUMBUS, Ohio – This winter, 120 Ohio State student-athletes received Academic All-Big Ten honors, the Big Ten Conference announced Thursday. In all, 1,000 student-athletes from the conference who competed in winter sports were recognized.

The 120 Ohio State winter sport athletes join 124 Buckeyes from fall sports who were recognized in December. Winter sports include men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s hockey, men’s and women’s swimming and diving and wrestling. Spring and at-large sports selections will be announced in May. Ohio State leads the league in winter honorees and joins Penn State (106) as one of the two schools with over 100 student-athletes recognized.

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 1 for winter sports), have been enrolled full time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

The women’s swimming and diving program led the Ohio State winter sports with 28 honorees, followed by the men’s swimming and diving program with 22. Men’s hockey had 18, women’s gymnastics had 17 and men’s gymnastics team wrestling had 12 each. Women’s basketball had eight and men’s basketball had three.

Amanda Ling of the women’s swimming and diving program, a teaching and learning major, was recognized as one of 22 honorees carrying a 4.0 grade point average.

Winter 2023 Academic All-Big Ten - Ohio State

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