Academic all-Big Ten (with Iowa info)

Big Ten released all-academic teams today.

Here are the Hawkeye footballers on the list:

Steve Bigach, Iowa Sr. Human Physiology & Mathematics Cleveland, Ohio

Eric Guthrie, Iowa Sr. Psychology Nevada, Iowa

Casey Kreiter, Iowa So. Science Education/Secondary Education DeWitt, Iowa

James Morris, Iowa So. Open Major Solon, Iowa

Nick Nielsen, Iowa Sr. Management Humboldt, Iowa

Tyler Nielsen, Iowa Sr. Marketing Humboldt, Iowa

Woody Orne, Iowa Sr. Interdepartmental Studies Fairfield, Iowa

Terrance Pryor, Iowa Sr. Anthropology South Holland, Ill.

Steven Staggs, Iowa Sr. Health & Sports Studies Oskaloosa, Iowa

Kyle Steinbrecher, Iowa Sr. Economics Davenport, Iowa

Jack Swanson, Iowa Sr. Computer Science Naples, Fla.

Brett Van Sloten, Iowa Jr. Interdepartmental Studies Decorah, Iowa

James Vandenberg, Iowa Sr. Health & Human Physiology Keokuk, Iowa

Here's the release from the Big Ten:

Big Ten Honors Fall Academic All-Big Ten Recipients

Park Ridge, Ill.-The Big Ten Conference on Wednesday recognized a total of 788 fall sports student-athletes who have been named to the Academic All-Conference team. The list of honored student-athletes features 68 field hockey players, 215 football players, 76 men's and 134 women's cross country runners, 58 men's and 160 women's soccer players and 77 volleyball players. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes 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.

At least 14 of these student-athletes have maintained unblemished GPAs. Two field hockey student-athletes boast cumulative 4.0 GPAs in Northwestern's Megan Jamieson (Gr., Sports Administration) and Ohio State's Nora Murer (So., Business-Marketing), as do four football players in Michigan State's Mike Sadler (Jr., Applied Engineering Sciences), Nebraska's Sean Fisher (Sr., Business Administration/Pre-Medicine), Northwestern's Jacob Schmidt (Gr., Higher Education Administration) and Penn State's John Urschel (Jr., Mathematics), three women's cross country runners in Iowa's Kelsey Hart (Jr., Integrative Physiology), Nebraska's Katie White (Sr., Nutrition Science) and Penn State's Kalyn Fisher (So., Education), three women's soccer players in Indiana's Rebecca Dreher (So., Biology), Nebraska's Amy Swearer (So., Criminology & Criminal Justice) and Purdue's Mollie Kuramoto (So., Interdisciplinary Film & Video) and a pair of volleyball players in Michigan State's Jenilee Rathje (Gr., Kinesiology) and Penn State's Margaret Harding (So., Agricultural Sciences)

The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the winter and spring seasons and will present the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year. Student-athletes eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letterwinners in at least their second year in residence at their institution. Qualifying student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year, excluding summer school. The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award was established by conference Faculty Representatives as an addition to the conference's Academic All-Big Ten program.

The complete listing of 2011 Fall Sports Academic All-Big Ten honorees is attached.

Fall 2011 Academic Abt List

And this from Iowa sports info:

48 HAWKEYES NAMED FALL ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Forty-eight University of Iowa student-athletes have been named to the 2011 Big Ten Fall Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from field hockey (11), football (14), men's cross country (1), women's cross country (9), women's soccer (9) and women's volleyball (4).

The 11 field hockey and nine women's cross country selections are both school records.

The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 788 fall sports athletes. The list includes 76 men's and 134 women's cross country runners, 68 field hockey players, 215 football players, 58 men's and 160 women's soccer student-athletes and 77 volleyball players.

Fourteen of these student-athletes have maintained unblemished GPAs, including UI junior cross country runner Kelsey Hart. The West Branch, Iowa, native is majoring in integrative physiology.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must be letterwinners and be in at least their second academic year at the institution. They must also carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Attached is the list of Iowa's Academic All-Big Ten honorees.

Football (14)

Name Year Major Hometown

Steve Bigach Jr. Integrative Physiology & Mathematics Cleveland, Ohio

Eric Guthrie Sr. Psychology Nevada, Iowa

Casey Kreiter So. Science Education/Secondary Education DeWitt, Iowa

James Morris So. Open Major Solon, Iowa

Nick Nielsen Jr. Management Humboldt, Iowa

Tyler Nielsen Sr. Management & Finance Humboldt, Iowa

Woody Orne Sr. Interdepartmental Studies Fairfield, Iowa

Terrance Pryor Sr. Anthropology South Holland, Ill.

Steven Staggs Jr. Health & Sports Studies Oskaloosa, Iowa

Kyle Steinbrecher Sr. Economics Davenport, Iowa

Jack Swanson Jr. Computer Science Naples, Fla.

Brett Van Sloten So. Interdepartmental Studies Decorah, Iowa

James Vandenberg Jr. Health & Human Physiology Keokuk, Iowa

Jason White Jr. Interdepartmental Studies Davenport, Iowa

Women's Cross Country (9)

Name Year Major Hometown

Danielle Berndt Sr. Mechanical Engineering Bloomington, Minn.

Brooke Eilers Sr. Speech and Hearing Science Holland, Mich.

Betsy Flood Jr. International Studies Des Moines, Iowa

Keelin Gorman So. Health & Human Physiology Dublin, Ohio

Kelsey Hart Jr. Integrative Physiology West Branch, Iowa

Jackie Laesch Sr. Elementary Education Wheaton, Ill.

McKenzie Melander Sr. Speech and Hearing Science Apple Valley, Minn.

Megan Ranegar Jr. Interdepartmental Studies Valparaiso, Ind.

Katherin Rehn So. Health Promotion Interest Western Spring, Ill.

Men's Cross Country (1)

Name Year Major Hometown

Cameron Rieger Jr. Marketing Mundelein, Ill.

Field Hockey (11)

Name Year Major Hometown

Aubrey Coleman So. Journalism & Mass Communications Mickelton, N.J.

Sarah Drake Jr. Philosophy Ann Arbor, Mich.

Geena Lesiak Jr. Speech & Hearing Science Voorhees, N.J.

Kathleen McGraw Jr. Finance Atherton, Calif.

Kelsey Mitchell So. Business Berlin, N.J.

Sarah Pedrick Jr. Human Physiology & Art New Castle, Del.

Danielle Peirson So. Elementary Education Conestoga, Pa.

Niki Schultheis So. Pre-business Hamburg, Germany

Kim Scraper So. Speech & Hearing Science West Vancouver, B.C.

Becca Spengler Sr. Psychology Lititz, Pa.

Marike Stribos So. Pre-business Brussels, Belgium

Women's Soccer (9)

Name Year Major Hometown

Allie Adam Jr. Interdepartmental Studies Omaha, Neb.

Ashley Catrell So. Elementary Education Interest Overland Park, Kan.

Dana Dalrymple Jr. Anthropology & Art Cincinnati, Ohio

Jade Grimm Jr. Integrative Physiology Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Sarah Langlas Sr. Accounting & Finance Wheaton, Ill.

Alex Melin So. Elementary Education Interest Verona, Wis.