Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners Announced

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Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners Announced

Twenty-eight honorees named Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2023-24 academic year

 

 

 

 

ROSEMONT, Ill. – On Tuesday, the Big Ten Conference announced the 28 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2023-24 academic year. These standouts were chosen from a group of 350 students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship. 

 

One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All of the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. 

 

The 2023-24 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners appear below, and the complete list of Sportsmanship Award honorees for all sports from each school is attached as a PDF.

 

2023-24 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners

 

ILLINOIS
Isaiah Williams, Football
Jessica McDowell, Women’s Track & Field

 

INDIANA
Aaron Casey, Football
Caroline Craig, Women’s Golf 

 

IOWA

Jay Higgins, Football
Kate Martin, Women’s Basketball

 

MARYLAND
Jahmir Young, Men’s Basketball
Olivia Weir, Women’s Gymnastics

 

MICHIGAN
Jacob Truscott, Men’s Ice Hockey
Serena Brimacombe, Field Hockey

 

MICHIGAN STATE
Nicolas Müller, Men’s Ice Hockey
Macy Lee, Softball

 

MINNESOTA
Parker Fox, Men’s Basketball
Katie Horak, Women’s Gymnastics

 

NEBRASKA
Peyton Robb, Wrestling
Cecelia Ossi, Women‘s Rifle

 

NORTHWESTERN
Gleb Blekher, Men’s Tennis
Natalie Chizzo, Volleyball

 

OHIO STATE
Nick Feldman, Wrestling
Sarah Sue Morbitzer, Volleyball 

 

PENN STATE
Beau Bartlett, Wrestling
Julie Gough, Women’s Ice Hockey

 

PURDUE
Praise Aniamaka, Men’s Track & Field
Carmen Gallardo Guevara, Women’s Tennis

 

RUTGERS
Xavier Marcoux, Men’s Golf
Leigha Devine, Women’s Golf

 

WISCONSIN 
Tim Bielic, Men’s Soccer
MJ Hammill, Volleyball

 

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