HONORING ACHIEVEMENT
2014-15 ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (320)
All-Time, All Sports Leads Nation
·107 Football CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (leads
all sports, all time)
·37 Volleyball CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (leads
all women’s sports, all time)
·29 Softball CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (No. 2
among all women’s sports, all time)
·41 Men’s & Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Combined CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
(leads nation since CoSIDA added team in 2002)
CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year in 2014-15
John Welk (Men’s Track & Field)
CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2014-15 (6)
First Team (4): Levi Gipson (Men’s Track & Field),
Shavon Shields (Men’s Basketball)
John Welk (Men’s Track & Field)
Drew Wiseman (Men’s Track & Field)
Second Team (1): Ethan Lottman (Men’s Gymnastics)
Third Team (1): Ryan Boldt (Baseball)
Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship ($7,500 each)
John Welk (Men’s Track & Field)
More than 400 student-athletes were honored at the
academic banquet, including 68 gold (3.750 to 4.000
GPA), 61 silver (3.500 to 3.749 GPA) and 140 bronze
(3.000 to 3.499 GPA) medallion winners. Six Huskers
earned Outstanding Scholar Awards, presented to
seniors exhausting their eligibility with a cumulative
GPA of 3.900 or better. The honorees included: Mark
Hilderbrand (Track and Field); Amanda Lauer (Women’s
Gymnastics); Jennifer Lauer (Women’s Gymnastics);
Will Lohman (pictured above, Track and Field); Josh
Reinertson (Men’s Golf); and John Welk (Track and Field).
In 2014-15, 118 Huskers earned their degrees, including
Ameer Abdullah (pictured above), who became the first
male student-athlete across Nebraska’s sports to earn
a prestigious Senior CLASS Award. The honor is given
annually to the sport’s most outstanding senior studentathlete. The award recognizes achievements in four
areas of excellence – classroom, community, character
and competition. Previous Husker Senior CLASS Award
winners were Kelsey Griffin (Women’s Basketball, 2010)
and Gina Mancuso (Volleyball, 2012).
Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship ($7,500 each)
Amanda & Jennifer Lauer (Women’s Gymnastics)
John Welk (Men’s Track & Field)
NCAA Elite 89 Award (3)
Ethan Lottman (Men’s Gymnastics)
Drew Wiseman (Men’s Indoor Track & Field)
Will Lohman (Men’s Outdoor Track & Field)
Senior CLASS Award - Ameer Abdullah (Football)
National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (4)
Ameer Abdullah, Mike Moudy, Mark Pelini, Trevor
Roach
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Award (16)
Oladapo Akinmoladun (Men’s Track & Field), Paula
Andrie (Women’s Track & Field), Alexandra Bilunas
(Swimming & Diving), Bria Deveaux (Swimming &
Diving), Jordan Harrison (Football), Gazmine Mason
(Bowling), Mike Moudy (Football), Steven Reveles
(Baseball), Andrea Ruiz (Bowling), Christian Sanderfer
(Men’s Track & Field), Shavon Shields (Men’s
Basketball), Leslee Smith (Men’s Basketball), Vasileios
Stavropoulos (Men’s Tennis), Dawna Tyson (Softball),
Tai Webster (Men’s Basketball), Nathan Wong (Men’s
Golf)
Nebraska Male Student-Athlete of the Year
John Welk, Men’s Track & Field
Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year
Jessie DeZiel, Women’s Gymnastics
Nebraska Big Ten Medal of Honor Winners
Jessie DeZiel and John Welk
Nebraska Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Winners
Ameer Abdullah (Football); Samantha Areman
(Soccer)
Nebraska Herman Award Winner
Men’s Tennis Team ( ̸