81 all-conference selections
18 all-americans
This is Nebraska
165 academic all-conference honorees
2014-15 Academic Highlights
320 All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across 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)
Six CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2014-15
(4 first-team, 1 second-team, 1 third-team)
First Team: 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: Ethan Lottman (Men’s Gymnastics)
Third Team: Ryan Boldt (Baseball)
Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship Winners ($7,500 each)
Amanda & Jennifer Lauer (Women’s Gymnastics)
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, 3.948 GPA); Amanda Lauer (Women’s
Gymnastics, 3.973 GPA); Jennifer Lauer (Women’s
Gymnastics, 3.944 GPA); Will Lohman (pictured above,
Track and Field, 4.000 GPA); Josh Reinertson (Men’s Golf,
3.970 GPA); and John Welk (Track and Field, 3.996 GPA).
In 2014-15, 118 Huskers earned their college degrees –
the ultimate goal of all student-athletes, including senior
Ameer Abdullah (pictured above). Abdullah became the
third Husker in history and the first male across Nebraska’s
sports to earn a prestigious Senior CLASS Award. Chosen
by a nationwide vote of Football Bowl Subdivision coaches,
national media and fans, the award is given annually to
the sport’s most outstanding senior student-athlete. 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).
NCAA Elite 89 Academic Award Winners (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)
Male Student-Athlete of the Year
John Welk, Men’s Track & Field
Female Student-Athlete of the Year
Jessie DeZiel, Women’s Gymnastics
Big Ten Medal of Honor Winners
Jessie DeZiel and John Welk
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Winners
Ameer Abdullah (Football); Samantha Areman (Soccer)
Men’s Herman Award Winner - Tennis Team (3.510 GPA)
Women’s Herman Award Winner
Swimming & Diving Team (3.568 GPA)
Life Skills Team Award Winners
Men’s Gymnastics, Women’s Soccer
690 Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Selections - Fall
(356) and Spring (334) (3.0 GPA or above)
Junior forward Shavon Shields (Men’s Basketball) became
the first Husker men’s basketball player to earn first-team
Academic All-America honors as selected by the College
Sports Information Directors of America. Shields, who is
also a six-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete
Honor Roll, was one of six Husker student-athletes to
capture CoSIDA Academic All-America awards in 2014-15,
pushing Nebraska’s nation-leading total to 320 Academic
All-Americans all time across all sports.
The NCAA established the Elite 89 Award to recognize
individuals who reach the pinnacle of competition at the
national championship level while also achieving the
highest academic standard among their peers. Junior
Ethan Lottman (Men’s Gymnastics) captured the award at
the 2015 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships, before
adding CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Sophomore
sprinter/hurdler Drew Wiseman (Indoor Track, pictured)
and senior thrower Will Lohman (Outdoor Track) swept the
honors for the men’s track and field team in 2015.
205 Academic All-Big Ten Selections - (Letterwinner with a
3.0 GPA or above)
118 Student-Athletes Earned Degrees from August 2014
through May 2015
(August 2014--12; December 2014--48; May 2015--58)
87 Student-Athletes Earned Perfect 4.0 GPAs in either the
Fall (43) or Spring (44) Semester
62 Husker Letterwinners named Big Ten Distinguished
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