Big Ten Fall Academic Honor Roll Includes 61 Bruins
December 10, 2025 | Cross Country, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball
LOS ANGELES — This fall, 61 UCLA student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten team, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday. The sports included are football, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball.
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 Nov. 1 for fall 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 UCLA football team led the way with 23 honorees, while women's soccer had 10. Men's soccer and women's cross country had eight honorees each, women's volleyball added seven selections, and men's cross country rounded out the list with five academic All-Big Ten selections.
Men's Cross Country (5)
Aaron Cantu (Psychology), Everett Capelle (Psychology), Joshua Chu (Computational and Systems Biology), Dev Doshi (Psychology), Andreas Dybdahl (Business-Economics)
Women's Cross Country (8)
Emie Berger (Psychology), Kaho Cichon (Psychology), Olivia Foody (Psychology), Ailish Hawkins (Biochemistry), Georgia Jeanneret (Business-Economics), Quinci Lott (Psychobiology), Ella McGillis (Business-Economics), Annika Salz (Mathematics)
Football (21)
Salem Abdul-Wahab (Political Science), Oluwafunto Akinshilo (Sociology), Peter Bario (Political Science), Brett Barry (Psychology), Jamir Benjamin (Psychology), Mateen Bhaghani (Psychology), Grant Buckey (Political Science), Kanye Clark (Sociology), Garrett DiGiorgio (Education), Joshua Dixon (Psychology), Luke Duncan (Political Science), Rico Flores Jr. (Sociology), Karson Gordon (Business-Economics), Henry Hasselbeck (Business-Economics), Troy Leigber (Political Science), Jackson Meehan (Economics), Wyatt Mosier (Economics), Jacob Reis (Undeclared), Jensen Somerville (Undeclared), Marquise Villahermosa (Economics), Russell Weir (International Development Studies), Keanu Williams (Project Management), Sam Yoon (Mechanical Engineering)
Men's Soccer (8)
Kevin Box (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Tarun Karumanchi (Economics), Allan Legaspi (Business-Economics), Philip Naef (Economics), Shakir Nixon (Business-Economics), Tamir Ratoviz (Statistics and Data Science), Sam Scott (Economics), Tre Wright (Sociology)
Women's Soccer (10)
Layla Armas (Psychology), Kara Croone (Economics), Paloma Daubert (Psychology), Emma Egizii (Education), Nicki Fraser (Mechanical Engineering), America Frias (Political Science), Jordan Geis (Business-Economics), Avery Robinson (Undeclared), Milla Shafie (English), Bella Winn (International Development Studies)
Women's Volleyball (7)
Sydney Breon (Sociology), Brooklyn Briscoe (Communication), Kate Duffey (Communication), Carly Hendrickson (Sociology), Kiki Horne (Sociology), Anastasija Ivkovic (Undeclared), Kat Lutz (Psychology)
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 Nov. 1 for fall 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 UCLA football team led the way with 23 honorees, while women's soccer had 10. Men's soccer and women's cross country had eight honorees each, women's volleyball added seven selections, and men's cross country rounded out the list with five academic All-Big Ten selections.
Men's Cross Country (5)
Aaron Cantu (Psychology), Everett Capelle (Psychology), Joshua Chu (Computational and Systems Biology), Dev Doshi (Psychology), Andreas Dybdahl (Business-Economics)
Women's Cross Country (8)
Emie Berger (Psychology), Kaho Cichon (Psychology), Olivia Foody (Psychology), Ailish Hawkins (Biochemistry), Georgia Jeanneret (Business-Economics), Quinci Lott (Psychobiology), Ella McGillis (Business-Economics), Annika Salz (Mathematics)
Football (21)
Salem Abdul-Wahab (Political Science), Oluwafunto Akinshilo (Sociology), Peter Bario (Political Science), Brett Barry (Psychology), Jamir Benjamin (Psychology), Mateen Bhaghani (Psychology), Grant Buckey (Political Science), Kanye Clark (Sociology), Garrett DiGiorgio (Education), Joshua Dixon (Psychology), Luke Duncan (Political Science), Rico Flores Jr. (Sociology), Karson Gordon (Business-Economics), Henry Hasselbeck (Business-Economics), Troy Leigber (Political Science), Jackson Meehan (Economics), Wyatt Mosier (Economics), Jacob Reis (Undeclared), Jensen Somerville (Undeclared), Marquise Villahermosa (Economics), Russell Weir (International Development Studies), Keanu Williams (Project Management), Sam Yoon (Mechanical Engineering)
Men's Soccer (8)
Kevin Box (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Tarun Karumanchi (Economics), Allan Legaspi (Business-Economics), Philip Naef (Economics), Shakir Nixon (Business-Economics), Tamir Ratoviz (Statistics and Data Science), Sam Scott (Economics), Tre Wright (Sociology)
Women's Soccer (10)
Layla Armas (Psychology), Kara Croone (Economics), Paloma Daubert (Psychology), Emma Egizii (Education), Nicki Fraser (Mechanical Engineering), America Frias (Political Science), Jordan Geis (Business-Economics), Avery Robinson (Undeclared), Milla Shafie (English), Bella Winn (International Development Studies)
Women's Volleyball (7)
Sydney Breon (Sociology), Brooklyn Briscoe (Communication), Kate Duffey (Communication), Carly Hendrickson (Sociology), Kiki Horne (Sociology), Anastasija Ivkovic (Undeclared), Kat Lutz (Psychology)
Players Mentioned
GK
/ Women's Soccer
/ Cross Country
DS/L
/ Women's Volleyball
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Cross Country
/ Cross Country
/ Cross Country
/ Cross Country
F
/ Women's Soccer
D
/ Women's Soccer
/ Cross Country
S
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Cross Country
MF
/ Women's Soccer
/ Cross Country
D
/ Women's Soccer
F
/ Women's Soccer
F
/ Women's Soccer
/ Cross Country
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
OH/OPP
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Cross Country
MF
/ Men's Soccer
D
/ Men's Soccer
/ Cross Country
/ Cross Country
MF
/ Men's Soccer
D
/ Men's Soccer
MF
/ Men's Soccer
MF
/ Women's Soccer
/ Cross Country
MF
/ Women's Soccer
F
/ Women's Soccer
D
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