Graduating University of Wisconsin volleyball player Lauren Carlini has been named one of the school’s two recipients of the Big Ten Medal of Honor. The award is given annually to two student-athletes in each Big Ten school’s graduating class, one male and one female to recognize the combination of excellence in both athletics and academics. The award was the first of its kind in collegiate athletics to recognize this combination, having been given out every year since 1915.
Carlini, who recently also became the first volleyball player in history to win the prestigious AAU Sullivan award, was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, which advanced to Academic All-American in 2016. She will graduate in May with a degree in retailing and consumer behavior, with a certificate in entrepreneurship.
On the court, she set Wisconsin to at least the Elite 8 (national quarterfinals), including the national championship game in 2013. She was named a 4-time AVCA All-America award winner.
The honor was announced on Monday at Wisconsin’s annual Buckinghams Awards ceremony held in downtown Madison. Among other volleyball award winners were Haleigh Nelson, who received the Unsung Hero award. That award recognizes two athletes who “displays hard work, positive attitude and determination in athletics, the classroom, as well as the community – nominated by coaches, then voted on by student-athlete population.”
Julia Saunders was recognized as a Chi Alpha Sigma honoree, a member of the national student-athlete honor society; and Sarah Dodd received the Impact Award for volleyball as having earned the most community service hours of anybody on the team.
The full list of award winners from all sports is below:
STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
Ann-Renée Desbiens – Women’s Hockey
Morgan McDonald – Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field
BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR
Lauren Carlini – Volleyball
Connor Medbery – Wrestling
UNSUNG HERO
(Displays hard work, positive attitude and determination in athletics, the classroom, as well as the community – nominated by coaches, then voted on by student-athlete population)
Haleigh Nelson – Volleyball
Zak Showalter – Men’s Basketball
BEYOND THE GAME AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Keelon Brookins – Football
Brenna Detra – Women’s Track & Field
Sojourn Shelton – Football
BUCKINGHAMS STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR
LaMar “Soup” Campbell – Assistant AD for Student-Athlete Engagement
ACADEMIC MOMENTUM AWARD
(The National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS) seeks to recognize student-athletes who have demonstrated significant academic improvement throughout their collegiate careers and celebrate them for having the ability to balance textbooks with playbooks)
Roichelle Marble – Women’s Basketball
Billy Hirschfeld – Football
Alec James – Football
Micah Kapoi – Football
Olive Sagapolu – Football
Bradrick Shaw – Football
Peter Tischke – Men’s Hockey
Mikayla Johnson – Women’s Hockey
Mark Segbers – Men’s Soccer
Kylie Schwarz – Women’s Soccer
Brett Pinfold – Men’s Swimming & Diving
Haley Showalter – Women’s Track & Field
Jake Stilling – Wrestling
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
(Honoring the SAAC and SAESO Presidents for their leadership)
Kelsey Grambeau – Women’s Tennis
Amanda Morris – Women’s Rowing
Corey Clement – Football
Dare Ogunbowale – Football
PERSEVERANCE AWARD
D’Cota Dixon – Football
Roichelle Marble – Women’s Basketball
4.0 RECOGNITION AWARD
Eliza Clifford – Women’s Rowing
Natalie Jacobson – Women’s Soccer
TEAM HIGHEST CUMULATIVE GPA AWARD
Men’s Cross Country
Women’s Tennis
BADGER CHALLENGE AWARD
(Teams that exemplify commitment to developing the whole student-athlete)
Men’s Basketball Team
Women’s Golf
IMPACT AWARD
(Highest number of community service hours per team)
Matt Ferris – Men’s Basketball
Cooper Barth – Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field
Andrew Endicott – Football
Nick Robinson – Men’s Golf
Jack Berry – Men’s Hockey
Tom Walker – Men’s Rowing
Nick Jones – Men’s Soccer
Matt Aronso – Men’s Swimming & Diving
Lamar Remy – Men’s Tennis
Rylan Lubeck – Wrestling
Kendall Shaw – Women’s Basketball
Jane McCurry – Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field
Aya Johnson – Women’s Golf
Lauren Williams – Women’s Hockey
Lily Hansen – Women’s Rowing
Kylie Schwarz – Women’s Soccer
Angela Morrow – Softball
Madeline Hazle – Women’s Swimming & Diving
Kelsey Grambeau – Women’s Tennis
Sarah Dodd – Volleyball
PERFORMANCE AWARD
(Nominated for their academic work and constant improvement)
Olivia Mulford – Women’s Rowing
Nica Wardell – Women’s Rowing
ATHLETIC BOARD SCHOLARS
(Highest cume GPA for previous year, above sophomore standing, letterwinner, non grad student)
Matt Ferris – Men’s Basketball
Olin Hacker – Men’s Cross Country
Zander Neuville – Football
Edward Wajda – Men’s Golf
Jedd Soleway – Men’s Hockey
Mark Nitka – Men’s Rowing
Sam Brotherton – Men’s Soccer
Sean Maloney – Men’s Swimming & Diving
Elliott Sprecher – Men’s Tennis
Tyson Miehe – Men’s Track & Field
Andrew Crone – Wrestling
Taylor Kuhn – Women’s Basketball
Lianna Mack – Women’s Cross Country
Alexandra Nageotte – Women’s Golf
Anne Pankowski – Women’s Hockey
Renee Olley – Women’s Rowing
Audrey Dalgarno – Women’s Lightweight Rowing
Natalie Jacobson – Women’s Soccer
Taylor-Paige Stewart – Softball
Madeline Hazle – Women’s Swimming & Diving
Maria Avgerinos – Women’s Tennis
Lianna Mack – Women’s Track & Field
Haleigh Nelson – Volleyball
CHI ALPHA SIGMA
(National Student-Athlete Honor Society)
Taylor Wilmot – Men’s Cross Country
Zander Neuville – Football
Edward Wajda – Men’s Golf
Anthony Lyons – Men’s Swimming & Diving
Sean Maloney – Men’s Swimming & Diving
Todd Mccarthy – Men’s Swimming & Diving
Jonathan Salomon – Men’s Swimming & Diving
John Zordani – Men’s Tennis
Timothy Guthrie – Men’s Track & Field
Joshua McDonald – Men’s Track & Field
Carl Hirsch – Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country
Tyson Miehe – Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country
Troy Smith – Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country
Taylor Kuhn – Women’s Basketball
Alexandra Nageotte – Women’s Golf
Anne Pankowski – Women’s Hockey
Mirha Girt – Women’s Lightweight Rowing
Eleanor Martin – Women’s Lightweight Rowing
Brianna Wynne – Women’s Lightweight Rowing
Rachel Yan – Women’s Lightweight Rowing
Rosie Brezynski – Women’s Rowing
Monica Gerber – Women’s Rowing
Lily Hansen – Women’s Rowing
Hannah Schwartz – Women’s Rowing
Gabrielle Simons – Women’s Rowing
Alexandra Siverling – Women’s Rowing
Madeleine Wanamaker – Women’s Rowing
Brianna Flugaur – Softball
Sara Novak – Softball
Gabriella Comunale – Women’s Swimming & Diving
Abigail Jagdfeld – Women’s Swimming & Diving
Ashley Peterson – Women’s Swimming & Diving
Kelsey Grambeau – Women’s Tennis
Hanna Barton – Women’s Track & Field
Georgia Ellenwood – Women’s Track & Field
Emma Haugen – Women’s Track & Field
Danielle Weber – Women’s Track & Field
Rachel Fledderman – Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country
Lianna Mack – Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country
Erin Wagner – Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country
Julia Saunders – Volleyball
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