Sophomore quarterback Ben Chappell collected Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second straight year. |
Twenty-Two Football Hoosiers Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors
Dec. 3, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A school-record 22 Hoosier football student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, the conference office announced Wednesday. Student-athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better to be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection.
A total of 77 Hoosier student-athletes were honored by the league, which ranked second behind Ohio State's 80. IU's football team led the way with its 22 honorees followed by the cross country teams with 16 and field hockey with 14. The women's soccer team garnered 12 honorees, while the men's soccer team pulled in 10 and the volleyball team had three players honored.
Chris Adkins, Leon Beckum, Brandon Bugg, Trea Burgess, Ben Chappell, Zach Davis-Walker, Max Dedmond, Taylor Donnell, Matt Ernest, Mitchell Evans, Bruce Hampton, Jammie Kirlew, Joe Kleinsmith, Alex Perry, Mike Reiter, Tyler Replogle, Jeff Sanders, Pete Saxon, Austin Starr, Collin Taylor, Eric Thomas and Brian Zematis represented the football team.
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