Thirty-six honorees named Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2025-26 academic year
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced the 36 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2025-26 academic year on Thursday. These standouts were chosen from a group of 431 students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship.
One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All of the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
The 2025-26 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners appear below, and the complete list of Sportsmanship Award honorees for all sports from each school can be found here.
2025-26 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
Illinois
Will Johannes, Baseball
Cari Bohm, Volleyball
Indiana
Jacob Moran, Wrestling
Aly VanBrandt, Softball
Iowa
Mark Gronowski, Football
Taylor McCabe, Women’s Basketball
Maryland
Rhys Allen, Men’s Track & Field
Maddie Vasilios, Field Hockey
Michigan
Will Tschetter, Men’s Basketball
Lily Jones, Women’s Tennis
Michigan State
Kael Wisler, Wrestling
Danyle Courtley, Volleyball
Minnesota
Andrew Sparks, Wrestling
Nelli Laitinen, Women’s Hockey
Nebraska
Rienk Mast, Men’s Basketball
Callin Hake, Women’s Basketball
Northwestern
Jack Lausch, Baseball
Skye Ellis, Indoor Track & Field
Ohio State
Bruce Thornton, Men’s Basketball
Chance Gray, Women’s Basketball
Oregon
Russell Soohoo, Men’s Tennis
Sofia Bell, Women’s Basketball
Penn State
Mark McKeon, Men’s Lacrosse
Katelyn Roberts, Women’s Hockey
Purdue
Aaron Manias, Baseball
Bianka Lulić, Volleyball
Rutgers
Gus Zilinskas, Football
Katherine Lang, Swimming and Diving
UCLA
Cashel Dugger, Baseball
Danielle DeFrancisci, Rowing
USC
Andrew Lamb, Baseball
Jacqueline Duarte, Cross Country
Washington
Jonah Coleman, Football
Maeve Stiles, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Wisconsin
Isaac Gard, Men’s Basketball
Maria Sholokhova, Women’s Tennis
The Big Ten Conference is an association of world-class universities whose member institutions share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. Founded in 1896, the Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in the lives of students competing in intercollegiate athletics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness. The Big Ten Conference sponsors 28 official sports, 14 for men and 14 for women, and the broad-based programs of the 18 Big Ten institutions provide direct financial support for more than 14,000 student-athletes. For more information, visit www.bigten.org.
