PRINCETON, N.J. – 56 Ivy League student-athletes have earned Academic All-Ivy distinction following the 2020 fall term.
Institutions nominated one student-athlete from each of the seven Ivy League sponsored sports – football, field hockey, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men’s cross country and women’s cross country – to be included on the Academic All-Ivy teams. Student-athletes must be in good academic standing to be eligible for the award.
FOOTBALL
Chad Broome-
Webster,
Brown (Sr., Orlando, Fla. – Biology)
Second Team All-Ivy selection at left tackle in 2019 ... Played in every game for the past two seasons.
Ben Mathiasmeier, Columbia (Sr., Katy, Texas – Economics)
Columbia's nominee for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy...Honorable mention All-Ivy League selection as a junior in 2019...2019 Fall Academic All-Ivy League selection … Played in all 30 career games with 13 starts as a strong safety...Career stats: 97 career tackles (58 solo) with three interceptions, 3.5 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries...Named team Most Valuable Defensive Player in 2019...In 2019, led Lions in tackles (67), solo tackles (43) and interceptions (two)...Two-time Academic All-Ivy League team member.
Maxton Edgerly, Cornell (Sr., Bay Village, Ohio – Economics)
Academic All-Ivy League, 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District first team, nominee for 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America team...semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy...starting DL for the Big Red...ranked among the team leaders on the line with 26 tackles to go along with 1.0 tackles for loss and a half-sack.
Drew Estrada, Dartmouth (Sr., Argyle, Texas – Sociology)
2019 All-Ivy League Second Team at wide receiver and return specialist … 2019 FCS ADA Academic All-Star … 14th all-time at Dartmouth with 2,392 career all-purpose yards … 12th in receptions (110) and 15th in receiving yards (1,418) … led the league and ranked 13th nationally in all-purpose yards per game (137.1) … fourth in the FCS in punt return average (17.0) … mentor at Mount Lebanon Elementary … volunteer at Special Olympics and Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth (CHAD) events.
Eric Wilson, Harvard (Sr., Minnetrista, Minn. – Psychology)
Named semifinalist for NFF William V. Campbell Trophy … All-Ivy League second team at offensive line ... Phil Steele all-Ivy League second-team selection ... Played in all 10 games for a second straight season.
Brian O'Neill, Penn (Sr., Roseland, N.J. - Philosophy, Politics & Economics)
2020 Preseason All-Ivy pick by Phil Steele's Magazine ... Second-team All-Ivy in 2019 after recording 58 total tackles and finishing second on team with 12.5 tackles for loss ... Also registered 4.0 sacks, three interceptions and a fumble recovery ... Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after he totaled six solo tackles, two sacks, a 21-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown, and two interceptions against Brown.
Henry Byrd, Princeton (Jr., Nashville, Tenn. – History)
2019 second-team All-Ivy on offensive line ... Starter at left tackle in 2019 ... Rotational lineman in 2018 during undefeated Ivy League championship season.
Zane Dudek, Yale (Sr., Kittanning, Pa. - Political Science)
2019 and 2017 Ivy League Champion ... 2019 All-Ivy League Second Team ... 2017 All-Ivy League First Team ... 2017 Phil Steele FCS Offensive Freshman of the Year … 2017 Phil Steele First Team Freshman All-American ... Finalist for 2017 Jerry Rice Award (FCS Rookie of the Year) ... 2017 CSM Freshman of the Year ... 2017 Phil Steele and CSM Third Team All-American ... 2017 Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... 2019 Academic All-Ivy
FIELD HOCKEY
Anna Kaneb, Brown (Sr., Manchester, Mass. - Cognitive Neuroscience)
NFHCA National Academic Squad selection in 2017 ... Played in every game as a freshman and junior.
Helen Sayegh,
Columbia (Sr., Belmont, Mass. – Political Science)
Played in 28 career games with 11 starts...Scored one career goal...As a junior in 2019, saw action in all 16 games with 11 starts and scored one goal.
Laura Kubit, Cornell (Jr., Doylestown, Pa. - Applied Economics & Management)
Two-time member of ZAG Field Hockey/NHFCA Division I National Academic Squad and Scholar of Distinction ... Honoree of the Cornell University Varsity Athletics - 400 Club multiple times
Kira Koehler, Dartmouth (Sr., Macungie, Pa. – Economics and Government)
Member of Dartmouth’s College Fed Challenge team that captured the national economics title last fall … 2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction … played in every game in each of her first three seasons (51 games), scoring six goals (three game-winners) and assisting on another.
Rachel Greenwood, Harvard (Jr., Preston, England – Neuroscience)
Started in all 36 games for Harvard over her first two seasons with the Crimson, recording 13 goals and seven assists…Harvard’s leading returning scorer…A Longstreth/NFHCA All-Northeast Region selection in 2019 and First Team All-Ivy honoree…An NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree.
Madison Jiranek, Penn (Jr., Richmond, Va. - Finance and Behavioral Economics concentrations)
Second-team All-Ivy in 2019 … Appeared in all 17 games including a start in Penn’s final 15 … Ranked second on the team with five goals ... Added a pair of assists to rank third on the team with 12 points … Also a starter on the Penn women's lacrosse team.
Clara Roth, Princeton (Sr., Schwetzingen, Germany – Architecture)
2019: Honda Sport Award Finalist … Longstreth/NFHCA First-Team All-America … First Point USA/NFHCA Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year … First-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region … First-Team All-Ivy … 2018: Longstreth/NFHCA Third Team All-America … Mid-Atlantic Region First Team … 2018 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year … 2017: Second-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region … Honorable Mention All-Ivy
Sydney Terroso, Yale (Sr., York, Pa. - Psychology)
Three-time All-Ivy League selection ... 2017 First Team All-Ivy ... two-time NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree ... three-year starter for the Bulldogs over her first three seasons ... 50 saves in 2019 ranked second in the Ivy League ... her .784 save percentage in 2017 ranked eighth in the country ... appeared in 51 career games with 326 saves, 26 victories and seven shutouts
MEN’S SOCCER
Derek Waleffe, Brown (Jr., Madison, Wis./Physics)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy in 2018 and 2019 ... Finished second on the team in scoring with six points (2019)… Tied for the team lead with three goals, all in Ivy League play (2019).
Will Todd,
Columbia (Jr., Maroubra, Australia – Political Science)
Defender who has played in 31 and started 30 career games...As a sophomore in 2019, played and started all 17 games with a team-high 1505 minutes...Register eight career shots and five shots on goal.
Emeka Eneli, Cornell (Jr., Dublin, Ohio - Biological Engineering)
2019 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention...2018 Ivy League Rookie of the Year...finished 2019 season with three goals and two assists...In 2019, scored game-winning goal in 1-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson
Mothibi Penn-Kekana,
Dartmouth (Jr., London, England – Economics)
The defenseman all 16 games for the Big Green in the fall of 2019 and led the team in minutes played … scored his first collegiate goal against Niagara and assisted on a goal in a 3-1 victory at Harvard … named “Young Person of the Year” by a London radio station, Metro FM, for his role in starting a soccer team and teaching English and math in an urban area of South Africa.
Sam Pratt, Harvard (So., Concord, N.H. – Psychology)
Appeared in 13 games…Made career debut at No. 20 North Carolina (Sept. 6) … Put one shot on goal in the home opener against Merrimack (Sept. 24)…Registered one shot at Boston University (Oct. 15)…Recorded a shot against New Hampshire (Oct. 22)…Took a shot against Dartmouth (Nov. 2)
Jake Kohlbrenner, Penn (Sr., East Syracuse, N.Y. - Finance and Legal Studies & Business Ethics)
Honorable mention All-Ivy in 2019, second-team All-Ivy in 2017 … Played in all 16 matches in 2019, starting all but one (10/15 at UMBC) … Tied for the team lead in assists (3) in 2019.
Moulay Hamza Kanzi Belghati, Princeton (Jr., Montreal, Quebec – Economics)
2019 honorable mention All-Ivy ... Appeared in 35 games through two seasons ... Made 33 starts ... Three career assists from the midfield
Mark Winhoffer, Yale (Sr., South Elgin, Ill. - Economics)
2020 Team Captain ... led the 2019 Bulldogs to the Ivy League Championship and the NCAA Tournament ... 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Northeast First Teamer ... 2019 Ivy League Player of the Year ... 2019 First Team All-Ivy and All ECAC ... finished 2019 campaign as Ivy League with 23 points on six goals and 11 assists
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Cameron Brown,
Brown (Sr., Portsmouth, Va./Health and Human Biology)
Team captain ... Started all 19 games at center back (2019) ... Did not leave the field in 18 of 19 games played in 2019 ... Honorable Mention All-Ivy in 2018.
Sam Slusher,
Columbia (Portland, Oregon - Economics)
Team captain as a senior for 2020 season...As a defender, has seen action in 20 career games...
Played in four contests as a junior, 12 as a sophomore and four as a first-year.
Maddie Hoitink,
Cornell (Jr., Slinger, Wis. - Biological Sciences & Spanish)
Multiple honoree of the Cornell University Varsity Athletics - 400 Club, posting a GPA of 4.0 or higher in six semesters at Cornell ... Member of Red Key Society — Cornell's honor society for varsity athletes ... Pivotal member of team's defensive midfield and co-captain of 2020 team
Bonnie Shea, Dartmouth (Sr., Atlanta, Ga. – Neuroscience)
Dartmouth's 2020 Class of 1948 Scholar-Athlete Award Winner … 2019 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Region … two-time First Team All-Ivy League as a defender … five goals (three game-winners) and two assists in her career.
Hollyn Torres, Harvard (So., Frisco, Texas - Government
Appeared in 15 games with three starts during the 2019 campaign … Scored one goal with two assists for four points, fired 12 shots in 2019 … Scored in first career start against UMass (Sept. 10, 2019) … Tallied two assists in a 5-0 shutout of Long Island (Sept. 21, 2019) … Helped Harvard to eight shutouts during the 2019 season.
Jadyn Wilensky, Penn (Sr., Kensington, Md. – English)
Selected as one of Penn's team captains for the 2020 season prior to its cancellation ... Has played in 42 matches with 38 starts across her first three seasons ... Started Penn's first 11 games in 2019 before suffering a season-ending injury ... Penn posted 22 shutouts the last three seasons with her as a part of its back line.
Caroline Noonan, Princeton (Jr., Highlands Ranch, Colo - Operational Research & Financial Engineering)
Played in all 17 matches in 2019, starting nine ... 34 career appearances and 17 starts over two seasons ... 2 goals and an assist for her career from her midfield position.
Alexandra McCraven, Yale (Sr., Cheshire, Conn. – History)
Started all 16 games in 2019, the Bulldogs best campaign in 15 years ... helped the 2019 Elis to six shutouts ... anchored a defense that yielded only 14 goals ... played in 39 career games ... registered five career assists which all came in Yale victories ... 2018 recipient of the Yale Women's Soccer Most Improved Player award
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Kaitlyn Wong,
Brown (So., Los Altos, Calif./Undeclared)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2019) ... Ranked fifth in the Ivy League in digs per set (3.84) in 2019 … Stood third in the conference in digs per set (4.19) in Ivy play in 2019.
Audrey Cheng,
Columbia (Sr., Superior, Colo. - Computer Science)
Earned 2019 Honorable Mention All-Ivy League honors...Over three-year career, started 43 out of 70 matches played at setter...Career stats: 2254 assists, 211 kills, 23 service aces, 566 digs, and 114 total blocks...Ranks third all-time in Columbia history in assists (2254)...As a junior in 2019, started 22 of 24 matches, led Lions in assists (873) and averaged 9.59 assists per set, and registered 229 digs (2.52 digs per set)...The 873 assists were the third-most in a single-season in Columbia history.
Madison Baptiste,
Cornell (Jr., Austin, Texas – Government)
Second-team All-Ivy League (2019)...led Cornell in kills and points in 2019 while ranking second on the team in digs...Recruitment Officer of Cornell's Women of Color Athletics (WOCA)
Emma Moffet, Dartmouth (Jr., Los Angeles, Calif. – Neuroscience)
Middle blocker played in 22 matches and 47 sets as a sophomore with an attack percentage of .247 … daughter of a pair of national champion swimmers at Stanford … father was on the 1980 and 1984 Olympic teams. SAAC member … starting with a program, New Heights Educational Group, to read to children over Zoom … volunteered at the Children’s Institute to provide after-school care in South Central Los Angeles.
Mindie Mabry, Harvard (Sr., Fort Myers, Fla. - History & Science)
All-Ivy League Honorable Mention in 2019 … Appeared in 23 matches and started in 20 in 2019 … Led the team in sets played with 88 in 2019 … Recorded three double-doubles in 2019 … Set a career-high 24 kills and 62 attacks vs. Brown in 2019 … Led the team in kills (232) and kills per set (2.64) in 2019 … Ranked fourth on the team in service aces with 15 in 2019.
Kacie Burton, Penn (Sr., Olmsted Falls, Ohio – Anthropology)
Appeared in 13 matches in 2019 including nine starts and finished the season as the Quakers' team leader in assists (433) ... Tallied her first career double-double and her first 30 assist/20 dig game with a career-high 22 digs in a win against Lafayette (9/7/19) ... Recorded a career-high 47 assists against Cornell (10/4/19).
Clare Lenihan, Princeton (Sr., Manhattan Beach, Calif. - Art & Archaeology)
2019 first-team All-Ivy ... 2018 second-team All-Ivy ... In 2019, led Ivy champions in hitting percentage, blocks, blocks-per-set, service aces and aces-per-set. Led Ivy League in hitting percentage in 2018
Ellis De Jardin, Yale (Jr., San Gabriel, Calif. - Psychology)
Helped Yale to the 2019 Ivy Championship, it's third-straight title, with 14 kills, nine digs and five blocks in the clinching game vs. Princeton ... second on the Bulldogs with 202 kills and 218 digs as a sophomore 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District team ... 2018 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and All-Ivy First teamer ... ranked second on the team in kills per set during her first season
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Samantha Valentine, Brown (Sr., Middleton, Wis./Development Studies and Geology-Biology
Second Team All-Ivy in 2019, finishing 10th at the Ivy League Championship ... Won the Rothenberg Run (5K) (2019) ... Placed 36th at NCAA Northeast Regional in 2018.
Men’s Cross Country)
Allie Hays, Columbia (Sr., Wading River, N.Y. - Economics)
2019 Second Team Outdoor NCAA All-American (5,000m)...Five-time All-ivy League selection...Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Team member (2018, 2019)...Two-time USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region selection (2018, 2019)...Four-time Academic All-Ivy League team selection (Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2019)...Finished in eighth place at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps Championships as the Lions' second-highest finisher … Earned 2019 USTCCA Second Team All-America honors
Elle Orie, Cornell (Sr., Orchard Park, N.Y. - Nutritional Sciences)
NCAA All-Northeast Region (2019)...USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Individual (2019)...Fall Academic All-Ivy League (2019)...first-team All-Ivy League (2017)...team captain
Rachel Ludikowski, Dartmouth (Sr., Montebello, N.Y. – Economics)
Top Big Green finisher at Boston College Coast-to-Coast Invitational in 2019 … placed 11th at the New England Championship to help the Big Green come in second … second fastest runner for Dartmouth at the 2019 NCAA Northeast Regional.
Lisa Tertsch, Harvard (Sr., Darmstadt, Germany – Economics)
Took leave in 2019 in attempt to qualify for the German Olympic Team…In 2018, earned All-Ivy League first team honors, placing third at Ivy League Heps…A USTFCCCA All-Region selection and 2018 Academic All-Ivy honoree…A four-year letter winner as part of Harvard’s track and field and cross-country programs.
Lizzy Bader, Penn (So., Kennett Square, Pa. – undeclared)
Raced six times during her freshman cross country season in 2019, scoring in five races including the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional.
Melia Chittenden, Princeton (Manhattan Beach, Calif. - Public & International Affairs)
2018 & 2019 NCAA Championships participant ... 2018 & 2019 first-team All-Ivy ...
Jocelyn Chau, Yale (Jr., Toronto, Ontario - Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry)
2020 Academic All-District selection ... helped Bulldogs to 2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition and an Ivy League-high Team GPA ... 2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete ... 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award ... ran a 6K PR in 2019 of 20:47.2 at the NCAA Northeast Regional, helping Yale to a fourth-place finish ... 2018 Second Team All-Ivy, finishing 10th overall in a third-place team finish
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
David Scherrer,
Brown (Sr., Virginia Beach, Va./International Relations)
Finished 23rd overall at the 2019 Ivy League Championship ... Placed 37th at the NCAA Northeast Regional (2018).
Tyler Berg, Columbia (So., Ballston Lake, N.Y.- Computer Science)
As a first-year, named First Team All-Ivy League in cross country in 2019...Locked up best finish by a first-year in program history at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps with a fourth-place finish in the 5-Mile Run with a time of 24:46.4....Won the IC4A Cross Country Championships
with a winning-time of 24:52.0 in the 5M
Paul Casavant,
Cornell (Sr., Hampden, Maine - Biological Engineering)
Co-President of Cornell's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)...team Captain, finished among Cornell's top-five runners at the 2019 NCAA DI Northeast Regional... three-time competitor at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships (2017, 18, 19), scoring for Cornell in 2019.
Owen Ritz, Dartmouth (Sr., Meadowbrook, Pa. - Government and History)
018 All-Ivy League First Team … was Dartmouth's fastest runner at 2019 Heps and finished second on the Big Green at Boston College and the pre-NCAA meet … placed 43rd at the 2019 NCAA Northeast Regional.
John Fish, Harvard (Sr., Waterloo, Ontario - Computer Science)
A four-year letter winner on Harvard’s cross country and track and field programs…Competed in 2017 and 2018 on the cross-country team…Part of a team that helped design and rapidly build a manufacturable, cost-effective mechanical ventilator from scratch for COVID-19 patients last May.
Ryan Renken, Penn (Sr., Claremont, Calif. - Finance and Real Estate concentrations)
Earned second-team All-Ivy at the 2019 Ivy Heptagonal Cross Country Championships with a 14th-place finish as the Quakers won the team title ... Also ran at the 2019 NCAA Regional for the Quakers.
Eli Krahn, Princeton (Sr., Marine on Saint Croix, Minn. - Operational Research & Financial Engineering)
Scored for Princeton at 2019 Heps ... 2018 NCAA participant in Cross Country.
Nick Dahl, Yale (Sr., Philadelphia, Pa. - Statistics & Data Science)
Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection ... 2019 Academic All-Ivy League selection ... helped Yale to 2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors ... Set a personal-record at the 2020 Ivy Cross Country championship with a time of 25:11.4, good for a 15-overall finish ... also First Team All-Ivy and champion in the mile at the 2020 Indoor Championship