Winter Academic All-Big Ten Team Includes 41 Bruins

Winter Academic All-Big Ten Team Includes 41 Bruins

March 18, 2026 | Men's Basketball, Swimming & Diving, Women's Basketball, Gymnastics

LOS ANGELES — This winter, 41 UCLA student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday. The sports included are men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, and women's swimming and diving.

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 March 1 for winter 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 women's swimming and diving team led the way with 21 student-athletes recognized, gymnastics had seven selections, women's basketball added seven honorees, and men's basketball earned six honorees.

Men's Basketball (6)
Tyler Bilodeau (Sociology), Skyy Clark (African American Studies), Eric Dailey Jr. (Sociology), Christian Horry (Political Science), Trent Perry (Psychology), Jack Seidler (Sociology)

Women's Basketball (7)
Lauren Betts (Sociology), Angela Dugalić (Education), Timea Gardiner (Psychology), Gabriela Jaquez (Sociology), Charlisse Leger-Walker (Education), Amanda Muse (Education), Kiki Rice (Communication)

Gymnastics (7)
Ciena Alipio (Sociology), Madisyn Anyimi (Applied Mathematics), Carissa Clay (Marketing), Sasha Fujisaka (Psychobiology), Riley Jenkins (Psychology), Katelyn Rosen (Communication), Mika Webster-Longin (History)

Swimming and Diving (21)
Catherine Andrews (Psychobiology), Josie Arbuckle (Undeclared), Katrina Bellio (Human Biology and Society), Sarah Bennetts (Biology), Beril Bocekler (Sociology), Molly Brascia (Communication), Eden Cheng (Physiological Science), Grace Dougherty (Undeclared), Elena Dry (Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology), Laura Fisher (Biochemistry), Gizem Guvenc (Psychology), Ashley Kolessar (Geography/Environmental Studies), Ava Lachey (Communication), Rosie Murphy (Psychology), Katy Pacher (International Development Studies), Alexis Schaffer (Psychobiology), Fiona Schere (Cognitive Science), Maya Shtolzberg (Psychobiology), Anna Wetteland (Statistics and Data Science), Abi Winnicki (Psychobiology), Claudia Yovanovich (Psychobiology)