University Southern California Trojans
63 Trojans Named to Fall Big Ten All-Academic Team
December 10, 2025 | Football, USC Athletics, Women's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Sixty three USC student-athletes earned a spot on the 2025 Fall Academic All-Big Ten team for their work in the classroom as the conference released its academic awards on Wednesday (Dec. 10).
In the school's second year in the Big Ten Conference, the Trojans increased the number of athletes who earned Fall All-Academic honors to 63 from last year's 47, with athletes from cross country, football, soccer and women's volleyball garnering recognition.
Three Trojans earned the honor with a perfect GPA, with soccer's Katie Park and Eleanor Morrissey, and football's Brandon Shepherd compiling 4.0 grade point averages.
To be eligible for the Academic All-Big Ten team, student-athletes must have been enrolled full-time for at least 12 months and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. This season, 1,845 student-athletes across all Big Ten institutions were named to this team.
Here are USC's Fall Academic All-Big Ten team members:
Cross Country (8)
Takiya Cenci
Isabella Duarte
Jacqueline Duarte
Sydney Knodel
Christine M. Mallard
Lucia Rabolli
Haley Spoden
Paige Unger
Football (35)
Kash Amos
Brendan Cho
Kameryn Crawford
Asante Das
Nick De Fina
Colin Fasse
Dylan Gebbia
Sam Huard
Sam Johnson
Brady Jung
Walker Lyons
Roman Marchetti
Devin McDonough
Cian McKelvey
Lake McRee
Elijah Newby
DeCarlos Nicholson
Kilian O'Connor
Joey Olsen
Elijah Paige
Hank Pepper
Garrett Pomerantz
Ryan Quintinar
Tobias Raymond
Jaden Richardson
Gage Roy
Rey Sanchez
Ryon Sayeri
Braylan Shelby
Brandon Shepherd
Keeshawn Silver
Jack Susnjar
Hayden Treter
Josiah Zamora
Seth Zamora
Soccer (12)
Jaiden Anderson
Cassie Bibby
Ines Derrien
Maribel Flores
Faith George
Alyssa Gonzalez
Bella Grust
Molly McDougal
Hana Mizumoto
Eleanor Morrissey
Peyton Nakagawara
Katie Park
Women's Volleyball (8)
Allie Hazelwood
Madison Pietsch
Brooklyn Tealer
Megan Verbiest
Gala Trubint
Leah Ford
Adonia Faumuina
Dani Thomas-Nathan
In the school's second year in the Big Ten Conference, the Trojans increased the number of athletes who earned Fall All-Academic honors to 63 from last year's 47, with athletes from cross country, football, soccer and women's volleyball garnering recognition.
Three Trojans earned the honor with a perfect GPA, with soccer's Katie Park and Eleanor Morrissey, and football's Brandon Shepherd compiling 4.0 grade point averages.
To be eligible for the Academic All-Big Ten team, student-athletes must have been enrolled full-time for at least 12 months and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. This season, 1,845 student-athletes across all Big Ten institutions were named to this team.
Here are USC's Fall Academic All-Big Ten team members:
Cross Country (8)
Takiya Cenci
Isabella Duarte
Jacqueline Duarte
Sydney Knodel
Christine M. Mallard
Lucia Rabolli
Haley Spoden
Paige Unger
Football (35)
Kash Amos
Brendan Cho
Kameryn Crawford
Asante Das
Nick De Fina
Colin Fasse
Dylan Gebbia
Sam Huard
Sam Johnson
Brady Jung
Walker Lyons
Roman Marchetti
Devin McDonough
Cian McKelvey
Lake McRee
Elijah Newby
DeCarlos Nicholson
Kilian O'Connor
Joey Olsen
Elijah Paige
Hank Pepper
Garrett Pomerantz
Ryan Quintinar
Tobias Raymond
Jaden Richardson
Gage Roy
Rey Sanchez
Ryon Sayeri
Braylan Shelby
Brandon Shepherd
Keeshawn Silver
Jack Susnjar
Hayden Treter
Josiah Zamora
Seth Zamora
Soccer (12)
Jaiden Anderson
Cassie Bibby
Ines Derrien
Maribel Flores
Faith George
Alyssa Gonzalez
Bella Grust
Molly McDougal
Hana Mizumoto
Eleanor Morrissey
Peyton Nakagawara
Katie Park
Women's Volleyball (8)
Allie Hazelwood
Madison Pietsch
Brooklyn Tealer
Megan Verbiest
Gala Trubint
Leah Ford
Adonia Faumuina
Dani Thomas-Nathan
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