Ivy League Recognises 34 Student-Athletes for Academic Excellence in Non-Core Sports

The Ivy League has honoured 34 exceptional student-athletes across its member institutions with selection to the 2024–25 At-Large Academic All-Ivy Team. The announcement, made from Princeton, New Jersey, celebrates student-athletes participating in non-Ivy League sponsored sports who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance alongside athletic commitment.

Each Ivy League university nominated top-performing athletes in sports such as archery, equestrian, sprint football, gymnastics, women’s and men’s polo, water polo, skiing, rugby, volleyball, and sailing, among others. To qualify, students must be in strong academic standing at their respective institutions.

Here is a highlight of this year’s honorees:

Brown University

Aziza Alford (Women’s Rugby)

Julia Byrne (Equestrian)

Maya Davis (Gymnastics)

Emily Mueller (Coed Sailing)

Kole Newman (Men’s Water Polo)

Claire Poissonnier (Women’s Water Polo)

Columbia University

Judith Gottlieb (Archery)

Cornell University

Sydney Beers (Gymnastics)

Isabelle Braden (Women’s Polo)

Riley Gerardo (Equestrian)

Benito Jaramillo Samper (Men’s Polo)

Evan Nicholas (Sprint Football)

Dartmouth College

Luke Allan (Men’s Skiing)

Faye Benjamin (Coed Sailing)

Chloe Terestchenko (Equestrian)

Ava Thurston (Women’s Skiing)

Katelyn Walker (Women’s Rugby)

Harvard University

Mitchell Callahan (Coed Sailing)

Quincy Donley (Women’s Skiing)

Heidi Heffelfinger (Women’s Water Polo)

Carly Lehman (Women’s Rugby)

Charlotte Paley (Women’s Lightweight Rowing)

Matt Ryan (Men’s Skiing)

Logan Shepherd (Men’s Volleyball)

Tyler Zarcu (Men’s Water Polo)

University of Pennsylvania (Penn)

Cam Janock (Sprint Football)

Skyelar Kerico (Gymnastics)

Princeton University

Amelia Boehle (Women’s Lightweight Rowing)

Rachael Carver (Women’s Water Polo)

Sophie Grouws (Women’s Rugby)

Issac Rotenberg (Men’s Water Polo)

Henry Wedbush (Men’s Volleyball)

Yale University

Claire Qu (Gymnastics)

Nathan Sih (Coed Sailing)

This recognition reflects the Ivy League’s commitment to balancing elite academics with athletic excellence, even beyond the core NCAA sports it officially sponsors.