Huskers get 116 on Academic All-Big Ten teams

Nebraska's Andy Jacobs won the women's pole vault at the Holiday Inn Invitational at the Devaney Sports Center in January 2017. Jacobs was one of five Huskers with perfect 4.0 GPAs to receive Academic All-Big Ten honors on Wednesday.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO The track and field programs had 55 athletes honored (31 women, 24 men), the most of any program at the university. Andy Jacobs, Maddie Holland, Givon Washington and Simon Wiedel each finished with 4.0 GPAs. Women's tennis player Marina Cozac also had a 4.0.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten honors, a student-athlete must have been enrolled full-time at the school for at least 12 months and have a cumulative…