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 Marquette goalkeeper Natalie Kulla was one of five players named to the Lowe's Senior CLASS women's soccer first team.
The Senior CLASS program is for senior student-athletes only and acknowledges excellence in four areas: competition, character, community and the classroom.
Kulla finished her career second in NCAA Division I history with 43 shutouts, was active in the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, volunteered throughout the campus and community and will graduate this month with a degree in engineering.
She is returning to her hometown of St. Louis, where she's accepted a position with Boeing as a facilities plant engineer working in the company's defense, space and security division. Kulla also plans to pursue a graduate degree in sustainability at Saint Louis University.
Academic All-Big Ten
Twenty University of Wisconsin players and two other state natives were named to the Academic All-Big Ten men's and women's soccer teams. To be eligible for the teams, student-athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and have maintained a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better. A total of 58 men's players and 160 women's players were among the 788 selections across the conference for fall sports.
On the men's side, 11 Badgers were honored: Senior forward Josh Thiermann (Stoughton), senior defender-midfielder Colin Mani (Madison Edgewood), senior midfielder Colin Monasterio, senior goalkeeper Jamal Habibi, junior defender Tim Lancina (Shorewood), junior defender Derek Pitts (Middleton), junior goalkeeper Ciro Martinez, sophomore goalkeeper Max Jentsch (Hartland Arrowhead), sophomore midfielder Joey Tennyson (Menomonee Falls), sophomore midfielder Nick Janus and sophomore forward Chris Prince.
UW senior defender Meghan Flannery (Whitefish Bay/Milwaukee DSHA), senior forward Laurie Nosbusch (Mequon Homestead), senior forward Lauren Cochlin, senior midfielder Leigh Williams, junior defender Joana Bielefeld (Brookfield Central), junior midfielder Lindsey Hamann (Cedarburg), junior forward Paige Adams, junior midfielder Alev Kelter and sophomore defender Nicole La Petina made the women's team, along with Purdue senior defender Brookley Rogers (Brookfield East) and Iowa sophomore midfielder Alex Melin (Verona).
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