68 Hoosiers Honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday that 1,016 students – including 68 from Indiana athletics teams – have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes students from all 14 institutions and 38 different sports, who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.

"Congratulations to these outstanding students on being named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars," Indiana Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass said. "Their commitment to academic excellence brings great honor and prestige to Indiana University."

Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Similar to the Academic All-Big Ten honor, Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be letter winners in at least their second academic year at their institution. However, the Distinguished Scholar Award encompasses only students with a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.

A complete list of Indiana honorees by sports is below.

Baseball
Austin Foote
Pauly Milto
Luke Stephenson

Women's Basketball
Amanda Cahill
Ta'Kendra Elbert

Men's Cross Country
Robert Browning
Mark Chandler
Jordan Huntoon
Matt Schwartzer
Adam Wallace

Women's Cross Country
Amanda Behnke
Brenna Calder
Corinne Cominator
Kelsey Harris
Olivia Hippensteel
Chanli Mundy

Field Hockey
Morgan Dye
Mollie Getzfread
Elle Hempt
Claire Woods

Football
Chris Gajcak
Wes Martin

Men's Golf
Trevor Ranton

Wome's Rowing
Emily Barber
Hanna Henry
Ellie Meinzer
Maddie Pierce
Sydney Shuert

Men's Soccer
Josh Lipe-Melton

Women's Soccer
Abby Allen
Caroline Dreher
Veronica Ellis
Bristal Hadley-Mautino
Kylie Kirk
Ari Kowalski
Annelie Leitner
Justine Lynn
Maya Piper
Kayla Smith

Softball
Emily Kirk
Maria Latimer
Erin Lehman
Aimilia McDonough
CaraMia Tsirigos
Taylor Uden

Men's Swimming and Diving
Levi Brock
Trey Hubbuch
Max Irwin
Anze Tavcar

Women's Swimming and Diving
Mackenzie Atencio
Olivia Barker
Marie Chamberlain
Shelly Drozda
Christine Jensen
Sam Lisy
Stephanie Marchuk
Hannah Sakaluk

Men's Tennis
Stefan Lugonjic
Matthew McCoy

Women's Tennis
Kim Schmider

Men's Track and Field
Robert Browning
Marker Chandler
Jordan Huntoon
Matt Schwartzer
Adam Wallace

Women's Track and Field
Amanda Bahnke
Brenna Calder
Sydney Clute
Corinne Cominator
Kelsey Harris
Olivia Hippensteel
Nakel McClinton
Chanli Mundy

Volleyball
Elizabeth Asdell
Jessica Leish
Mallory Waggoner

Women's Water Polo
Sarah Myers
Sarah Young

Wrestling
Jake Masengale

Bold Indicates 4.0 GPA

68 Hoosiers Honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

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