Indiana University Athletics
Crider and McGinnis Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
7/9/2019 1:13:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award honorees on Tuesday, which included Indiana Football players Harry Crider and Michael McGinnis. The list includes students who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. A total of 67 IU students earned the honor this past academic year.
"We are extremely proud of these 67 individuals, who have separated themselves with their excellence in the classroom," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass. "The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award is the highest academic honor that the Big Ten Conference presents to individual student-athletes. To have our second-largest group of honorees ever this year is a credit to each as these individual students as well as our Academic Services and Excellence Academy staff for the tremendous work that they do."
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.
"We are extremely proud of these 67 individuals, who have separated themselves with their excellence in the classroom," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass. "The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award is the highest academic honor that the Big Ten Conference presents to individual student-athletes. To have our second-largest group of honorees ever this year is a credit to each as these individual students as well as our Academic Services and Excellence Academy staff for the tremendous work that they do."
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.
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