Indiana University Athletics
Record 105 Hoosiers Honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
7/1/2021 3:00:00 PM | Football, General, Women's Basketball, Women's Rowing, Women's Water Polo, Academic Services
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday that 1,517 students – including 105 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.
The 105 honorees from Indiana represents a school record and the second straight year the Hoosiers have set a record for most honorees. It also represents a significant improvement from the 67 honorees in the 2018-19 school year. In the 2019-20 school year it was 96 honorees. This also comes on the heels of 155 Indiana student-athletes earning spring/at-large Academic All-Big Ten Honors, another program record.
"Congratulations to our school-record 105 student-athletes who have succeeded at the very highest levels in the classroom and earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades this year," said IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson. "Nothing is more important to our department than supporting our students' efforts to succeed academically, which is what makes this type of recognition so meaningful. These students have performed at a level that places them among the very best on the entire Bloomington campus, and they have done that while also managing the significant demands that come with representing IU athletically. This is a tremendous accomplishment that we take enormous pride in."
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.
Football
Thomas Allen
Harry Crider
Ricky Tamis
Trey Walker
Men's Track and Field and Cross Country
Jyles Etienne
Christian Goines
Dustin Horter
Arjun Jha
Ethan Meyer
Nolan Landis
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Women's Track and Field and Cross Country
Jenna Barker
Princess Brinkley
Maddie Dalton
Kara Deady
Abby Green
Bailey Hertenstein
Mallory Mulzer
Mikaela Ramirez
Sarah Schmitt
Lauren Seaver
Alyssa Skorge
Lauren Thomas
Grace Williams
Women's Basketball
Grace Berger
Mackenzie Holmes
Ali Patberg
Men's Basketball
Joey Brunk
Women's Soccer
Melanie Forbes
Allison Jorden
Bethany Kopel
Avery Lockwood
Hanna Németh
Grace Saccone
Bria Telemaque
Megan Wampler
Women's Golf
Angela Aung
Rowing
Abigail Bogovich
Nicole Conway
Isabelle Crain
Drew Harris
Libby Kruger
Ruby Leverington
Larissa Moffat
KaylynnScher
Whitney Walker
Madison Wright
Men's Soccer
John Bannec
Ian Black
Lucas Boha
Spencer Glass
Quinten Helmer
Alex Palazzolo
Bryant Pratt
Isaac Sarosy
Thomas Warr
Ben Yeagley
Women's Diving
Kayla Luarde
Margaret Rogers
Water Polo
Zoe Crouch
Katherine Hawkins
Izzy Mandema
Taylor Wessel
Men's Tennis
Bennett Crane
Patrick Fletchall
Carson Haskins
Andrew Redding
Mac Rogers
Women's Tennis
Lexi Kubas
Michelle McKamey
Field Hockey
Sachi Ananias
Peyton Becker
Sofi Keen
Mary Kate Kesler
Jes McGivern
Kennedy Reardon
Women's Swimming
Laurel Eiber
Josie Grote
Bailey Kovac
Mackenzie Looze
Ryler Ober
Grace Pangburn
Noelle Peplowski
Baseball
Drew Ashley
Zachary Behrmann
Blayne Deaton
Alex Franklin
Matthew Lerner
Connor Manous
Tyler Van Pelt
Men's Swimming
Griffin Eiber
Jacob Destrampe
Michael Draves
Gage Hamill
Gary Kostbade
Ben McDade
Volleyball
Haley Armstrong
Sophie Oliphant
Bayli Lebo
Softball
Taylor Askland
Tatum Hayes
Gabbi Jenkins
Bella Norton
Grayson Radcliffe
The 105 honorees from Indiana represents a school record and the second straight year the Hoosiers have set a record for most honorees. It also represents a significant improvement from the 67 honorees in the 2018-19 school year. In the 2019-20 school year it was 96 honorees. This also comes on the heels of 155 Indiana student-athletes earning spring/at-large Academic All-Big Ten Honors, another program record.
"Congratulations to our school-record 105 student-athletes who have succeeded at the very highest levels in the classroom and earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades this year," said IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson. "Nothing is more important to our department than supporting our students' efforts to succeed academically, which is what makes this type of recognition so meaningful. These students have performed at a level that places them among the very best on the entire Bloomington campus, and they have done that while also managing the significant demands that come with representing IU athletically. This is a tremendous accomplishment that we take enormous pride in."
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.
Football
Thomas Allen
Harry Crider
Ricky Tamis
Trey Walker
Men's Track and Field and Cross Country
Jyles Etienne
Christian Goines
Dustin Horter
Arjun Jha
Ethan Meyer
Nolan Landis
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Women's Track and Field and Cross Country
Jenna Barker
Princess Brinkley
Maddie Dalton
Kara Deady
Abby Green
Bailey Hertenstein
Mallory Mulzer
Mikaela Ramirez
Sarah Schmitt
Lauren Seaver
Alyssa Skorge
Lauren Thomas
Grace Williams
Women's Basketball
Grace Berger
Mackenzie Holmes
Ali Patberg
Men's Basketball
Joey Brunk
Women's Soccer
Melanie Forbes
Allison Jorden
Bethany Kopel
Avery Lockwood
Hanna Németh
Grace Saccone
Bria Telemaque
Megan Wampler
Women's Golf
Angela Aung
Rowing
Abigail Bogovich
Nicole Conway
Isabelle Crain
Drew Harris
Libby Kruger
Ruby Leverington
Larissa Moffat
KaylynnScher
Whitney Walker
Madison Wright
Men's Soccer
John Bannec
Ian Black
Lucas Boha
Spencer Glass
Quinten Helmer
Alex Palazzolo
Bryant Pratt
Isaac Sarosy
Thomas Warr
Ben Yeagley
Women's Diving
Kayla Luarde
Margaret Rogers
Water Polo
Zoe Crouch
Katherine Hawkins
Izzy Mandema
Taylor Wessel
Men's Tennis
Bennett Crane
Patrick Fletchall
Carson Haskins
Andrew Redding
Mac Rogers
Women's Tennis
Lexi Kubas
Michelle McKamey
Field Hockey
Sachi Ananias
Peyton Becker
Sofi Keen
Mary Kate Kesler
Jes McGivern
Kennedy Reardon
Women's Swimming
Laurel Eiber
Josie Grote
Bailey Kovac
Mackenzie Looze
Ryler Ober
Grace Pangburn
Noelle Peplowski
Baseball
Drew Ashley
Zachary Behrmann
Blayne Deaton
Alex Franklin
Matthew Lerner
Connor Manous
Tyler Van Pelt
Men's Swimming
Griffin Eiber
Jacob Destrampe
Michael Draves
Gage Hamill
Gary Kostbade
Ben McDade
Volleyball
Haley Armstrong
Sophie Oliphant
Bayli Lebo
Softball
Taylor Askland
Tatum Hayes
Gabbi Jenkins
Bella Norton
Grayson Radcliffe
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