103 Hoosiers Honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
7/14/2022 11:00:00 AM | Field Hockey, Football, General, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming and Diving, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Volleyball, Women's Water Polo, Wrestling, Academic Services, Track and Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Thursday that student-athletes from the conference – including 103 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 103 honorees from Indiana represents back-to-back years in which the Hoosiers have had over 100 honorees. This also comes on the heels of 349 student-athletes earning Academic All-Big Ten honors in the 2021-22 school year, a program record.
"Congratulations to our 103 students who have excelled in the classroom and earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors," said IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson. "These students have shown the ability to not only manage the type of demands on their time that very few other students have, but to perform at the highest level academically while doing so. This marks the second straight year that we have had at least 100 of our students earn this special honor, which is a great source of pride for our department."
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
Peter Schulz
Ricky Tamis
Trey Walker
Luke Wiginton
Field Hockey
Mary Kate Kesler
Kennedy Reardon
Men's Golf
Evan Yakubov
Men's Tennis
Michael Andre
Nishanth Basavareddy
Mac Rogers
Jagger Saylor
Men's Track and Field
Adam Coulon
Jyles Etienne
Christian Goines
Tyler Sierks
Jake Gebhardt
Arjun Jha
Kyle Mau
Parker Raymond
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Cooper Williams
Men's Soccer
Luke Boha
Spencer Glass
Andrew Goldsworthy
Quinten Helmer
Austin Himebaugh
Alex McGill
Bryant Pratt
Ben Yeagley
Volleyball
Morgan Geddes
Sophie Oliphant
Grae Gosnell
Water Polo
Zoe Crouch
Lanna Debow
Katherine Hawkins
Izzy Mandema
Sophie Wazzan
Rowing
Madeline Anderson
Sophie Carmosino
Ara Cowper
Jayna Dolfi
Rachael Galet
Libby Krueger
Ruby Leverington
Sophie McCartin
Kaylynn Scher
Sofia Sperduto
Avery Thorpe
Women's Basketball
Grace Berger
Chloe Moore-McNeil
Women's Golf
Alexis Miestowski
Valerie Clancy
Morgan Dabagia
Beatriz Junqueira
Women's Soccer
Jen Blitchok
Melanie Forbes
Megan Wampler
Bethany Kopel
Alaina Kalin
Caitlin Arbuckle
Oliwia Wos
Sofia Black
Women's Track and Field
Madison Pollard
Hope Purcell
Lauren Thomas
Kara Deady
Lauren Seaver
Anna Watson
Maria Anderson
Jenna Barker
Maddie Dalton
Bailey Hertenstein
Lauryn Mick
Mikaela Ramirez
Sarah Schmitt
Alyssa Skorge
Gracie Sprankle
Elizabeth Stanhope
Hannah Stoffel
Mariah Wehrle
Kelly Mindak
Wrestling
Santos Cantu
Paul Konrath
Softball
Aaliyah Andrews
Taylor Askland
Brooke Benson
Brittany Ford
Tatum Hayes
Macy Montgomery
Grayson Radcliffe
Swimming and Diving
Mackenzie Looze
Noelle Peplowski
Mia Ristic
Jacob Destrampe
Michael Draves
Ben McDade
Gavin Wight
Jassen Yep
Anne Fowler
Kayla Luarde
Margaret Rogers
Zain Smith
The 103 honorees from Indiana represents back-to-back years in which the Hoosiers have had over 100 honorees. This also comes on the heels of 349 student-athletes earning Academic All-Big Ten honors in the 2021-22 school year, a program record.
"Congratulations to our 103 students who have excelled in the classroom and earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors," said IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson. "These students have shown the ability to not only manage the type of demands on their time that very few other students have, but to perform at the highest level academically while doing so. This marks the second straight year that we have had at least 100 of our students earn this special honor, which is a great source of pride for our department."
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
Peter Schulz
Ricky Tamis
Trey Walker
Luke Wiginton
Field Hockey
Mary Kate Kesler
Kennedy Reardon
Men's Golf
Evan Yakubov
Men's Tennis
Michael Andre
Nishanth Basavareddy
Mac Rogers
Jagger Saylor
Men's Track and Field
Adam Coulon
Jyles Etienne
Christian Goines
Tyler Sierks
Jake Gebhardt
Arjun Jha
Kyle Mau
Parker Raymond
Skylar Stidam
Ben Veatch
Cooper Williams
Men's Soccer
Luke Boha
Spencer Glass
Andrew Goldsworthy
Quinten Helmer
Austin Himebaugh
Alex McGill
Bryant Pratt
Ben Yeagley
Volleyball
Morgan Geddes
Sophie Oliphant
Grae Gosnell
Water Polo
Zoe Crouch
Lanna Debow
Katherine Hawkins
Izzy Mandema
Sophie Wazzan
Rowing
Madeline Anderson
Sophie Carmosino
Ara Cowper
Jayna Dolfi
Rachael Galet
Libby Krueger
Ruby Leverington
Sophie McCartin
Kaylynn Scher
Sofia Sperduto
Avery Thorpe
Women's Basketball
Grace Berger
Chloe Moore-McNeil
Women's Golf
Alexis Miestowski
Valerie Clancy
Morgan Dabagia
Beatriz Junqueira
Women's Soccer
Jen Blitchok
Melanie Forbes
Megan Wampler
Bethany Kopel
Alaina Kalin
Caitlin Arbuckle
Oliwia Wos
Sofia Black
Women's Track and Field
Madison Pollard
Hope Purcell
Lauren Thomas
Kara Deady
Lauren Seaver
Anna Watson
Maria Anderson
Jenna Barker
Maddie Dalton
Bailey Hertenstein
Lauryn Mick
Mikaela Ramirez
Sarah Schmitt
Alyssa Skorge
Gracie Sprankle
Elizabeth Stanhope
Hannah Stoffel
Mariah Wehrle
Kelly Mindak
Wrestling
Santos Cantu
Paul Konrath
Softball
Aaliyah Andrews
Taylor Askland
Brooke Benson
Brittany Ford
Tatum Hayes
Macy Montgomery
Grayson Radcliffe
Swimming and Diving
Mackenzie Looze
Noelle Peplowski
Mia Ristic
Jacob Destrampe
Michael Draves
Ben McDade
Gavin Wight
Jassen Yep
Anne Fowler
Kayla Luarde
Margaret Rogers
Zain Smith
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Midfielder
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/ Wrestling
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Pole Vault
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Utility
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Distance
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Pole Vault
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Freestyle
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High Jump
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Forward
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UT
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Diving
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Varsity
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Distance
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Hurdles
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Defender
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OF
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Goalkeeper
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Freestyle
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Goalkeeper
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Multi
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IF
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Distance
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Diving
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Distance
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OL
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Pole Vault
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Pole Vault
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Distance
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Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Novice
/ Women's Rowing
Distance
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Mid-Distance
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Distance
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OL
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Novice
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Distance
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TE
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Midfielder
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Pole Vault
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Attacker
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Distance
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Free/Multi
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OL
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Distance
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Defender
/ Women's Soccer
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Midfielder
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