Big Ten Honors IU’s 112 Distinguished Scholars
7/14/2025 3:28:00 PM | Academic Services, Student-Athlete Services
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that 1,984 students on varsity rosters have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes students from all 14 institutions, plus Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame and 41 sports who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.
The 2024-25 class of Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients includes 426 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term, represented in bold on the official list.
The Big Ten honored 112 Hoosiers that earned the Distinguished Scholar distinction this season.
"IU Athletics is extremely proud of our student-athletes' long-standing reputation of excellence both in competition and in the classroom." said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. "I am excited to congratulate and celebrate these 112 individuals, all of whom have performed at the very highest level academically. The time demands that come along with being a student-athlete are significant, and these students have still managed to perform at a an extraordinarily high level in the classroom. In doing so, they have made their programs and our department very proud. Congratulations to our Big Ten Distinguished Scholars."
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
Baseball
Drew Buhr
Men's Basketball
Shaan Burke
Anthony Leal
Jordan Rayford
Women's Basketball
Lexus Bargesser
Lenee Beaumont
Sydney Parrish
Women's Golf
Beatriz Junquiera
Caroline Smith
Field Hockey
Javiera Baeza
Maggie Carter
Ines Garcia Prado
Arabella Loveridge
Cecilia Maixner
Anna Mozeleski
Yip van Wonderen
Ava Winner
Men's Golf
Robert Bender III
Football
Drew Evans
Anthony Chung
Aden Cannon
Camden Jordan
Rowing
Olivia Luban
Annabel Oertel
Lily Haupt
Chelsie Lindauer
Allie Beth Currier
Stella Abodeely
Abbey Armstrong
Ava Olson
Cat Madden
Daniella Mandel
Men's Soccer
Luka Bezerra
EJ Dreher
JT Harms
Jack Wagoner
Grant Yeagley
Women's Soccer
Ava Akeel
Olivia Albert
Elle Britt
Piper Coffield
Marisa Grzesiak
Camille Hamm
Dani Jacobson
Natasha Kim
Sydney Masur
Krista Murphy
Kennedy Neighbors
Emma Payton
Olivia Rush
Sarah Sirdah
Olivia Smith
Mary Kate Sullivan
Softball
Aly VanBrandt
Men's Swimming and Diving
Luke Barr
Jackson Carlile
Mason Carlton
Mikkel Lee
Josh Matheny
Collin McKenzie
Utkarsh Patil
Carson Tyler
Gavin Wight
Benson Wong
Jassen Yep
Women's Swimming and Diving
Morgan Casey
Mariah Denigan
Mya DeWitt
Katie Forrester
Anna Freed
MacKenna Lieske
Cat Minic
Anna Peplowski
Reese Tiltmann
Sydney Turner
Lily Witte
Men's Tennis
Nikola Kolyachev
Women's Tennis
Chase Boyer
Elisabeth Dunac
Li-Hsin Lin
Men's Track and Field
Dalton Boisseau
Tyler Carrel
Max Grangier
Garrett Messer
Sean Mockler
Cole Raymond
Hunter Smith
Skylar Stidam
Women's Track and Field
Bridget Beyer
Kelly Moran
Claire Overfelt
Kylee Poulton
Addison Price
Maddie Russin
Grace Tyson
Kristina Vinci
Mariah Wehrle
Katelyn Winton
Volleyball
Kenzie Dafinee
Luca Fickell
Delaynie Maple
Carly Mills
Water Polo
Audrey Cox
Grace Hathaway
Grace Klingler
Gwyneth Le
Sarah Lolli
Portia Sasser
Sophia Sollie
Wrestling
Mason Alley
Jacob Bullock
Jacob Moran
#NeverDaunted
The 2024-25 class of Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients includes 426 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term, represented in bold on the official list.
The Big Ten honored 112 Hoosiers that earned the Distinguished Scholar distinction this season.
"IU Athletics is extremely proud of our student-athletes' long-standing reputation of excellence both in competition and in the classroom." said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. "I am excited to congratulate and celebrate these 112 individuals, all of whom have performed at the very highest level academically. The time demands that come along with being a student-athlete are significant, and these students have still managed to perform at a an extraordinarily high level in the classroom. In doing so, they have made their programs and our department very proud. Congratulations to our Big Ten Distinguished Scholars."
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
Baseball
Drew Buhr
Men's Basketball
Shaan Burke
Anthony Leal
Jordan Rayford
Women's Basketball
Lexus Bargesser
Lenee Beaumont
Sydney Parrish
Women's Golf
Beatriz Junquiera
Caroline Smith
Field Hockey
Javiera Baeza
Maggie Carter
Ines Garcia Prado
Arabella Loveridge
Cecilia Maixner
Anna Mozeleski
Yip van Wonderen
Ava Winner
Men's Golf
Robert Bender III
Football
Drew Evans
Anthony Chung
Aden Cannon
Camden Jordan
Rowing
Olivia Luban
Annabel Oertel
Lily Haupt
Chelsie Lindauer
Allie Beth Currier
Stella Abodeely
Abbey Armstrong
Ava Olson
Cat Madden
Daniella Mandel
Men's Soccer
Luka Bezerra
EJ Dreher
JT Harms
Jack Wagoner
Grant Yeagley
Women's Soccer
Ava Akeel
Olivia Albert
Elle Britt
Piper Coffield
Marisa Grzesiak
Camille Hamm
Dani Jacobson
Natasha Kim
Sydney Masur
Krista Murphy
Kennedy Neighbors
Emma Payton
Olivia Rush
Sarah Sirdah
Olivia Smith
Mary Kate Sullivan
Softball
Aly VanBrandt
Men's Swimming and Diving
Luke Barr
Jackson Carlile
Mason Carlton
Mikkel Lee
Josh Matheny
Collin McKenzie
Utkarsh Patil
Carson Tyler
Gavin Wight
Benson Wong
Jassen Yep
Women's Swimming and Diving
Morgan Casey
Mariah Denigan
Mya DeWitt
Katie Forrester
Anna Freed
MacKenna Lieske
Cat Minic
Anna Peplowski
Reese Tiltmann
Sydney Turner
Lily Witte
Men's Tennis
Nikola Kolyachev
Women's Tennis
Chase Boyer
Elisabeth Dunac
Li-Hsin Lin
Men's Track and Field
Dalton Boisseau
Tyler Carrel
Max Grangier
Garrett Messer
Sean Mockler
Cole Raymond
Hunter Smith
Skylar Stidam
Women's Track and Field
Bridget Beyer
Kelly Moran
Claire Overfelt
Kylee Poulton
Addison Price
Maddie Russin
Grace Tyson
Kristina Vinci
Mariah Wehrle
Katelyn Winton
Volleyball
Kenzie Dafinee
Luca Fickell
Delaynie Maple
Carly Mills
Water Polo
Audrey Cox
Grace Hathaway
Grace Klingler
Gwyneth Le
Sarah Lolli
Portia Sasser
Sophia Sollie
Wrestling
Mason Alley
Jacob Bullock
Jacob Moran
#NeverDaunted
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