The Big Ten announced Wednesday that 1,098 student-athletes have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award.
The list includes athletes from all 14 Big Ten schools and 38 different sports who managed to have a GPA of 3.7 or higher in the previous academic year. IU saw 67 athletes make the list across 19 of its 24 sports.
The 67 honorees is the second-highest total in IU history.
"We are extremely proud of these 67 individuals, who have separated themselves with their excellence in the classroom,” said Fred Glass, IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.
The list of all the athletes is below:
Baseball
Drew Ashley
Men’s basketball
Vijay Blackmon
Women’s basketball
Brenna Wise and Grace Withrow
Field hockey
Sachi Ananias and Jessica Morford
Football
Harry Crider and Michael McGinnis
Men’s golf
Evan Yakubov
Rowing
Bayasgalan Batsaikhan, Connie Brahm, Antonia Frappell, Ellie Meinzer, Maddie Pierce, Liz Saunders, Sydney Shuert, Paige Spiller and Sophia Wickersham
Men’s soccer
John Bannec and Sean Caulfield
Women’s soccer
Abby Allen, Caroline Dreher, Melanie Forbes, Allison Jorden, Bethany Kopel, Justine Lynn, Hanna Nemeth, Maya Piper and Meghan Scott
Softball
Annika Baez, Karly Combs, Makayla Ferrari, Sarah Galovich and Gabbi Jenkins
Men’s swimming and diving
Wyeth Brock, Andrew Capobianco, Clark Carter, James Connor, Gage Hamill and Gary Kostbade
Women’s swimming and diving
Mackenzie Atencio, Laurel Eiber, Josie Grotte, Christine Jensen and Laura Morley
Men’s tennis
Payam Ahmadi, Zac Brodney, Bennett Crane and Andrew Redding
Women’s tennis
Anna McCoy and Michelle McKamey
Men’s track and field
Adam Coulon, Daniel Kuhn, Kyle Mau, Alexander Shinnerl, Ben Veatch and Cooper Williams
Women’s track and field
Jenna Jungles, Leah Moran, Hannah Stoffel and Grace Walther
Volleyball
Meaghan Koors and Nora Meehan
Water polo
Riley Beemer
Wrestling
Buddy Conley, Jake Danishek and Spencer Irick
