120 Illini Student-Athletes Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
July 1, 2021 | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Gymnastics, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Gymnastics, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling, Men's Golf, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track & Field, Men's Track & Field, Academic Services
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ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced its Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award winners Thursday, including 120 student-athletes honored from the University of Illinois. The list recognizes student-athletes with a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the 2020-21 academic year that were also named Academic All-Big Ten.
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 3.00 or higher for a student-athlete's academic career.
| Baseball | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Ryan Kutt | Sr. | History |
| Ryan O'Hara | So. | Business Unassigned |
| Will Pudik | Jr. | Economics |
| Ty Rybarczyk | Jr. | Kinesiology |
| Men's Basketball | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Zach Griffith | Sr. | Kinesiology |
| Women's Basketball | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Tara O'Malley | Jr. | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Football | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Blake Hayes | Gr. | Kinesiology/Master Of Public Health |
| Caleb Griffin | Jr. | Marketing |
| Christian Bobak | Gr. | MS: Technology Management |
| Doug Kramer | Gr. | MS: Recreation, Sport, & Tourism |
| Ethan Tabel | Gr. | MS: Technology Management |
| Men's Golf | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Adrien Dumont de Chassart | Jr. | Management / Entrepreneurship |
| Tommy Kuhl | Jr. | Recreation, Sport & Tourism: Sport Management |
| Women's Golf | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Siyan Chen | So. | Accountancy |
| Sarah Hauenstein | Jr. | Community Health |
| Ali Morallos | Sr. | Management |
| Tristyn Nowlin | Gr. | MS: Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Kornkamol Sukaree | Jr. | Supply Chain Management |
| Reena Sulkar | Gr. | MS: Business Administration |
| Crystal Wang | Jr. | Information Systems |
| Men's Gymnastics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Michael Fletcher | Jr. | Advertising |
| Evan Manivong | So. | Advertising |
| Connor McCool | So. | Marketing |
| Tommy Mistretta | Sr. | Management/Entrepreneurship |
| Tyler Schmidt | So. | Marketing |
| Women's Gymnastics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Nicole Biondi | Sr. | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences |
| Kylie Noonan | Sr. | Marketing and Information Systems |
| Olivia O'Donnell | So. | Kinesiology |
| Tessa Phillips | Sr. | Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Shaylah Scott | Jr. | Political Science |
| Jaylen Spence | Sr. | Communication |
| Mia Takekawa | So. | Bioengineering |
| Julia Waight | So. | Kinesiology |
| Soccer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Hope Breslin | Sr. | Speech & Hearing Science: Language Pathology |
| Elizabeth Cablk | Sr. | Finance |
| Sydney Carste | So. | Earth, Society & Environmental Sustainability |
| Amaya Ellis | Jr. | Communication and Earth, Society, & Environmental Sustainability |
| Jayna Fittipaldo | Sr. | Technical Systems Management |
| Maggie Hillman | Sr. | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences / iHealth: Health Behavior Change |
| Meredith Johnson-Monfort | Jr. | Community Health: Health Planning & Administration |
| Ashleigh Lefevre | Jr. | Marketing |
| Eileen Murphy | So. | Information Systems |
| Sami Sample | Sr. | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences / iHealth: Health Behavior Change |
| Haley Singer | Sr. | Food Science & Human Nutrition: Dietetics |
| Lauren Stibich | Jr. | Accountancy and Marketing |
| Aleah Treiterer | So. | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Henar Urteaga | Sr. | Mechanical Engineering |
| Softball | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Miranda Gallardo | So. | Information Sciences |
| Brianna Nykaza | So. | Undecided |
| Kailee Powell | Jr. | Kinesiology |
| Delaney Rummell | So. | Recreation, Sport, & Tourism |
| Kelly Ryono | So. | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences |
| Morgan Scivally | Jr. | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences |
| Shelby Stauffenberg | Sr. | Agricultural & Consumer Economics |
| Jaelyn Vickery | So. | Psychology |
| Katie Wingerter | Sr. | Finance |
| Swimming & Diving | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Abigail Cabush | Jr. | Bioengineering |
| Madelyn Crosby | Jr. | Psychology and Communication |
| Kaleigh Haworth | So. | Journalism |
| Kaylee Heimes | Jr. | Atmospheric Science |
| Sidney Kennedy | Jr. | Psychology |
| Gabrielle Loeck | Sr. | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Abigail Martin | Jr. | ACES: Public Policy |
| Jimena Martinez | Sr. | ACES: Agribusiness |
| Michelle McCord | Sr. | Master's of Nuclear, Plasma and Radial Energy |
| Isabelle Packard | So. | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Athena Salafatinos | So. | Undeclared |
| Taylor Shegos | Jr. | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences |
| Erin Young | So. | Speech & Hearing Science |
| Men's Tennis | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Alex Brown | Sr. | Accountancy |
| Vuk Budic | Gr. | Accountancy |
| Lucas Horve | Jr. | Communication |
| Noe Khlif | Gr. | Accountancy |
| Aleks Kovacevic | Gr. | Finance |
| Women's Tennis | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Emily Casati | So. | Human Development & Family Studies |
| Josie Frazier | So. | Business |
| Shivani Ingle | Jr. | Systems Engineering & Design |
| Asuka Kawai | Sr. | Psychology |
| Mia Rabinowitz | Sr. | Recreation, Sport, & Tourism |
| Ashley Yeah | So. | Computer Science |
| Men's Track & Field/Cross Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Connor Artman | Jr. | Finance |
| Ethan Baker | So. | Agricultural Communications: Advertising |
| Shrey Chowdhary | Sr. | Computer Science |
| Josh Eiker | Gr. | Master's of Strategic Brand Communication |
| Logan Hall | Jr. | Kinesiology |
| Phillip Hall | Jr. | Psychology |
| Irwin Loud | Sr. | Mechanical Engineering |
| Reed Marshall | Jr. | Social Work |
| Bennett Melone | So. | Business |
| Will O'Brien | So. | Civil Engineering |
| Manning Plater | Gr. | Master's of Technology Management |
| Jonathan Wells | Gr. | Master's of Business Administration |
| Women's Track & Field/Cross Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Ololade Ayoola | Sr. | Technical Systems Management |
| Madeline Bruce | Jr. | Kinesiology |
| Nicki Cast | Sr. | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Nicole Cho | Sr. | Molecular & Cellular Biology and Psychology |
| Rebecca Craddock | Sr. | Integrative Biology |
| Caroline Fix | Sr. | NRES: Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Biology |
| Jessica Franklin | Jr. | Kinesiology |
| Josie Held | Jr. | Finance |
| Katie Hohe | So. | Psychology |
| Madison Marasco | Jr. | Sociology |
| Jessica McDowell | So. | English |
| Allison McGrath | Sr. | Integrative Biology |
| Emma Milburn | Jr. | Psychology |
| Carolyn Nye | Gr. | Master's of Bioengineering |
| Mikayla Olsen | Jr. | Mathematics |
| Camille Osborne | Jr. | Speech & Hearing Science |
| Kristin Slaughter | Gr. | Bioengineering |
| Jess Streepy | So. | Spanish |
| Tracy Towns | So. | Business |
| Katie Witte | Sr. | Kinesiology |
| Volleyball | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Diana Brown | Jr. | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Megan Cooney | Sr. | Speech & Hearing Science |
| Taylor Kuper | Jr. | Management, Marketing |
| Wrestling | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Major |
| Zac Braunagel | Jr. | Marketing |
| Justin Cardani | Jr. | Advertising |
| Mike Carr | Gr. | Master's of Nuclear, Plasma & Radial Energy |
| Nate Cotroneo | So. | Agribusiness: Markets & Management |
| Jake Reicin | So. | Advertising |
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