Illini Earn 93 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Honors
July 14, 2022 | Baseball, Football, 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 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar list was announced Thursday (July 14) by the conference office. Fighting Illini student-athletes earned 93 honors.
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 | Major |
| Zak Hartleb | Recreation, Sport & Tourism: Sport Mgmt |
| Ryan Kutt | History |
| Ryan O'Hara | Accountancy |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk | Psychology |
| WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Sara Anastasieska | Master's of Recreation, Sport and Tourism |
| De'Myla Brown | Journalism |
| MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Connor Artman | Finance |
| Ben Giblin | Finance |
| Will Giblin | Finance |
| Logan Hall | Kinesiology |
| Eddie Lennon | History |
| Anthony Maida | Business |
| Reed Marshall | Social Work |
| Bennett Melone | Finance |
| Will O'Brien | Civil Engineering |
| Will Rezny | Community Health |
| WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Ayah Aldadah | Advertising |
| Rebecca Craddock | Master's of Public Health |
| Caroline Fix | Natural Resources and Environmental Science: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Biology |
| Josie Held | Finance |
| Katie Hohe | Psychology |
| Madison Marasco | Sociology |
| Jessica McDowell | English |
| Allison McGrath | Master's of Agricultural Prodcution |
| Camille Osborne | Speech and Hearing Science: Speech Language Pathology |
| Kelsey Rothas | Community Health |
| Danni Stoughton | Technical Systems Management |
| Jess Streepy | Spanish |
| Tracy Towns | Accountancy |
| FOOTBALL | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Sean Coghlan | MS: Accountancy |
| Caleb Griffin | MS: Management |
| Blake Hayes | Master of Public Health |
| Alec McEachern | MS: Management |
| MEN'S GOLF | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Adrien Dumont de Chassart | Management/Entrepreneurship |
| Nico Lang | Information Systems |
| WOMEN'S GOLF | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Siyan Chen | Accounting & Information Systems |
| Kornkamol Sukaree | Supply Chain Management & Information Systems |
| Crystal Wang | Information Systems & Operations Management |
| MEN'S GYMNASTICS | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Connor McCool | Marketing |
| Emanuele Muehlhauser | Communication |
| WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Kaitlyn Ewald | Kinesiology |
| Olivia O'Donnell | Kinesiology |
| Shaylah Scott | Political Science |
| Mia Takekawa | Bioengineering |
| Julia Waight | Kinesiology |
| SOCCER | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Sydney Carste | Earth, Society, and Envir Sustainability |
| Ashley Cathro | Kinesiology |
| Summer Garrison | Kinesiology |
| Maggie Hillman | MPH:BS i-Health/MPH Public Health |
| Meredith Johnson-Monfort | MS Management |
| Hope Breslin | Speech and Hearing Science |
| Zoey Kollhoff | Advertising |
| Ashleigh Lefevre | Marketing |
| Lilian Lucas | Geology |
| Eileen Murphy | Information Systems |
| Ashley Prell | Information Systems |
| Lauren Stibich | Marketing, Management |
| Aleah Treiterer | Materials Science & Engineering |
| SOFTBALL | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Miranda Gallardo | Information Sciences |
| Brianna Nykaza | Psychology |
| Kailee Powell | Kinesiology |
| Delaney Rummell | Recreation, Sport, and Tourism |
| Kelly Ryono | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences |
| Sydney Sickels | Master's of Recreation, Sport, and Tourism |
| Avrey Steiner | Accountancy |
| Jaelyn Vickery | Psychology |
| SWIMMING & DIVING | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Laurel Bludgen | Speech and Hearing Science |
| Sophia Burwitz | Marketing |
| Abigail Cabush | Bioengineering |
| Madelyn Crosby | Psychology, Communication |
| Lizzie Gile | Food Science & Human Nutrition |
| Kaleigh Haworth | Journalism |
| Kaylee Heimes | Atmospheric Science |
| Caroline Hippen | Kinesiology |
| Sidney Kennedy | Psychology |
| Anna Kurzydlo | Business: Undeclared |
| Abigail Martin | Agricultural & Consumer Economics |
| Brooke Michael | Business: Undeclared |
| Taylor Michael | Business: Undeclared |
| Lia Munson | Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Meghan Niziolek | Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Lily Olson | Political Science |
| Taylor Shegos | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences |
| Erin Young | Speech and Hearing Science |
| MEN'S TENNIS | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Nic Meister | Journalism |
| WOMEN'S TENNIS | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Josie Frazier | Accountancy |
| VOLLEYBALL | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Diana Brown | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Kylie Bruder | Master's of Strategic Brand Communication |
| Megan Cooney | Master's of Speech and Hearing Science |
| Ellie Holzman | Kinesiology |
| Taylor Kuper | Marketing, Management |
| WRESTLING | |
|---|---|
| Name | Major |
| Jake Reicin | Advertising |
| Chase Waggoner | Finance & Strategic Business Development and Entrepreneurship |
Players Mentioned
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