ROSEMONT, Ill. - The 2022-23 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar list was announced Tuesday (June 27) by the conference office. Fighting Illini student-athletes earned 110 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

• Joe Glassey
• Connor Milton
• Ryan O'Hara
• Ben Plumley
• Xavier Watson
• Jack Wenninger

Women's Basketball 

• Kendall Bostic
• Geovana Lopes
• Adalia McKenzie

Men's Cross Country

• Ben Giblin
• Will Giblin
• Eddie Lennon
• Anthony Maida
• Bennett Melone
• Jake Myers
• Will O'Brien

Women's Cross Country

• Annalyssa Crain
• Katie Hohe
• Kora Malecek
• Lydia Malecek
• Emma Milburn
• Tracy Towns

Football

• Keion Battle
• Josh Gesky
• Evan Kirts
• Miles Scott
• Peyton Vining

Men's Golf

• Adrien Dumont de Chassart
• Jerry Ji
• Nico Lang

Women's Golf

• Siyan Chen
• Lexanne Halama
• Alise Knudson
• Crystal Wang

Men's Gymnastics

• Ashton Anaya
• Josh Cook
• Max Farkhadau
• Michael Fletcher
• Sebastian Ingersoll
• Dylan Kolak
• Evan Manivong
• Connor McCool
• David Pochinka

Women's Gymnastics

• Rachel Borden
• Kaitlyn Ewald
• Amelia Knight
• Olivia O'Donnell
• Mia Takekawa
• Julia Waight

Soccer

• Ashley Cathro
• Summer Garrison
• Ella Karolak
• Zoey Kollhoff
• Lilian Lucas
• Eileen Murphy
• Ashley Prell
• Sydney Stephens
• Aleah Treiterer
• Alyssa Weede
• Abby Lynch

Softball

• Paige Berkmeyer
• Miranda Gallardo
• Addy Jarvis
• Stevie Meade
• Brianna Nykaza
• Delaney Rummell
• Abby Ryniec
• Kelly Ryono
• Morgan Scivally
• Sydney Sickels
• Avrey Steiner
• Megan Ward
• Lauren Wiles

Swimming & Diving

• Lauren Beard
• Laurel Bludgen
• Sophia Burwitz
• Jeanri Buys
• Isabelle Guerra
• Kaleigh Haworth
• Anna Kurzydlo
• Allison Landis
• Mariclaire Lynch 
• Brooke Michael
• Taylor Michael
• Meghan Niziolek
• Isabelle Packard
• Athena Salafatinos
• Sydney Stoll
• Molly Yetter
• Erin Young

Men's Tennis

• Nic Meister
• Oliver Okonkwo

Women's Tennis

• Emily Casati
• Josie Frazier
• Megan Heuser
• Ashley Yeah

Women's Track & Field

• Rebecca Craddock
• Abby Lynch
• Allanah Lee
• Jessica McDowell
• Jess Streepy

Volleyball

• Caroline Barnes
• Sarah Bingham
• Diana Brown
• Jessica Nunge

Wrestling

• Danny Braunagel
• Lucas Byrd
• Jake Reicin
• Daniel Renshaw
• Chase Waggoner