University of Minnesota Athletics
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Gophers See 122 Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
6/25/2024 3:53:00 PM | Baseball, Football, Athletics, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Hockey, Men's Swimming & Diving, Men's Track & Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Gymnastics, Women's Hockey, Rowing, Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling
MINNEAPOLIS – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2023-24 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients Tuesday with 122 University of Minnesota student-athletes earning recognition from the league.
Eighteen Minnesota programs are represented on this year's Big Ten Distinguished Scholar list with 28 Golden Gopher student-athletes maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the 2023-24 academic year: Isabella Bejaran, Junrui Chi, Justen Close, Noah DeLuga, Bri Enter, Reili Gardner, Leo Goodman, Ava Hill, Katie Horak, Sydney Kretlow, Cody Lindenberg, Grace Loescher, Elise McGhie, Annie Moen, Sarah Moraw, Chris Nagy, Elizabeth Overberg, Isaiah Salazar, Zeyneb Sarioglan, Isaiah Schafer, Summer Schmit, Bar Soloveychik, Tim Stapleton, Megan Steensland, Sydney Strelow, Ali Weimer, Audrey Wethington and Madeline Wethington.
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.
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (18)
Rowing (14)
Football (12)
Soccer (8)
Men's Swimming and Diving (8)
Baseball (7)
Women's Swimming and Diving (7)
Gymnastics (6)
Men's Hockey (5)
Women's Hockey (5)
Wrestling (5)
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (4)
Volleyball (4)
Women's Basketball (3)
Men's Golf (3)
Women's Golf (3)
Tennis (1)
Zeyneb Sarioglan
Eighteen Minnesota programs are represented on this year's Big Ten Distinguished Scholar list with 28 Golden Gopher student-athletes maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the 2023-24 academic year: Isabella Bejaran, Junrui Chi, Justen Close, Noah DeLuga, Bri Enter, Reili Gardner, Leo Goodman, Ava Hill, Katie Horak, Sydney Kretlow, Cody Lindenberg, Grace Loescher, Elise McGhie, Annie Moen, Sarah Moraw, Chris Nagy, Elizabeth Overberg, Isaiah Salazar, Zeyneb Sarioglan, Isaiah Schafer, Summer Schmit, Bar Soloveychik, Tim Stapleton, Megan Steensland, Sydney Strelow, Ali Weimer, Audrey Wethington and Madeline Wethington.
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.
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (18)
Hailey Anchor, Emma Atkinson, Lexy Berger, Lila Branchaw, Hannah Constable, Shelby Frank, Ava Hill, Ceci Howes, Nyalaam Jok, Janielle Josephs, Sydney Kretlow, Anna Lien, Maja Maunsbach, Liesl Paulsen, Erin Reidy, Isabelle Schmidt, Tori Spagnola, Ali Weimer
Rowing (14)
Alexandra Balcome, Isabella Bejaran, Manon Field, Mia Forouhari, Arianna Hawkins, Katy Isackson-Papp, Kat Johanns, Madeline Lange, Grace Loescher, Meg Messer, Peyton Miller, Annie Moen, Anna Stephenson, Tallulah Sweet
Football (12)
Ashton Beers, Frank Bierman, Mark Crawford, Deven Eastern, Lucas Finnessy, Joey Gerlach, Derik LeCaptain, Cody Lindenberg, Luther McCoy, Tony Nelson, Jordan Nubin, Ryan Shamburger
Softball (9)
Softball (9)
Breezy Burnett, Delanie Cox, Maddy Ehlke, Bri Enter, Reili Gardner, Taylor Krapf, Addison Leschber, Sydney Schwartz, Sydney Strelow
Soccer (8)
Sophia Boman, Abi Frandsen, Alex Isaacs, Elizabeth Overberg, Megan Plaschko, Sophia Romine, Christa VanLoon, Josie Wood
Men's Swimming and Diving (8)
Jack Brown, William Christenson, Connor Groya, Josh Johnston, Chris Nagy, Desmon Sachtjen, Bar Soloveychik, Casey Stowe
Baseball (7)
Drew Berkland, Caden Capomaccio, Noah DeLuga, Boston Merila, Ike Mezzenga, Noah Rooney, Connor Wietgrefe
Women's Swimming and Diving (7)
Addie Albrecht, Faith Johnson, Eliot Kennedy, Kate LaMonica, Megan Phillip, Summer Schmit, Megan Van Berkom
Gymnastics (6)
Men's Hockey (5)
Women's Hockey (5)
Wrestling (5)
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (4)
Volleyball (4)
Women's Basketball (3)
Men's Golf (3)
Women's Golf (3)
Tennis (1)
Zeyneb Sarioglan