Ninety-Five Bruins Earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
July 14, 2025 | General, Bruin Athletics
LOS ANGELES โ The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that 1,984 students on varsity rosters have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes students from all 18 institutions who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.
The 2024-25 class of Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients includes 95 Bruins who maintained a 3.7 GPA or higher during the previous academic term.
Women's Swimming and Diving led the way with 15 honorees, while women's rowing had 12 student-athletes listed, and women's beach volleyball rounded out the top three teams with 10 individuals on the list.
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 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
Baseball (3)
Michael Barnett (Political Science), James Hepp (Education), AJ Salgado (Project Management)
Men's Basketball (1)
Lazar Stefanovic (Sociology)
Women's Basketball (1)
Kiki Rice (Communication)
Football (7)
Josh Carlin (Education), Jack Clarke (Undeclared), Devin Delgado (Education & Social Transformation), Devanti Dillard (Statistics), Hudson Habermehl (Legal Studies), Jack Pedersen (Political Science), Caleb Walker (Sociology)
Men's Track & Field/Cross Country (3)
Patrick Curulla (Business Economics), Kris Emig (Education), Shawn Toney (Business Economics)
Women's Track & Field/Cross Country (7)
Audrey Allen (Communication), Carly Corsinita (Marketing), Sydney Johnson (Biology), Mia Kane (Psychobiology), Rose Pittman (Education), Annika Salz (Mathematics & Linguistics), Sonia Virk (Psychobiology)
Men's Golf (2)
Luke Powell (Undeclared), Matthew Yamin (Political Science)
Women's Gymnastics (6)
Madisyn Anyimi (Applied Mathematics), Chae Campbell (Education), Frida Esparza (Marketing), Brooklyn Moors (Project Management), Katelyn Rosen (Communication), Clara Wren (Education and Social Transformation)
Women's Rowing (12)
Danielle DeFrancisci (Statistics & Data Science), Andrea Djuric (Public Health), Sofia Kalafatis (Biochemistry), Rachel Katz (Human Biology & Society), Audrey Loeb (Anthropology), Sophia Manos (Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology), Tzippy Moehringer (Spanish), Kamryn Monster (Political Science), Ella O'Neil (Cognitive Science), Anika Roche (Political Science & Gender Studies), Faye Turcotte (Cognitive Science), Charlotte Winn (Mechanical Engineering)
Men's Soccer (2)
Jose Contell (Education), Pablo Greenlee (Education)
Women's Soccer (6)
Sofia Cook (International Development Studies), Kirsten Crane (Psychology), Maya Evans (Education), Quincy McMahon (Cognitive Science), Jayden Perry (Sociology), Lilly Reale (Sociology)
Softball (2)
Seneca Curo (Education), Savannah Pola (Sociology)
Women's Swimming and Diving (15)
Eva Carlson (Psychology), Joanie Cash (Education), Riley Dix (Psychobiology), Elena Dry (Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology), Laura Fisher (Chemistry), Morgan Hawes (Communication), Ana Jih-Schiff (Psychology), Ava Lachey (Communication), Kathryn Lundh (Psychology), Paige MacEachern (Psychology), Emma Matous (International Development Studies), Katy Pacher (Global Studies), Angela Quan (Computer Science), Maya Salvitti (English), Amy Zhang (Electrical Engineering)
Men's Tennis (2)
Alexander Hoogmartens (Economics), Giacomo Revelli (Cognitive Science)
Women's Tennis (2)
Ahmani Guichard (Communication), Mia Jovic (Business Economics)
Women's Volleyball (5)
Brooklyn Briscoe (Communication), Anna Dodson (Education), Peyton Dueck (Sociology), Kat Lutz (Psychology), Katie McCarthy (Economics & Political Science)
Men's Volleyball (2)
Kahale Clini (Sociology), Coleman McDonough (Political Science)
Women's Beach Volleyball (10)
Maggie Boyd (Psychology), Peri Brennan (Education), Cassie Dodd (Political Science), Hannah Fleming (Communication), Reagan Hope (Sociology), Sophie Moore (Business and Management of Entertainment), Natalie Myszkowski (Education), Jessie Smith (Education), Ky Vaickus (Cognitive Science), Tessa Van Winkle (Education)
Men's Water Polo (1)
Max Matthews (Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
Women's Water Polo (6)
Lily Gess (History), Alexsa Gimenez (Undeclared), Sienna Green (Economics), Natasha Kieckhafer (Public Affairs), Joey Niz (Undeclared), Olivia Ouellette (Undeclared)