A whopping 220 student-athletes were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars on Tuesday. The total leads all Big Ten institutions and furthers the positive news we continue to hear with academics coming out of Columbus. It is the second-most honored in the history of Ohio State behind 232 recognized in the 2020-2021 academic year. It’s the third year in a row OSU has led the Big Ten.
To receive the Big Ten 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 grade-point average 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.
Ohio State 🤝 Conference-Best 220 student-athletes named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for 2023-24 📚
2️⃣nd-most in school history.
This is the third year in a row Ohio State has led the conference in Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
📰: https://t.co/MlmjfDFbAO pic.twitter.com/iIsVUq6k0Q— Ohio State Buckeyes 🌰 (@OhioStAthletics) June 25, 2024
A complete list of all the honorees can be found by visiting OhioStateBuckeyes.com, but the below forty-eight OSU athletes earned the award with a 4.0 grade point average.
- Katelyn Abeln, pistol
- Emily Armstrong, synchronized swimming
- Riley Brengman, women’s hockey
- Jenna Buglioni, women’s hockey
- Irina Cantos Siemers, women’s tennis
- Faith Choi, women’s golf
- Natalie Chourova, rowing
- Tegan Cortelletti, softball
- Chloe Dawson, women’s cross country/track & field
- Alex Dediu, men’s cross country/track & field
- Karina Dyner, fencing
- Mason Edmund, men’s swimming & diving
- Amelia Figler, women’s cross country/track & field
- Amy Fulmer, women’s swimming & diving
- Jennifer Gardiner, women’s hockey
- Alexandra Gluntz, rowing
- Madison Greene, women’s basketball
- Kaitlyn Grimes, women’s gymnastics
- Sam Hackenbracht, softball
- Jacob Harmon, men’s gymnastics
- Rikki Harris, women’s basketball
- Hadley Hartmetz, women’s hockey
- Karl Helmuth, men’s swimming & diving
- Justin Howard, men’s volleyball
- Sarah Johnson, women’s lacrosse
- Jaylen Jones, baseball
- Sean Kaminski, men’s cross country/track & field
- Kira Katterle, rowing
- Carson Kharchla, wrestling
- Raygan Kirk, women’s hockey
- Sarah Klein, women’s lacrosse
- Clark Kokenge, fencing
- Quinn Kuntz, women’s hockey
- Katherine Larimer, fencing
- Abbie Leverett, pistol
- Erin Little, field hockey
- Emily Londot, women’s volleyball
- Morgan Miller, rowing
- Audrey Murphy, rowing
- Darby Pethrick, rowing
- Catherine Russo, women’s swimming & diving
- Leah Sax, women’s lacrosse
- Emma Shumate, women’s basketball
- Lindsay Stull, women’s cross country/track & field
- Nathaniel Tamminga, men’s cross country/track & field
- Taylor Thierry, women’s basketball
- Tess Thompson, rowing
- Jojo Warga, women’s gymnastics
Join us all in congratulating all of those that are working just as hard in the classroom as they are on the field of play.
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