East Lansing, Mich. - The Big Ten Conference announced Monday its list of 2023-24 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. The 2023-24 class of Distinguished Scholar Award recipients includes 132 overall honorees from Michigan State, 44 of them who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the eligibility period.
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.
A complete list of the 2023-24 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients can be found below.
Baseball
Tate Farquhar - So., Highland, Mich./Information Science
Dillon Kark - Sr., White Lake, Mich./ Strategic Communication
Dominic Pianto - Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn./Accounting
Nick Powers - Sr., Flushing, Mich./ Advertising Management
Gavin Sitarz - So., St. Charles, Ill./Finance
Christian Williams - Jr., Carmel, Ind./Kinesiology
Men's Basketball
Steven Izzo - Gr., East Lansing, Mich./ Education
Nick Sanders - So., Franklin, Mich./ Marketing
Women's Basketball
Julia Ayrault - Gr., Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Education MA
Field Hockey
Jillian Bonczewski - Jr., Larksville, Pa./Elementary Education
Cecily Charles - So., Millersville, Pa./Criminal Justice
Lulu Fulton - Sr., Auckland, NZ/Psychology
Ashley Harlock - Sr., Livonia, Mich./Neuroscience
Eliza Kreske - Sr., Ann Arbor, Mich./Social Relations and Policy
Emma O'Neill - Sr., Hummelstown, Pa./Special Education/Learning Disabilities
Skylar Santucci - So., . Medford, NJ/Criminal Justice
Alexa Shaffer - So., Hummelstown, Pa. /Kinesiology
Kim Smit - Sr., Assen, The Netherlands/Criminal Justice
Ellie Wheatley - Sr., Louisville, Ky. /Supply Chain Management
Football
Caleb Coley - So., Warner Robins, Ga./Communication
Sam Edwards - Sr., Williamston, Mich./ Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy
Maverick Hansen - Gr., Farmington Hills, Mich./Hospitality Business
Michael Masunas - So., Tucson, Ariz./Management
Ben Nelson - So., Holland, Mich./Management
Darius Snow - Gr., Hebron, Texas/Strategic Communication
Women's Golf
Paula Balanzategui - So., San Sebastian, Spain/Communication
Brooke Biermann - Jr., Wildwood, Mo./Human Capital and Society
Shannon Kennedy - Jr., Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Communication
Katie Lu - Jr., Plainsboro, N.J./Finance
Caroline McConnell - So., South Fayette, Pa./Accounting
Leila Raines - Sr., Galena, Ohio/Public Relations
Valentina Rossi - Sr., Rosario, Argentina/Supply Chain Management
Gymnastics
Naomi German - Sr., Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Marketing
Sydney Hayashi - Sr., Westerville, Ohio/Kinesiology
Lauren Hsu - Jr., Austin, Texas/Kinesiology
Jori Jackard - Gr., Haslett, Mich./Clinical Social Work MSW
Giana Kalefe - Sr., Corona, Calif./Advertising Management
Sage Kellerman - So., Croswell, Mich./Special Education/Learning Disabilities
Genevieve Lebster - Jr., Holland, Mich./Mechanical Engineering
Stephanie Lebster - So., Holland, Mich./Kinesiology
Nyah Smith - 5th-Sr., West Bloomfield, Mich./Human Capital and Society
Tara Walsh - Sr., Waterford, Mich./Social Relations and Policy
Hockey
Matt Basgall - So., Lake Forest, Ill. /Kinesiology/Dietetics
Tiernan Shoudy - So., Marysville, Mich./Finance
Rowing
Julie Armstrong - Sr., Troy, Mich./Communication
Breanna Berry - Sr., Stanwood, Mich./Digital Storytelling
Kat Borders - Sr., Granger, Ind./Human Biology
Lucy Botting - Sr., /Christchurch, New Zealand/Advertising Creative
Emily Crofut - So., Grand Ledge, Mich./Human Biology
Lillian Davidson-Walshe - So., Ann Arbor, Mich./Economics
Anna Drnkova - So., Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic/Journalism
Maya Elbaranes - Sr., Vienna, Austria/Human Capital and Society
Freya Engel - Jr., Wokingham, England/Criminal Justice
Ellise Flessland - Sr., Grosse Ile, Mich./Special Education/Learning Disabilities
Kendall Gonya - Jr., Galena, Ohio/Material Science and Engineering
Sabrina Gottschalk - Jr., Utica, Mich./Advertising Management
Kate Heinecke - So., Saint Paul, Minn./Biosystems Engineering
Claudia Kingma - Sr., Norton Shores, Mich./ Kinesiology
Abby Marek - Jr., Pinckney, Mich./Psychology
Colby Orcutt - Jr., Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Kinesiology
Isabelle Radakovich - So., Cody, Wyo./International Relations
Alaina Roush - So., /Petoskey, Mich./Biochem & Molecular Biology
Isabella Short - So., Canby, Ore./Human Biology
Sophia Stauffer - Sr., Rockford, Mich./Neuroscience
Grace Thomas - Jr., Ann Arbor, Mich./Kinesiology
Ava Woodard - So., Ashland, Va./Urban and Regional Planning
Men's Soccer
Jacob Cromer - Sr.,Northville, Mich./Advertising Management
Jack Guggemos - So., Okemos, Mich./Business
Zac Kelly - R-So., Holt, Mich./Crop and Soil Sciences
Josh Mason - So., South Lyon, Mich./Kinesiology
Greyson Mercer - Sr., Heber City, Utah/Supply Chain Management
Jonathan Stout - So., Wyoming, Mich./Statistics
Women's Soccer
Sierra Curtis - Jr., Lake Orion, Mich./Public Relations
Regan Dalton - Sr., Rockford, Mich./Communication
Justina Gaynor - Sr., Shelby Township, Mich./Kinesiology
Maggie Illig - So., Troy, Mo./Kinesiology
Kelly Severini - Sr., Union, N.J./Advertising Management
Softball
Hailey Bila- So., Laingsburg, Mich./Kinesiology
Sydney Doloszycki - So., Saint John, Ind./Kinesiology
Anna Fox - Sr., Columbia, Tenn./Public Policy
Faith Guidry - Jr., Mont Belvieu, Texas/Human Biology
Ashlyn Roberts - Sr., Sammamish, Wash./Public Relations
Men's Tennis
Ozan Baris - So., Okemos, Mich./Communication
Luke Baylis - Sr., Clarkston, Mich./Psychology
Women's Tennis
Nicole Conard - Gr., Boca Raton, Fla./Criminal Justice
Sarah Fazlagic - So., Louisville, Ky. /Political Science-Prelaw
Men's Track and Field
Noah Sage - Jr., Fenton, Mich./Information Science
Ryan Talbot - Gr., Alto, Mich./Kinesiology
Ian Thompson - So., Dorr, Mich./Finance
Brendan Vander Meer - Jr., Grand Haven, Mich./Supply Chain Management
Connor Williamson - So., Mason, Mich./Finance
Alex Yon - So., Hartland, Mich./Criminal Justice
Owen Gilbert - So., Battle Creek, Mich./Digital Storytelling
Nathan Larson - Sr., Dexter, Mich./Kinesiology
Andrew Nolan - Sr., Oxford, Mich./Applied Engineering
Alex Penski - Sr., Holt, Mich./Social Relations and Policy
Luke Perelli - Sr., Plymouth, Mich./Computer Science
Tyler Pritchett - Sr., Midland, Mich./Applied Engineering
Aden Smith - Gr., Alpena, Mich./Human Biology
Joshua Smith - Gr., Alpena, Mich./Kinesiology
CarLee Stimpfel - Gr., Cass City, Mich./Geography
Hunter Zartman - Sr., Kalamazoo, Mich./Marketing
Women's Track & Field
Natalie Blake - So., Holland, Mich./Human Biology
Anyssa Hall - So., New Castle, Ind./Journalism
Janan Khalil - Jr., Macomb, Mich./Packaging
Valadian Pallett - Jr., Farmington, Mich./Genomics & Molecular Genetics
Lizzie Babco*ck- Jr., Novi, Mich./Horticulture
Julia Bajt - Sr., Spring Lake, Mich./Human Biology
Emily Bardwell - Sr., Brunswick, OhioZoology
Sophia Bonnema - So., Holland, Mich./Physiology
Abbey Carvey - Jr., Farmington, Mich./Neuroscience
Allison Chmielewski - So., Roscommon, Mich./Graphic Design
Sarah Forsyth - So., Ann Arbor, Mich./Communication
Madison Foster - So., Lambertville, Mich./Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eleanor Kendell - Sr., Huntington Woodss, Mich./Marketing
Abbey Lee - Gr., Fenton, Mich./Global Health
Sophia Lucki - Jr., Toronto, Canada/Human Biology
Grace Molloy - Gr., Linlithgow, Scotland/Financial Planning & Wealth Management
Katie Osika - Gr., Waterford, Mich./Communication
Madison Price-Sr., Trenton, Mich./Environmental Engineering
Judith Rector - Gr., Hanover, Mich./Media and Information
Kate Stewart-Barnett - Jr., New Westminster, B.C.Human Biology
Makenna Veen - Sr., Kalamazoo, Mich./Kinesiology
Chloe Wall - So., Waterford, Mich./Kinesiology
Alison Ziehl - Gr., Oxford, Mich./Global Health
Volleyball
Aliyah Moore- Jr., Surprise, Ariz./Kinesiology
Wrestling
Luke Daly - R-So., Carbondale, Ill./Accounting
Ceasar Garza-R-Fr., Oakdale, Calif./Elementary Education
Andy Hampton -R-So., Rochester, Mich./Marketing
Marty Larkin - R-Sr., Orland Park, Ill./Kinesiology
Blake Noonan -R-Jr., Rochester Hills, Mich./Human Biology
Konner Roche - R-So., Frankenmuth, Mich./Kinesiology
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