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Minnesota Recognized with 88 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Honors
7/14/2022 10:00:00 AM | Baseball, Football, Athletics, Men's Cross Country, 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
MINNEAPOLIS – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients Thursday with 88 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 23 Golden Gopher student-athletes maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the 2021-22 academic year (Laura Bagwell Katalinich, Alec Basten, Hannah Constable, Natalie DenHartog, Bethany Hasz, Megan Hasz, Ava Hill, Owen Hoeft, Phillip Howard, Tess Keyzers, Sydney Kretlow, Val Larson, Ona Loper, Annie Moen, Maggie Nicholson, Conner Olson, Zeyneb Sarioglan, Colin Schmidt, Kaleb Siekmeier, Tate Sweeney, Calvin Swenson, 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.
Thursday's announcement is the latest academic achievement for the University of Minnesota in 2021-22.
As a department, the 'U' tied for its second-most Academic All-Americans in school history with 11. Among the sports that are sponsored by Minnesota, the Golden Gophers led the Big Ten in both Academic All-Americans and Academic All-District honorees (25).
Additionally, Maroon & Gold student-athletes earned a total of 357 Academic All-Big Ten accolades for the 2021-22 academic year. In the fall, 130 student-athletes were recognized, while the winter saw 102 earn Big Ten accolades and another 125 received such honors in the spring.
Seven Gopher programs earned a perfect 1,000 multiyear rate in the latest Academic Progress Rate, which collects data from four academic years, while 14 programs earned a perfect APR score in the most recent reporting year, 2020-21.
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (17)
Emma Atkinson, Hannah Constable, McKenzie Duwenhoegger, Bethany Hasz, Megan Hasz, Ava Hill, Ceci Howes, Tess Keyzers, Bit Klecker, Marta Kogucki, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Sydney Kretlow, Taylor Krone, Val Larson, Liesl Paulsen, Maria Rickman, Tate Sweeney
Football (15)
Zack Annexstad, Josh Aune, Mark Crawford, Lucas Finnessy, Phillip Howard, Jack Kern, Cole Kramer, Derik LeCaptain, Bishop McDonald, Conner Olson, Samuel Pickerign, Sam Schlueter, Brevyn Spann-Ford, Calvin Swenson, Brock Walker
Rowing (11)
Brooke Bierbaum, Natalie Doebler, Harriet Haege, Anna Hansen, Avery Kotrba, Madeline Lange, Grace Loescher, Meg Messer, Annie Moen, Gwyneth Picthall, Kimball Utsey
Women's Swimming and Diving (10)
Sarah Bacon, Grace Bennin, Emily Cook, Dani Cramer, Maggie Erwin, Abbey Kilgallon, Emma Lezer, Maggie Summit, Molly Urkiel, Joy Zhu
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (7)
Alec Basten, Dillon Blake, Declan Dahlberg, Mike Herauf, Owen Hoeft, Ben Psicihulis, Kaleb Siekmeier
Gymnastics (6)
Maya Albertin, Kate Grotenhuis, Emily Koch, Mallory LeNeave, Ona Loper, Lexy Ramler
Soccer (5)
Sophia Boman, McKenna Buisman, Abi Frandsen, Delaney Stekr, Josie Wood
Women's Hockey (4)
Emily Brown, Maggie Nicholson, Audrey Wethington, Madeline Wethington
Volleyball (4)
Ellie Husemann, Rachel Kilkelly, CC McGraw, Jenna Wenaas
Baseball (2)
Noah DeLuga, Jack Liffrig
Men's Swimming and Diving (2)
William Christenson, Chris Nagy
Women's Basketball (1)
Laura Bagwell Katalinich
Women's Golf (1)
Emma Carpenter
Men's Hockey (1)
Colin Schmidt
Softball (1)
Natalie DenHartog
Tennis (1)
Zeyneb Sarioglan
Eighteen Minnesota programs are represented on this year's Big Ten Distinguished Scholar list with 23 Golden Gopher student-athletes maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the 2021-22 academic year (Laura Bagwell Katalinich, Alec Basten, Hannah Constable, Natalie DenHartog, Bethany Hasz, Megan Hasz, Ava Hill, Owen Hoeft, Phillip Howard, Tess Keyzers, Sydney Kretlow, Val Larson, Ona Loper, Annie Moen, Maggie Nicholson, Conner Olson, Zeyneb Sarioglan, Colin Schmidt, Kaleb Siekmeier, Tate Sweeney, Calvin Swenson, 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.
Thursday's announcement is the latest academic achievement for the University of Minnesota in 2021-22.
As a department, the 'U' tied for its second-most Academic All-Americans in school history with 11. Among the sports that are sponsored by Minnesota, the Golden Gophers led the Big Ten in both Academic All-Americans and Academic All-District honorees (25).
Additionally, Maroon & Gold student-athletes earned a total of 357 Academic All-Big Ten accolades for the 2021-22 academic year. In the fall, 130 student-athletes were recognized, while the winter saw 102 earn Big Ten accolades and another 125 received such honors in the spring.
Seven Gopher programs earned a perfect 1,000 multiyear rate in the latest Academic Progress Rate, which collects data from four academic years, while 14 programs earned a perfect APR score in the most recent reporting year, 2020-21.
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (17)
Emma Atkinson, Hannah Constable, McKenzie Duwenhoegger, Bethany Hasz, Megan Hasz, Ava Hill, Ceci Howes, Tess Keyzers, Bit Klecker, Marta Kogucki, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Sydney Kretlow, Taylor Krone, Val Larson, Liesl Paulsen, Maria Rickman, Tate Sweeney
Football (15)
Zack Annexstad, Josh Aune, Mark Crawford, Lucas Finnessy, Phillip Howard, Jack Kern, Cole Kramer, Derik LeCaptain, Bishop McDonald, Conner Olson, Samuel Pickerign, Sam Schlueter, Brevyn Spann-Ford, Calvin Swenson, Brock Walker
Rowing (11)
Brooke Bierbaum, Natalie Doebler, Harriet Haege, Anna Hansen, Avery Kotrba, Madeline Lange, Grace Loescher, Meg Messer, Annie Moen, Gwyneth Picthall, Kimball Utsey
Women's Swimming and Diving (10)
Sarah Bacon, Grace Bennin, Emily Cook, Dani Cramer, Maggie Erwin, Abbey Kilgallon, Emma Lezer, Maggie Summit, Molly Urkiel, Joy Zhu
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (7)
Alec Basten, Dillon Blake, Declan Dahlberg, Mike Herauf, Owen Hoeft, Ben Psicihulis, Kaleb Siekmeier
Gymnastics (6)
Maya Albertin, Kate Grotenhuis, Emily Koch, Mallory LeNeave, Ona Loper, Lexy Ramler
Soccer (5)
Sophia Boman, McKenna Buisman, Abi Frandsen, Delaney Stekr, Josie Wood
Women's Hockey (4)
Emily Brown, Maggie Nicholson, Audrey Wethington, Madeline Wethington
Volleyball (4)
Ellie Husemann, Rachel Kilkelly, CC McGraw, Jenna Wenaas
Baseball (2)
Noah DeLuga, Jack Liffrig
Men's Swimming and Diving (2)
William Christenson, Chris Nagy
Women's Basketball (1)
Laura Bagwell Katalinich
Women's Golf (1)
Emma Carpenter
Men's Hockey (1)
Colin Schmidt
Softball (1)
Natalie DenHartog
Tennis (1)
Zeyneb Sarioglan
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