2017-18 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars Complete List (PDF)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar Award was earned by 42 Purdue student-athletes, the conference announced Tuesday.
The class includes five who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term. This group of honorees is pursuing diverse fields of study, covering 27 different majors.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Similar to the Academic All-Big Ten honor, Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution. However, the Distinguished Scholar Award encompasses only students with a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
Purdue's 2017-18 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars| Student-Athlete | Class | GPA | Major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball | |||
| Evan Kennedy | Sr. | 3.82 | Finance |
| Ross Learnard | Sr. | 3.70 | Agribusiness |
| Alec Olund | Sr. | 3.70 | Organizational Leadership |
| Women's Basketball | |||
| Nora Kiesler | Jr. | 3.74 | Management |
| Football | |||
| Jacob Herr | Jr. | 3.83 | Movement & Sport Sciences |
| Ryan Sadkowski | Sr. | 3.73 | Financial Counseling & Planning |
| Joe Schopper | Sr. | 3.82 | Pharmacy |
| Bearooz Yacoobi | Sr. | 3.84 | Building Construction Management Technology |
| Men's Golf | |||
| Timmy Hildebrand | Jr. | 3.78 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Filippo Massobrio | So. | 3.93 | Civil Engineering |
| Women's Golf | |||
| Micaela Farah | So. | 3.70 | Management |
| Soccer | |||
| Vanessa Korolas | Sr. | 3.75 | Elementary Education |
| Softball | |||
| Alexa Binckes | Jr. | 3.89 | Health Science Preprofessional |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | |||
| Alex Close | Sr. | 3.97 | Health Science Preprofessional |
| Steele Johnson | Sr. | 3.72 | Interdisciplinary Film & Video Studies |
| Grant Lewis | Jr. | 3.71 | Industrial Engineering |
| Nick McDowell | So. | 3.90 | Public Relations & Strategic Communication |
| Will Schrensky | So. | 3.94 | Economics |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | |||
| Danielle Auckley | Jr. | 3.87 | Law & Society |
| Alex Clarke | Jr. | 3.96 | Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences |
| Emily Converse | So. | 3.85 | Special Education |
| Cady Farlow | Jr. | 3.89 | Finance |
| Anna Giesler | So. | 3.70 | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Julianne Heyde | Sr. | 3.74 | Health Science Preprofessional |
| Rachel Ho | Sr. | 3.76 | Biology |
| Hanna House | Sr. | 4.00 | Biology |
| Women's Tennis | |||
| Rafaella Baquerizo | So. | 3.87 | Hospitality & Tourism Management |
| Men's Track & Field/Cross Country | |||
| Jeremy Craven | Sr. | 4.00 | Computer Science |
| Luke Lewis | Sr. | 3.88 | Chemistry |
| Levi Taylor | Sr. | 4.00 | Building Construction Management Technology |
| Women's Track & Field/Cross Country | |||
| Rachel Bales | Jr. | 3.88 | Hospitality & Tourism Management |
| Rebecca Coan | So. | 3.71 | Health Science Preprofessional |
| Anna Dolce | Sr. | 3.79 | Movement & Sport Sciences |
| Kendall Hacker | Sr. | 3.92 | Chemical Engineering |
| Jenna Halderman | Jr. | 3.93 | Applied Exercise & Health |
| Micaela Hazlewood | Sr. | 3.97 | Movement & Sport Sciences/Psychological Sciences |
| Susan Hubbard | Jr. | 3.97 | Biological Engineering |
| Reagan Lear | Sr. | 3.96 | Movement & Sport Sciences |
| Devon Pessler | Sr. | 3.96 | Mechanical Engineering Technology |
| Rachel Yuska | Jr. | 4.00 | Health Science Preprofessional |
| Volleyball | |||
| Ashley Evans | Sr. | 3.73 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Wrestling | |||
| Ben Thornton | Sr. | 4.00 | Movement & Sport Sciences |