56 Terps Earn 2019-20 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
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ROSEMONT, Ill.Β β The Big Ten Conference announced today that 56 Maryland student-athletes competing in intercollegiate athletics were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients.
The list includes student-athletes from 16 different teams who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. Nine Maryland student-athletes maintained a perfect. 4.0 GPA over the 2019-20 academic year.Β
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.
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The list includes student-athletes from 16 different teams who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. Nine Maryland student-athletes maintained a perfect. 4.0 GPA over the 2019-20 academic year.Β
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.
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| Men's Basketball | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reese Mona | Jr. | Finance | La Plata, Md. |
| Women's Basketball | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Owens | So. | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Niskayuna, N.Y. |
| Field Hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Bond | Jr. | Operations Management & Business Analytics | Oxted, England |
| Brooke Deberdine | Jr. | Supply Chain Management | Millersville, Pa |
| Riley Donnelly | So. | Bioengineering | Doylestown, Pa |
| Football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Barnes | Jr. | Kinesiology | Auburn, Ala. |
| Chance Campbell | So. | Finance | Towson, Md. |
| Oluwaseun Oluwatimi | Sr. | Civil Engineering | Upper Marlboro, Md. |
| Men's Golf | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Will Koras | So. | Communication | Lutherville, Md. |
| Dhaivat Pandya | So. | Finance | Dayton, Ohio |
| Gymnastics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Johnson | Sr. | Communication | Wyckoff, N.J. |
| Kirsten Peterman | Gr. | Kinesiology | Cambridge, Ontario |
| Men's Lacrosse | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Demaio | Jr. | Communication | San Diego, Calif. |
| Jack Desantis | So. | Letters & Sciences | Columbus, Ohio |
| Dean Draughn | So. | Letters & Sciences | Severna Park, Md. |
| Jake Martellucci | Jr. | Economics | Malvern, Pa. |
| Russell Masci | Sr. | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Montgomery, N.Y. |
| Colin Miller | Jr. | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Downingtown, Pa. |
| Women's Lacrosse | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Bender | So. | Kinesiology | Ellicott City, Md. |
| Lauren Bracey | Jr. | Public Health Science | Ellicott City, Md. |
| Hannah Glaros | So. | Elementary Education | Ellicott City, Md. |
| Grace Griffin | Jr. | Kinesiology | Sykesville, Md. |
| Madison Hine | Jr. | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Phoenix, Md. |
| Julia Hoffman | So. | Letters & Sciences | Elkridge, Md. |
| Andrea McTaggart | Sr. | Special Education | Catonsville, Md. |
| Men's Soccer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Di Rosa | Jr. | Philosophy | Washington, D.C. |
| Matt Di Rosa | Jr. | Information Systems | Washington, D.C. |
| Justin Gielen | So. | Finance | Edgewater, Md. |
| Women's Soccer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brynn Drury | Sr. | Government & Politics | Ellicott City, Md. |
| Hope Lewandoski | Jr. | Kinesiology | Newbury, Ohio |
| Darby Moore | Sr. | Biological Sciences: Physiology & Neurobiology | Norfolk, Va. |
| Kate Swetz | Sr. | Accounting | Hillsborough, N.J. |
| Andi Wenck | Sr. | Journalism | Waterford, Wisc. |
| Softball | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Micaela Abbatine | Sr. | Economics | Warwick, N.Y. |
| Amelia Jarecke | So. | Journalism: Multi-Platform Journalism | Lincoln, Neb. |
| Samantha Stefan | Jr. | Special Education | Lagrange, Ohio |
| Women's Tennis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoe Kulkarni | Jr. | Communication | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| Track & Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Barnsdale | Jr. | Geographical Sciences | Lincoln, England |
| Molly Barrick | Jr. | Studio Art | Owings, Md. |
| Maria Castellanos Vaquero | Sr. | InformationSystems | Madrid, Spain |
| Sarah Daniels | So. | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Burke, Va. |
| Kathryn Gearhart | Sr. | Kinesiology | Easton, Md. |
| Kamryn Henderson | So. | Bioengineering | Waxhaw, N.C. |
| Anna Latzko | Sr. | Bioengineering | Clarksville, Md. |
| Christine Laurie | Jr. | Kinesiology | Kitchener, Ontario |
| Mikella Lefebvre-Oatis | Sr. | Sociology | Montreal, Quebec |
| Emily McAllister | Jr. | Public Health Science | Newark, Md. |
| MacKenzie Morgan | So. | Public Health Science | Kitchener, Ontario |
| Paige Novak | Sr. | Government & Politics | Hillsborough, N.J. |
| Julia Reicin | Jr. | Psychology | Potomac, Md. |
| Brady Snelson | Sr. | Computer Engineering | Milwaukee, Wisc. |
| Volleyball | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Alford | Jr. | Finance | Annapolis, Md. |
| Chloe Prejean | Jr. | Kinesiology | Clear Spring, Md. |
| Taylor Smith | Sr. | Elementary Education | Garrett, Ind. |
| Wrestling | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolas Cappello | Sr. | Communication | Cranford, N.J. |
| Peter Tedesco | Sr. | Economics | Woburn, Mass. |
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