ROSEMONT, Ill. – 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. 

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.
 

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.