Terps Earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Honors

7/13/2026 3:00:00 PM | Baseball, Field Hockey, Football, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Softball, Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Wrestling, Volleyball, The Barry & Mary Gossett Center for Acad

ROSEMONT, IL – The Big Ten Conference announced that 62 Maryland student-athletes competing in intercollegiate athletics were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients for 2025-26.

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.

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.

2025-26 BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS

Sport	Name	Year	Major	Hometown
Baseball	David Mendez	Junior	Human Development	Aldie, VA
Men's Golf	Armand Papaziani	Senior	Finance	Mougins, France
Women's Golf	Julia Garcia	Junior	Philosophy, Politics, Economics	New Braunfels, TX
Men's Lacrosse	Tyler Coryea	Sophomore	Finance	Hudson, OH
Men's Lacrosse	Kyle Eggebraten	Sophomore	Operations Management and Business	Cary, IL
Men's Lacrosse	James Gardiner	Sophomore	Finance	Bethesda, MD
Men's Lacrosse	Peter Laake	Sophomore	Business	Glenwood, MD
Men's Lacrosse	Mitchell Lloyd	Senior	Knesiology	Moorestown, NJ
Men's Lacrosse	Eric Spanos	Graduate	Management Studies	Pottstown, PA
Men's Lacrosse	Carson Whittier	Sophomore	Management	Kensington, MD
Men's Lacrosse	Zach Whittier	Graduate	Management Studies	Kensington, MD
Women's Lacrosse	Lexi Dupcak	Junior	Communication	Annapolis, MD
Women's Lacrosse	Kori Edmondson	Senior	Criminal Justice	Severn, MD
Women's Lacrosse	Fallon George	Junior	Public Health Science	Oreland, PA
Women's Lacrosse	Kayla Gilmore	Sophomore	Criminal Justice	Mastic, NY
Women's Lacrosse	Lauren LaPointe	Junior	Marketing	Glenelg, MD
Women's Lacrosse	Jordyn Lipkin	Graduate	Management Studies	Short Hills, NJ
Women's Lacrosse	Kennedy Major	Graduate	Management Studies	Hampstead, MD
Women's Lacrosse	Mae Marshall	Senior	Communication	Lutherville, MD
Women's Lacrosse	Olivia Rockstroh	Senior	Psychology	Phoenix, MD
Women's Lacrosse	Maddy Sterling	Graduate	Management Studies	Bel Air, MD
Women's Lacrosse	JJ Suriano	Junior	Public Health Science	Baltimore, MD
Softball	Sammi Woods	Senior	Marketing	Trabuco Canyon, CA
Softball	Aubrey Wurst	Sophomore	Journalism	Boca Raton, FL
Women's Tennis	Diya Challa	Junior	Public Health Science	Ashburn, VA
Women's Tennis	Aida Eissa	Junior	Real Estate Development	Palm Beach, FL
Women's Tennis	Tamari Gagoshidze	Senior	Accounting	Tbilisi, GA
Women's Tennis	Oliwia Orlinska	Sophomore	Management	Wroclaw, Poland
Men's Track and Field	Aaron Abedin	Junior	Information Science	Ellicott City, MD
Men's Track and Field	Rhys Allen	Senior	Economics	Southampton, England
Men's Track and Field	Cliff Carty	Graduate	Curriculum and Instruction	Pearl River, NY
Women's Track and Field	Tolu Akinduro	Senior	Public Health Science	Toronto, Ontario
Women's Track and Field	Reese Delp	Senior	Human Development and Studio Art	Kent Island, MD
Women's Track and Field	Rubie Goffena	Senior	Curriculum and Instruction	Hampstead, MD
Women's Track and Field	Eva Rogers	Sophomore	Finance	Odenton, MD
Women's Track and Field	Lucy Scothern	Junior	Journalism	Sunderland, United Kingdom
Women's Track and Field	Maya Valmon	Senior	Public Health Science	Rockville, MD
Women's Track and Field	Jennessa Wolfe	Junior	Kinesiology	Nova Scotia, Canada
Men's Basketball	Lukas Sotell	Junior	Economics	Stamford, CT
Wrestling	John Martin Best	Senior	Criminal Justice	Parkersburg, WV
Wrestling	Luke Jacobs	Junior	Management	Westfield, NJ
Wrestling	Joey Schneck	Sophomore	Biology	Pittsburgh, PA
Wrestling	Dominic Solis	Graduate	Management Studies	Laurel, MD
Gymnastics	Layla Hammer	Senior	Kinesiology	Aurora, IL
Gymnastics	Taylor Rech	Junior	Human Development	Milton, GA
Gymnastics	Gianna Ruffing	Sophomore	Kinesiology	Marlborough, MA
Women's Cross Country	Reese Delp	Senior	Human Development and Studio Art	Kent Island, MD
Women's Cross Country	Rubie Goffena	Senior	Curriculum and Instruction	Hampstead, MD
Women's Cross Country	Eva Rogers	Sophomore	Finance	Odenton, MD
Women's Cross Country	Lucy Scothern	Junior	Journalism	Sunderland, United Kingdom
Field Hockey	Alyssa Klebasko	Junior	Kinesiology	Odenton, MD
Football	Ethan Gough	Graduate	Management Studies	Owings, MD
Football	Joshua Simmons	Sophomore	Government and Politics	Fort Washington, MD
Men's Soccer	Chris Steinleitner	Graduate	Finance	Munich, Germany
Men's Soccer	Saxon Wolcott	Junior	Computer Science	Bethesda, MD
Women's Soccer	Faith Luckey	Junior	Government and Politics	Queen Creek, AZ
Women's Soccer	Taryn Raibon	Sophomore	Criminal Justice	Laguna Niguel, CA
Women's Soccer	Kelsey Smith	Senior	Public Health	Elkridge, MD
Women's Soccer	Symone Jenson	Senior	Fire Protection Engineering	Glenelg, MD
Women's Soccer	Ava Morales	Senior	Biology	Clarksville, MD
Women's Soccer	Kate Hawley	Sophomore	Nutrition and Food Science	Rockville, MD
Volleyball	Eva Rohrbach	Junior	Criminal Justice	San Diego, CA