The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday that 67 Hoosiers were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for their academic achievements this past school year.
This award is the next step-up from Academic All-Big Ten. To receive this award, each student athlete must have a minimum GPA of 3.7 for the previous academic year, excluding summer school. They also must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their school.
“Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program,” according to a Big Ten press release.
There were 914 student-athletes who received this award across 38 different sports.
At IU, student-athletes from 18 different sports earned this award. The women’s track and field/cross country led the way with 11 different student-athletes receiving this award. The women’s soccer team wasn’t far behind as it had eight different student-athletes receive this award.
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