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94 Michigan Student-Athletes Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

94 Michigan Student-Athletes Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars


Photo Roster of 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference announced its Big Ten Distinguished Scholars on Thursday (July 14), with 94 University of Michigan student-athletes earning the distinction for their work in the classroom over the last academic year.

The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honor goes to student-athletes who recorded a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. Michigan’s 94 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars mark the sixth straight year with at least 70 honorees.

Of Michigan’s 94 honorees, 14 student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA for the 2021-22 academic year.

U-M had 171 fall Academic All-Big Ten honorees, 116 in the winter and 220 in the spring, bringing the academic year’s total to 507 for a new department record.

Michigan’s 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

Names in italics denote a 4.0 GPA

Baseball (1)

Jacob Denner, Jr., Sport Management

Field Hockey (2)

Lindsey Stagg, So., Communication and Media

Katie Begley, Jr., History

Football (2)

Caden Kolesar, Jr., Communications

Greg Tarr, So., Sport Management

Men’s Golf (1)

Pier Francesco De Col, Jr., Business Administration

Women’s Golf (2)

Ashley Lau, Sr., Economics

Mikaela Schulz, Jr., Biopsychology, Cognition, Neuroscience

Men’s Gymnastics (6)

Casey Cummings, Jr., Psychology

Alan Gerdov, Gr., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Paul Juda, Jr., Psychology

Kyle Shuttle, So., Cognitive Science

Virgil Watkins, Jr., Materials Science and Engineering

David Willett, Jr., Biomedical Engineering

Women’s Gymnastics (2)

Gabby Wilson, Jr., English

Abby Heiskell, Sr., Applied Exercise Science

Men’s Lacrosse (2)

Dylan Gardner, Jr., Environment

Nick Rowlett, Sr., Communication and Media

Women’s Lacrosse (5)

Annabelle Burke, So., Business Administration

Maddie Burns, So., Business Administration

Ava Class, So., LSA undeclared

Caroline Davis, So., Environment

Morgan Whitaker, Sr., Sociology

Rowing (10)

Lauren Benitez, Jr., Organizational Studies

Hadley Camp, Sr., Business Administration

Annaka Draaisma, Jr., Movement Science

Lauren Langley, So., LSA undeclared

Sophie McSpedon, Jr., Movement Science

Lillian Mei, Sr., Mechanical Engineering

Lauren Sickmiller, Sr., Movement Science

Cecilia Spesia, Gr., Pharmaceutical Sciences

Noa Sreden, 5th Year, International Studies, Economics, Middle East Studies

Kathryn Ward, Sr.,…

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