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Fifty-six student-athletes named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
July 05, 2017 | General News, Men's Cross Country, Men's Rowing, Men's Swimming & Diving, Men's Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Hockey, Women's Rowing, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Volleyball
Badgers honored for grade-point average of 3.7 or better
MADISON, Wis. — Fifty-six student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin have been named 2016-17 Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholars. Distinguished Scholar awards are presented to student-athletes who have recorded a minimum grade-point average of 3.7 or better for the academic year.
The 2016-17 class includes eight student-athletes who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the year. This group includes Taylor Kuhn, women's basketball; Tyson Miehe and Malachy Schrobilgen, men's cross country and track and field; Kelsey Jenkins, softball; Audrey Dalgarno, women's lightweight rowing, Thomas Walker, men's rowing and Hazel Hertting and Abby Jagdfeld, women's swimming and diving.
Several Badgers on the list also earned national honors including men's cross country All-American Schrobilgen, men's cross country All-American and Academic All-American Morgan McDonald; women's hockey All-American Annie Pankowski; softball All-American Jenkins; women's swimming and diving All-Americans Marissa Berg, Dana Grindall and Ashley Peterson; women's lightweight rower Brianna Wynne and wrestling All-American Connor Medbery.
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.
The 2016-17 class includes eight student-athletes who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the year. This group includes Taylor Kuhn, women's basketball; Tyson Miehe and Malachy Schrobilgen, men's cross country and track and field; Kelsey Jenkins, softball; Audrey Dalgarno, women's lightweight rowing, Thomas Walker, men's rowing and Hazel Hertting and Abby Jagdfeld, women's swimming and diving.
Several Badgers on the list also earned national honors including men's cross country All-American Schrobilgen, men's cross country All-American and Academic All-American Morgan McDonald; women's hockey All-American Annie Pankowski; softball All-American Jenkins; women's swimming and diving All-Americans Marissa Berg, Dana Grindall and Ashley Peterson; women's lightweight rower Brianna Wynne and wrestling All-American Connor Medbery.
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.
| 2016-17 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars | ||
| Women's Basketball (1) | ||
| Taylor Kuhn | Sr. | Kinesiology |
| Men's Cross Country (4) | ||
| Olin Hacker | So. | Undeclared |
| Morgan McDonald | Jr. | International business and finance, investment |
| Tyson Miehe | Jr. | Physical education |
| Malachy Schrobilgen | Sr. | Political science and history |
| Women's Cross Country (2) | ||
| Sarah Disanza | Jr. | Retailing and consumer behavior |
| Sarah Heinemann | Sr. | Chemical engineering |
| Football (2) | ||
| Brett Connors | Jr. | Kinesiology |
| Eric Steffes | Grad. | Kinesiology |
| Women's Golf (1) | ||
| Michelle Cheung | Sr. | Psychology |
| Women's Ice Hockey (2) | ||
| Mikayla Johnson | Sr. | Community and non-profit leadership |
| Annie Pankowski | Jr. | Zoology |
| Women's Lightweight Rowing (5) | ||
| Audrey Dalgarno | Sr. | Biology |
| Agathe Denis | Fr. | Economics |
| Eleanor Martin | Jr. | Finance, Investment and Banking/Risk Management |
| Jenn Whitehill | Jr. | Elementary Education |
| Brianna Wynne | Jr. | Nutritional Sciences |
| Men's Rowing (4) | ||
| James Bernard | Jr. | International studies |
| Alex Idarraga | Sr. | Russian |
| Zach Ruedinger | Grad. | Accounting |
| Thomas Walker | Sr. | Economics/Ag. Business Management |
| Women's Rowing (9) | ||
| Eliza Clifford | So. | Art |
| Janie French | Sr. | Biochemistry and Spanish |
| Monica Gerber | Jr. | Retailing and consumer behavior |
| Lily Hansen | Jr. | Communicative sciences and disorders |
| Lucia Kissinger | Sr. | Kinesiology |
| Kaitlin McKeogh | Sr. | Rehabilitation psychology |
| Dani Steinberg | Sr. | Forest science |
| Maddie Wanamaker | Sr. | Environmental studies/Life sciences communication |
| Megan Whitehouse | Jr. | Retailing and consumer behavior |
| Women's Soccer (2) | ||
| Natalie Jacobson | So. | Biology |
| Sydney McGinnis | Jr. | Journalism |
| Softball (3) | ||
| Brianna Flugaur | Jr. | Rehabilitation psychology |
| Kelsey Jenkins | Jr. | Human development and family studies |
| Sara Novak | Sr. | Biology/Pre-veterinary medicine |
| Men's Swimming & Diving (1) | ||
| Todd McCarthy | Jr. | Mechanical engineering |
| Women's Swimming & Diving (8) | ||
| Marissa Berg | Jr. | Human development and family studies |
| Madison Blaydes | Sr. | Gender and women's studies/Psychology |
| Gabriella Comunale | So. | Undeclared |
| Dana Grindall | Sr. | Human development and family studies |
| Madeline Hazle | Sr. | Biology/History of science, medicine and technology |
| Hazel Hertting | So. | Food science |
| Abby Jagdfeld | Sr. | Microbiology |
| Ashley Peterson | Sr. | Human development and family studies |
| Men's Tennis (2) | ||
| Elliott Sprecher | Jr. | Philosophy/Journalism |
| John Zordani | Sr. | Business: Management and human resources |
| Women's Tennis (2) | ||
| Maria Avgerinos | Sr. | Environmental science |
| Sydney Rider | Sr. | Life science communications |
| Men's Track & Field (6) | ||
| Tim Guthrie | Jr. | Biochemistry |
| Olin Hacker | So. | Undeclared |
| Isaac Hale | So. | Biomedical engineering |
| Morgan McDonald | Jr. | International business and finance, investment |
| Tyson Miehe | Jr. | Physical education |
| Malachy Schrobilgen | Sr. | History/Political science |
| Women's Track & Field (5) | ||
| Kennedy Blahnik | Jr. | Elementary education |
| Sarah Disanza | Jr. | Retailing and consumer behavior |
| Sarah Heinemann | Sr. | Chemical engineering |
| Jane McCurry | Jr, | Environmental studies |
| Danielle Weber | Jr. | Political science |
| Volleyball (1) | ||
| Romana Krišková | Grad. | Educational leadership |
| Wrestling (3) | ||
| Andrew Crone | Jr. | Finance/Risk management and insurance |
| Connor Medbery | Grad. | Kinesiology |
| TJ Ruschell | Sr. | Economics |
| Bold Indicates 4.0 GPA | ||
Players Mentioned
/ Women's Tennis
Free/Breast
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Men's Rowing
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
Back/Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Rowing
/ Women's Rowing
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Rowing
/ Women's Rowing
/ Women's Rowing
Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Pole Vault
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
/ Men's Cross Country
Multi-Events
/ Men's Track & Field
/ Women's Rowing
/ Women's Rowing
Back/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Men's Rowing
Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Forward
/ Women's Hockey
/ Women's Rowing
G
/ Women's Basketball
Back/Fly/Free
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Women's Rowing
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
/ Men's Cross Country
Forward
/ Women's HockeyForward
/ Women's Hockey
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Tennis
/ Men's Rowing
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
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/ Men's Rowing
/ Women's Rowing
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/ Women's Track & Field
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