'Cats Shatter Record of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
7/14/2022 10:15:00 AM | Academic Services & Student Development
EVANSTON, Ill. – A school-record 142 Northwestern student-athletes earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition, the conference announced on Thursday morning.
All 19 varsity programs had at least one recipient of the honor for the third time ever and the third straight year. The Wildcats set the previous school record with 121 Distinguished Scholars in 2020-21.
Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be a recipient of Academic All-Big Ten Recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full-time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career. Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program.
Football (19), Men's Basketball (1) Men's Golf (3), Men's Soccer (8), Softball (8), Women's Basketball (3), Fencing (15), Women's Golf (8), Lacrosse (16) Women's Tennis (5) and Wrestling (5) led their respective Big Ten sport or shared the lead in Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, with Women's Basketball and Fencing doing it for the second year in a row.
Below are Northwestern's 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars:
Thomas Edward D'Alise Northwestern Baseball Learning & Organztnl Change
Michael Quin Farinelli Northwestern Baseball Integ Marketing Communications
Ruben Antonio Fontes Northwestern Baseball Data Science
Parker Hanks Northwestern Baseball Economics
Ethan O'Donnell Northwestern Baseball Learning & Organztnl Change
Luke Tanner Northwestern Baseball Learning & Organztnl Change
Kayla Blas Northwestern Field Hockey Mechanical Engineering
Peyton Halsey Northwestern Field Hockey Psychology
Casey Joye Northwestern Field Hockey Biological Sciences
Shannon Lackey Northwestern Field Hockey Chemical Engineering
Ana Medina Garcia Northwestern Field Hockey Mathematics
Maren Seidel Northwestern Field Hockey Economics
Maddie Zimmer Northwestern Field Hockey Undeclared
Derek Adams Northwestern Football Data Science
Dominick D'Antonio Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Bryce Gallagher Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Jake Genyk Northwestern Football Psychology
Samuel Gerak Northwestern Football Post Baccalaureate
Thomas Gordon Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Will Halkyard Northwestern Football Economics
Evan Hull Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Bryce Jackson Northwestern Football Master of Management Studies
Jack Kennedy Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Zac Krause Northwestern Football Biomedical Engineering
Charles Kuhbander Northwestern Football Information Design & Strategy
Charlie Mangieri Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Duke Olges Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Devin ORourke Northwestern Football Economics
Josh Priebe Northwestern Football Undeclared
Charles Schmidt Northwestern Football Communications Studies
Peter Skoronski Northwestern Football Undeclared
Malik Washington Northwestern Football Psychology
Ryan Young Northwestern Men's Basketball Learning & Organztnl Change
Mattew Camel Northwestern Men's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Varun Chopra Northwestern Men's Golf Sports Administration
David Nyfjael Northwestern Men's Golf Business Institutions
Richard Bennett Northwestern Men's Soccer Biological Sciences
Rom Brown Northwestern Men's Soccer Undeclared
Spencer Howard Northwestern Men's Soccer Master of Management Studies
Bardia Kimiavi Northwestern Men's Soccer Learning & Organizational Change
Jack Ratterman Northwestern Men's Soccer Communications Studies
Eric Smits Northwestern Men's Soccer Learning & Organizational Change
Tyler Warren Northwestern Men's Soccer Learning & Organizational Change
Julian Zighelboim Northwestern Men's Soccer Psychology
Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson NU Men's Swimming & Diving Neuroscience
Evan Labuda NU Men's Swimming & Diving Economics
Manuel Martos Bacarizo NU Men's Swimming & Diving Mechanical Engineering
Ben Miller NU Men's Swimming & Diving Manufacturing & Design Engineering
Henry Schirmer NU Men's Swimming & Diving Environmental Engineering
Brian Berdusco Northwestern Men's Tennis Post Baccalaureate
Russell Berdusco Northwestern Men's Tennis Economics
Simen Brathom Northwestern Men's Tennis Economics
Trice Pickens Northwestern Men's Tennis Biological Sciences
Natan Spear Northwestern Men's Tennis Chemical Engineering
Lauren Boyd Northwestern Softball Learning & Organztnl Change
Hannah Cady Northwestern Softball Biological Sciences
Lauren Caldrone Northwestern Softball Statistics
Rachel Lewis Northwestern Softball Post Baccalaureate
Kendall Peterson Northwestern Softball Learning & Organztnl Change
Skyler Shellmyer Northwestern Softball Learning & Organztnl Change
Samantha Stanley Northwestern Softball Political Science
Danielle Willams Northwestern Softball Human Development in Context
Jessica Sancataldo NU Women's Basketball Radio/Television/Film
Lauryn Satterwhite NU Women's Basketball Masters in Leadership Creative Enterprises
Sydney Wood NU Women's Basketball Communications Studies
Kayla Byrne NU Women's Cross Country Neuroscience
Hannah Hall NU Women's Cross Country Journalism
Lotte Vanderpol NU Women's Cross Country Public Health MPH
Olivia Verbeke NU Women's Cross Country Human Development & Psych Services
Isabelle Banin Northwestern Women's Fencing Journalism
Bloweden Bindas Northwestern Women's Fencing Learning & Organztnl Change
Sophie Brill Northwestern Women's Fencing Political Science
Alyssa Chen Northwestern Women's Fencing Mechanical Engineering
Celia Crompton Northwestern Women's Fencing Linguistics
Julia Falinska Northwestern Women's Fencing Learning & Organztnl Change
Ashley Gomerman Northwestern Women's Fencing Linguistics
Sarah Filby Northwestern Women's Fencing Integ Marketing Comm
Ananya Gupta Northwestern Women's Fencing Economics
Levi Hoogendoorn Northwestern Women's Fencing Integrated Science Program
Thea Nguyen Northwestern Women's Fencing Psychology
Emma Scala Northwestern Women's Fencing Economics
Julia Shalansky Northwestern Women's Fencing Human Dev in Context
Abigail Swallow Northwestern Women's Fencing Social Policy
Julia Yoon Northwestern Women's Fencing Learning & Organztnl Change
Jennifer Cai Northwestern Women's Golf Psychology
Rachel DeAngulo Northwestern Women's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Charlotte Hillary Northwestern Women's Golf Communication Studies
Irene Kim Northwestern Women's Golf Communication Studies
Jieni Li Northwestern Women's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Jingwen Lu Northwestern Women's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Yeoun Sim Northwestern Women's Golf Human Dev & Psych Srvs
Kelly Su Northwestern Women's Golf Computer Science
Dylan Amonte Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Communication Studies
Madeline Balter Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Allie Berkery Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Hunter Chadwick Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Madison Doucette Northwestern Women's Lacrosse BS in Integrated Eng Studies
Lauren Gilbert Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Integ Marketing Comm
Jill Giradi Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Sports Administration
Leah Holmes Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Journalism
Eve Hritzuk Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Human Dev in Context
Hannah Johnson Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Human Dev in Context
Natalie Lopez Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Journalism
Carleigh Mahoney Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Allison Palmero Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Information Design & Stratgy
Katherine Shanley Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Communication Studies
Kiera Shanley Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Claire Snyder Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Social Policy
Marianna Annest Northwestern Women's Soccer Psychology
Lily Gilbertson Northwestern Women's Soccer Economics
Haley Lawson Northwestern Women's Soccer Communications Studies
Chloe McGhee Northwestern Women's Soccer Neuroscience
Paige Miller Northwestern Women's Soccer Communications Studies
Hallie Pearson Northwestern Women's Soccer Human Dev & Psych Services
Reilly Riggs Northwestern Women's Soccer Psychology
Regan Steigleder Northwestern Women's Soccer Post Baccalaureate
Olivia Stone Northwestern Women's Soccer Learning & Organztnl Change
Mackenzie Wood Northwestern Women's Soccer Communications Studies
Sophie Angus NU Women's Swimming & Diving Data Science
Erika Chen NU Women's Swimming & Diving Undeclared
Labonita Ghose NU Women's Swimming & Diving Neuroscience
Miriam Guevara NU Women's Swimming & Diving Masters in Public Policy Administration
Jasmine Hellmer NU Women's Swimming & Diving Economics
Milan Hilde-Jones NU Women's Swimming & Diving Anthropology
Markie Hopkins NU Women's Swimming & Diving Psychology
Jaye Patrick NU Women's Swimming & Diving Communications Studies
Madeline Smith NU Women's Swimming & Diving Master of Science in Analytics
Renee Su NU Women's Swimming & Diving Psychology
Tara Vovk NU NU Women's Swimming & Diving Civil Engineering
Aino Alkio Northwestern Women's Tennis Industrial Engineering
Christina Hand Northwestern Women's Tennis Communication Studies
Clarissa Hand Northwestern Women's Tennis Communication Studies
Hannah McColgan Northwestern Women's Tennis Learning & Organztnl Change
Vanessa Streng Northwestern Women's Tennis Communication Studies
Charlotte Cronister Northwestern Women's Volleyball Journalism
Ella Grbac Northwestern Women's Volleyball Learning & Organiztnl Change
Olivia Haskins Northwestern Women's Volleyball Learning & Organiztnl Change
Jamie Berg NU Wrestling Environmental Science
Lucas Davison NU Wrestling Learning and Organiztnl Change
Ryan Deakin NU Wrestling Post Baccalaureate
Ankhaa Enkhmandakh NU Wrestling Computer Science Engineering
Jack Heyob NU Wrestling Learning and Organiztnl Change
All 19 varsity programs had at least one recipient of the honor for the third time ever and the third straight year. The Wildcats set the previous school record with 121 Distinguished Scholars in 2020-21.
Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be a recipient of Academic All-Big Ten Recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full-time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career. Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program.
Football (19), Men's Basketball (1) Men's Golf (3), Men's Soccer (8), Softball (8), Women's Basketball (3), Fencing (15), Women's Golf (8), Lacrosse (16) Women's Tennis (5) and Wrestling (5) led their respective Big Ten sport or shared the lead in Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, with Women's Basketball and Fencing doing it for the second year in a row.
Below are Northwestern's 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars:
Thomas Edward D'Alise Northwestern Baseball Learning & Organztnl Change
Michael Quin Farinelli Northwestern Baseball Integ Marketing Communications
Ruben Antonio Fontes Northwestern Baseball Data Science
Parker Hanks Northwestern Baseball Economics
Ethan O'Donnell Northwestern Baseball Learning & Organztnl Change
Luke Tanner Northwestern Baseball Learning & Organztnl Change
Kayla Blas Northwestern Field Hockey Mechanical Engineering
Peyton Halsey Northwestern Field Hockey Psychology
Casey Joye Northwestern Field Hockey Biological Sciences
Shannon Lackey Northwestern Field Hockey Chemical Engineering
Ana Medina Garcia Northwestern Field Hockey Mathematics
Maren Seidel Northwestern Field Hockey Economics
Maddie Zimmer Northwestern Field Hockey Undeclared
Derek Adams Northwestern Football Data Science
Dominick D'Antonio Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Bryce Gallagher Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Jake Genyk Northwestern Football Psychology
Samuel Gerak Northwestern Football Post Baccalaureate
Thomas Gordon Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Will Halkyard Northwestern Football Economics
Evan Hull Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Bryce Jackson Northwestern Football Master of Management Studies
Jack Kennedy Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Zac Krause Northwestern Football Biomedical Engineering
Charles Kuhbander Northwestern Football Information Design & Strategy
Charlie Mangieri Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Duke Olges Northwestern Football Learning & Organizational Change
Devin ORourke Northwestern Football Economics
Josh Priebe Northwestern Football Undeclared
Charles Schmidt Northwestern Football Communications Studies
Peter Skoronski Northwestern Football Undeclared
Malik Washington Northwestern Football Psychology
Ryan Young Northwestern Men's Basketball Learning & Organztnl Change
Mattew Camel Northwestern Men's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Varun Chopra Northwestern Men's Golf Sports Administration
David Nyfjael Northwestern Men's Golf Business Institutions
Richard Bennett Northwestern Men's Soccer Biological Sciences
Rom Brown Northwestern Men's Soccer Undeclared
Spencer Howard Northwestern Men's Soccer Master of Management Studies
Bardia Kimiavi Northwestern Men's Soccer Learning & Organizational Change
Jack Ratterman Northwestern Men's Soccer Communications Studies
Eric Smits Northwestern Men's Soccer Learning & Organizational Change
Tyler Warren Northwestern Men's Soccer Learning & Organizational Change
Julian Zighelboim Northwestern Men's Soccer Psychology
Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson NU Men's Swimming & Diving Neuroscience
Evan Labuda NU Men's Swimming & Diving Economics
Manuel Martos Bacarizo NU Men's Swimming & Diving Mechanical Engineering
Ben Miller NU Men's Swimming & Diving Manufacturing & Design Engineering
Henry Schirmer NU Men's Swimming & Diving Environmental Engineering
Brian Berdusco Northwestern Men's Tennis Post Baccalaureate
Russell Berdusco Northwestern Men's Tennis Economics
Simen Brathom Northwestern Men's Tennis Economics
Trice Pickens Northwestern Men's Tennis Biological Sciences
Natan Spear Northwestern Men's Tennis Chemical Engineering
Lauren Boyd Northwestern Softball Learning & Organztnl Change
Hannah Cady Northwestern Softball Biological Sciences
Lauren Caldrone Northwestern Softball Statistics
Rachel Lewis Northwestern Softball Post Baccalaureate
Kendall Peterson Northwestern Softball Learning & Organztnl Change
Skyler Shellmyer Northwestern Softball Learning & Organztnl Change
Samantha Stanley Northwestern Softball Political Science
Danielle Willams Northwestern Softball Human Development in Context
Jessica Sancataldo NU Women's Basketball Radio/Television/Film
Lauryn Satterwhite NU Women's Basketball Masters in Leadership Creative Enterprises
Sydney Wood NU Women's Basketball Communications Studies
Kayla Byrne NU Women's Cross Country Neuroscience
Hannah Hall NU Women's Cross Country Journalism
Lotte Vanderpol NU Women's Cross Country Public Health MPH
Olivia Verbeke NU Women's Cross Country Human Development & Psych Services
Isabelle Banin Northwestern Women's Fencing Journalism
Bloweden Bindas Northwestern Women's Fencing Learning & Organztnl Change
Sophie Brill Northwestern Women's Fencing Political Science
Alyssa Chen Northwestern Women's Fencing Mechanical Engineering
Celia Crompton Northwestern Women's Fencing Linguistics
Julia Falinska Northwestern Women's Fencing Learning & Organztnl Change
Ashley Gomerman Northwestern Women's Fencing Linguistics
Sarah Filby Northwestern Women's Fencing Integ Marketing Comm
Ananya Gupta Northwestern Women's Fencing Economics
Levi Hoogendoorn Northwestern Women's Fencing Integrated Science Program
Thea Nguyen Northwestern Women's Fencing Psychology
Emma Scala Northwestern Women's Fencing Economics
Julia Shalansky Northwestern Women's Fencing Human Dev in Context
Abigail Swallow Northwestern Women's Fencing Social Policy
Julia Yoon Northwestern Women's Fencing Learning & Organztnl Change
Jennifer Cai Northwestern Women's Golf Psychology
Rachel DeAngulo Northwestern Women's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Charlotte Hillary Northwestern Women's Golf Communication Studies
Irene Kim Northwestern Women's Golf Communication Studies
Jieni Li Northwestern Women's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Jingwen Lu Northwestern Women's Golf Learning & Organztnl Change
Yeoun Sim Northwestern Women's Golf Human Dev & Psych Srvs
Kelly Su Northwestern Women's Golf Computer Science
Dylan Amonte Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Communication Studies
Madeline Balter Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Allie Berkery Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Hunter Chadwick Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Madison Doucette Northwestern Women's Lacrosse BS in Integrated Eng Studies
Lauren Gilbert Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Integ Marketing Comm
Jill Giradi Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Sports Administration
Leah Holmes Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Journalism
Eve Hritzuk Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Human Dev in Context
Hannah Johnson Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Human Dev in Context
Natalie Lopez Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Journalism
Carleigh Mahoney Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Allison Palmero Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Information Design & Stratgy
Katherine Shanley Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Communication Studies
Kiera Shanley Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Learning & Organztnl Change
Claire Snyder Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Social Policy
Marianna Annest Northwestern Women's Soccer Psychology
Lily Gilbertson Northwestern Women's Soccer Economics
Haley Lawson Northwestern Women's Soccer Communications Studies
Chloe McGhee Northwestern Women's Soccer Neuroscience
Paige Miller Northwestern Women's Soccer Communications Studies
Hallie Pearson Northwestern Women's Soccer Human Dev & Psych Services
Reilly Riggs Northwestern Women's Soccer Psychology
Regan Steigleder Northwestern Women's Soccer Post Baccalaureate
Olivia Stone Northwestern Women's Soccer Learning & Organztnl Change
Mackenzie Wood Northwestern Women's Soccer Communications Studies
Sophie Angus NU Women's Swimming & Diving Data Science
Erika Chen NU Women's Swimming & Diving Undeclared
Labonita Ghose NU Women's Swimming & Diving Neuroscience
Miriam Guevara NU Women's Swimming & Diving Masters in Public Policy Administration
Jasmine Hellmer NU Women's Swimming & Diving Economics
Milan Hilde-Jones NU Women's Swimming & Diving Anthropology
Markie Hopkins NU Women's Swimming & Diving Psychology
Jaye Patrick NU Women's Swimming & Diving Communications Studies
Madeline Smith NU Women's Swimming & Diving Master of Science in Analytics
Renee Su NU Women's Swimming & Diving Psychology
Tara Vovk NU NU Women's Swimming & Diving Civil Engineering
Aino Alkio Northwestern Women's Tennis Industrial Engineering
Christina Hand Northwestern Women's Tennis Communication Studies
Clarissa Hand Northwestern Women's Tennis Communication Studies
Hannah McColgan Northwestern Women's Tennis Learning & Organztnl Change
Vanessa Streng Northwestern Women's Tennis Communication Studies
Charlotte Cronister Northwestern Women's Volleyball Journalism
Ella Grbac Northwestern Women's Volleyball Learning & Organiztnl Change
Olivia Haskins Northwestern Women's Volleyball Learning & Organiztnl Change
Jamie Berg NU Wrestling Environmental Science
Lucas Davison NU Wrestling Learning and Organiztnl Change
Ryan Deakin NU Wrestling Post Baccalaureate
Ankhaa Enkhmandakh NU Wrestling Computer Science Engineering
Jack Heyob NU Wrestling Learning and Organiztnl Change
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