131 Wolverines Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
7/14/2025 3:00:00 PM | Baseball, Field Hockey, Football, General, Men's Golf, Men's Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming & Diving, Men's Tennis, Men's Track & Field, Softball, Women's Golf, Women's Gymnastics, Women's Lacrosse, Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Volleyball, Water Polo, Wrestling
• Photo Roster of 2024-25 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Big Ten Conference announced its Big Ten Distinguished Scholars on Monday (July 14), with 131Â 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 131Â Big Ten Distinguished Scholars mark the eighth straight year with at least 70 honorees and third straight year with at least 125.
Of Michigan's 131Â honorees, 26 student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA for the 2024-25 academic year.
The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the fall, winter and spring seasons. U-M had 156 honorees in the fall, 101 in the winter and 229 in the spring to give the Wolverines 486 honorees during the 2024-25 academic year.
Michigan's 2024-25 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Names in italics denote a 4.0 GPA
* Earned the honor for both cross country and track
Baseball (3)
Ricky Kidd, Sr., Sport Management
Wyatt Novara, So., Sport Management
Jeter Ybarra, Gr., Real Estate
Field Hockey (4)
Hala Silverstein, So., Business Administration
Abby Burnett, So., LSA Undeclared
Caylie McMahon, Sr., Statistics
Abby Tamer, Sr., Applied Exercise Science
Football (2)
Henry Donohue, Sr., Economics
Semaj Morgan, So., General Studies
Men's Golf (4)
Jason Gordon, So., Sport Management
Yuqi Liu, Sr., Economics
Jack O'Donnell, Sr., Business Administration
Hunter Thomson, Sr., Sport Management
Women's Golf (1)
Mara Janess, Jr., Sport Management
Women's Gymnastics (6)
Lily Clapper, Jr., Business Administration
Farah Lipetz, Jr., Political Science
Paige Thaxton, Jr., Sport Management
Jacey Vore, Sr., Communication & Media
Carly Bauman, Gr., Master of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Reyna Guggino, Gr., Master of Movement Science
Men's Gymnastics (8)
Landen Blixt, Jr., General Studies
Kevin Chow, So., Business Administration
Zach Granados, Jr., Information Analysis
Alex Istock, So., Business Administration
Rithik Puri, Sr., Biomedical Engineering
Akshay Puri, So., Biomedical Engineering
Kyle Walchuk, So., Materials Science & Engineering
Paul Juda, Gr., Master of Accounting
Ice Hockey (1)
Josh Eernisse, Jr., Sport Management
Men's Lacrosse (8)
Ryan Cohen, Sr., Sport Management
Lucas Delgado, Sr., Communication & Media
Michael Frechette, Sr., Sport Management
Chris Gaine, Jr., Economics
John Morgan, Sr., Sport Management
Aidan Mulholland, Sr., Sport Management
CJ Reilly, So., Political Science
Jack Welcsh, Sr., Sport Management
Women's Lacrosse (19)
Emma Bradbury, So., Cognitive Science
Isabel DiNanno, So., Communication and Media
Kaylee Dyer, Sr., Sport Management
Jane Fetterolf, Sr., Sport Management
Jordyn Harrison, Jr., Sport Management
Allie Hartman, So., Aerospace Engineering
Kassidy Isaacson, Jr., Sport Management
Laila Kostorowski, So., International Studies
Katharine Merrifield, Sr., Business Administration
Megan Minturn, Jr., Psychology
Claire Nelson, Jr., Sport Management
Stella Nolan, So., International Studies
Erin O'Grady, Sr., Sport Management
Emerson Pattillo, So., Sport Management
Haley Polk, Sr., Communication and Media
Maya Rutherford, Sr., Computer Science
Maya Santa-Maria, Sr., Communication and Media
Julia Schwabe, Sr., Movement Science
Rylee Tinney, Jr., Communication and Media
Rowing (12)
Jenna Chaffin, Jr., Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity
Katie Easton, Sr., Public Health
Grace Hammis, Jr., English
Grace Harte, Jr., Business Administration
Megan Higley, So., Movement Science
Isabela Pimentel, Jr., Business Administration
Gracie Landefeld, Sr., Industrial & Oper Engineering
Madeleine Lauriault, Jr., Political Science & Economics
Anna Muench, Sr., Psychology
Logan Roeder, Sr., Psychology
Carla Russell, Sr., Applied Exercise Science
Leia Till, Gr., Movement Science
Men's Soccer (3)
Benjamin Feinstein, So., Business Administration
Nolan Miller, Jr., Business Administration
Uriel Zeitz, Gr., Master of Social Work
Women's Soccer (6)
Lilley Bosley, So., Sport Management
Sophie Homan, Jr., Environment
Katie Mallory, So., Sport Management
Syah Mangat, Sr., Psychology
Gabrielle Prych, So., Movement Science
Abby Zugay, Jr., Economics
Softball (3)
Emerson Aiken, Sr., Biology, Health, & Society
Ella McVey, Sr., Communication & Media
Kaylee America Rodriguez, Sr., Sport Management
Men's Swimming and Diving (1)
Kameron Liberman, Sr., Neuroscience
Women's Swimming and Diving (9)
Casey Chung, Gr., Master of Management
Lexi Greenhawt, So., LSA Undeclared
Sophia Guo, So., Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience
Evie Johnson, Sr., International Studies
Brady Kendall, Sr., Pharmaceutical Sciences
Alex Mercier, Jr., Architecture
Ella Jo Piersma, Jr., Business Administration
Letitia Sim, Jr., Applied Exercise Science
Madison Smith, So., Movement Science
Men's Tennis (4)
Mert Oral, Jr., Biomedical Engineering
Nicholas Steiglehner, Jr., Business Administration
Patorn Hanchaikul, Sr., Industrial & Operations Engineering
Gavin Young, Sr., Economics
Women's Tennis (3)
Julia Fliegner, Sr., Business Administration
Reese Miller, So., Business Administration
Bayley Sheinin, Jr., Sport Management
Men's Track and Field (9)
Peter Baracco*, Jr., Economics
Aiden Felty, Sr., Sport Management
Ian Hill*, Jr., Biology, Health & Society
Henry Johnson*, Sr., Applied Exercise Science
Owen MacKenzie*, Gr., Biomedical Engineering
Kyler McNatt*, Jr., Aerospace Engineering
John McNeil, Gr., International & Regional Studies
Jack Spamer*, Sr., Electrical Engineering
Eli Winter, Sr., Economics
Women's Track and Field (15)
BreeAna Bates, Sr., Sport Management
Abby Bonnema*, Jr., Pharmaceutical Sciences
Samantha Hastie*, Sr., Data Science
Leah Hill*, Jr., Organizational Studies
Brooke Johnston*, So., LSA Undeclared
Catrin Koselka*, Sr., History and Political Science
Aasia Laurencin, Gr., Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse
Lisa Luecke*, Jr., International Studies and Spanish
Gabbie Michael*, Sr., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Lucy Petee*, Sr., Cognitive Science and Communication and Media
Meredith Soule, Jr., Art and Design
Rylee Tolson*, Jr., Anthropology
Caroline Vance*, So., LSA Undeclared
Emma Yungeberg, Jr., Communication and Media
Jadyn Zdanavage*, So., LSA Undeclared
Volleyball (4)
Jacque Boney, Sr., Business Administration
Serena Nyambio, Jr., Biology, Health, and Society
Morgan Burke, So., Movement Science
Lydia Johnson, So., Movement Science
Water Polo (5)
Sophia Panossian, So., Applied Exercise Science
Maiken Pardon, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Maddy Scarth, So., French, Political Science
Jillian Schlom, So., Economics
Kasey Umlauf, Gr., Human Genetics
Wrestling (1)
Zack Mattin, Sr., Biology, Health, & Sciences
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