Big Ten Honors 54 Boilermaker Distinguished Scholars
The Boilermakers had eight student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPA’s
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday the 1,016 students competing in intercollegiate athletics who received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award, including 54 members of the Purdue athletics squads. The list features students from all 14 conference institutions and 38 sports who posted a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the 2016-17 academic year.
This year’s list of honorees includes at least 155 students with a flawless 4.0 GPA in 2016-17, including Boilermakers Bree Horrocks, Jimmy Herman, Ted Curtiss, Grace Hernandez, Hanna House, Luke Lewis, Susan Hubbard and Amy Poynter. Purdue’s list of 2017 award recipients features degrees in a variety of diverse fields including mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, speech, language and hearing sciences, biological engineering, chemistry, biology, economics, mass communication, actuarial science, finance and more.
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.
Name                                                   Sport                                                    Year      Major
Evan Kennedy                                  Baseball                                              Jr.          Finance
Alec Olund                                         Baseball                                              Jr.          Organizational Leadership
Bree Horrocks                                  Women’s Basketball                     Jr.          Psychological Sciences
Bridget Perry                                    Women’s Basketball                      Sr.          Biomedical Engineering
Jeremy Craven                                 Men’s Cross Country                     Jr.          Computer Science
Gabrielle Broschard                        Women’s Cross Country               Jr.          Animal Sciences
Jenna Halderman                            Women’s Cross Country               So.         Applied Exercise & Health
Reagan Lear                                       Women’s Cross Country               Jr.          Movement & Sport Sciences
Renee Studt                                      Women’s Cross Country               Jr.          Accounting
Sarah Tyler                                         Women’s Cross Country               Sr.          Chemistry
Jimmy Herman                                Football                                              Sr.          Actuarial Science
Jacob Herr                                          Football                                               So.         Movement & Sport Sciences
Jake Replogle                                    Football                                               Sr.          Management
Bearooz Yacoobi                              Football                                               So.         Building Construction Management Technology
Ashley Yarbrough                            Women’s Golf                                  Jr.          Movement & Sport Sciences
Erika Arkans                                      Women’s Soccer                              Jr.          Public Health
Katie Bittner                                      Women’s Soccer                              Sr.          Elementary Education
Gabby LaMere                                  Women’s Soccer                              Jr.          Selling & Sales Management
Christa Szalach                                 Women’s Soccer                              Sr.          Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Erika Yohn                                          Women’s Soccer                             Jr.         Mass Communication
Morgan Cavinder                             Softball                                                Jr.          Management
Maya Hughes                                    Softball                                                Jr.          Human Services
Marat Amaltdinov                           Men’s Swimming & Diving           Jr.          Economics
Josh Brooks                                       Men’s Swimming & Diving           Sr.          Electrical Engineering
Alex Close                                           Men’s Swimming & Diving           So.         Health Science Preprofessional
Ted Curtiss                                         Men’s Swimming & Diving          Sr.          Materials Science & Engineering
Josh Ehrman                                      Men’s Swimming & Diving           Sr.          Aviation Technology
Grant Lewis                                       Men’s Swimming & Diving           So.         Industrial Engineering
James Nguyen                                  Men’s Swimming & Diving           Sr.          Electrical Engineering
Jake Thomas                                      Men’s Swimming & Diving           Jr.          Biomedical Engineering
Alex Toetz                                          Men’s Swimming & Diving           Sr.          Movement & Sport Sciences
Danielle Auckley                              Women’s Swimming & Diving    So.         Law & Society
Alex Clarke                                         Women’s Swimming & Diving    So.         Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Alex Ford                                            Women’s Swimming & Diving    Jr.          Biomedical Engineering
Grace Hernandez                            Women’s Swimming & Diving   Sr.          Biology
Rachel Ho                                           Women’s Swimming & Diving    Jr.          Biology
Hanna House                                    Women’s Swimming & Diving   Jr.          Biology
Meagan Lim                                      Women’s Swimming & Diving    Sr.          Materials Science & Engineering
Hannah Manger                               Women’s Swimming & Diving    Sr.          Human Services
Leah Ritsema                                    Women’s Swimming & Diving    Sr.          Organizational Leadership
Andjela Djokovic                             Women’s Tennis                             Sr.          Biochemistry
Jeremy Craven                                 Men’s Track & Field                        Jr.          Computer Science
Luke Lewis                                         Men’s Track & Field                       Jr.          Chemistry
Gabrielle Broschard                        Women’s Track & Field                 Jr.          Animal Sciences
Jenna Halderman                            Women’s Track & Field                 So.         Applied Exercise & Health
Micaela Hazlewood                        Women’s Track & Field                 Jr.          Movement & Sport Sciences
Susan Hubbard                                Women’s Track & Field                So.         Biological Engineering
Reagan Lear                                       Women’s Track & Field                 Jr.          Movement & Sport Sciences
Devon Pessler                                   Women’s Track & Field                 So.         Mechanical Engineering Technology
Amy Poynter                                    Women’s Track & Field                Sr.          Movement & Sport Sciences
Renee Studt                                      Women’s Track & Field                 Jr.          Accounting
Sarah Tyler                                         Women’s Track & Field                 Sr.          Chemistry
Ashley Evans                                     Women’s Volleyball                       Jr.          Mechanical Engineering
Linnea Rohrsen                                Women’s Volleyball                       Jr.          Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences