MADISON, Wis. — Honored for their work in the classroom, 115 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin have earned 129 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award honors (including multi-sport honorees), the conference office announced. The list includes students from all 23 UW sports who earned a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.
The Badgers’ 2021-22 class of Distinguished Scholar Award recipients includes 33 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term (bolded below).
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must have earned 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) 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-athlete’s academic career.
Learn more about the Fall, Winter, Spring and At-Large Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
* denotes multi-sport honoree
Men’s Basketball (1)
Brad Davison, Gr., Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
Women’s Basketball (1)
Sara Stapleton, Jr., Rehabilitation Psychology
Men’s Cross Country (4)
Evan Bishop, So., Kinesiology*
Olin Hacker, Gr., Kinesiology*
Seth Hirsch, Sr., Business: Real Estate & Urban Land Economics*
Charlie Wheeler, Sr., Kinesiology*
Women’s Cross Country (10)
Jada Beacom, Jr., Health Promotion & Health Equity and Communication Arts*
Danielle Bellino, Sr., Biology and Nutritional Sciences*
Scarlet Dale, Sr., French*
Vivian Hacker, Jr., Biology and Environmental Sciences*
Kate Jortberg, So., Business: Operations & Tech. Management, Information Systems, and Supply Chain Management*
Kate Ricks, Jr., Neurobiology*
Peyton Sippy, Sr., Rehabilitation Psychology*
Sami Stieve, Jr., Business: Accounting*
Emma Watcke, So., Political Science*
Lexi Westley, Jr., Health Promotion & Health Equity*
Football (5)
Cole Dakovich, So., Personal Finance
Jack Dunn, Gr., Business: Finance, Investment and Banking
Duncan McKinley, So., Personal…
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