Thirty-Seven Terps Earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Honors

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced that 37 Maryland student-athletes competing in intercollegiate athletics were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients.

The list includes student-athletes from 14 different teams who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. Six Maryland student-athletes maintained a perfect. 4.0 GPA over the 2020-21 academic year: Alice Barnsdale (women’s track & field), Peter Capozzoli (men’s track & field), Will Koras (men’s golf), Angel Nkwonta (women’s track & field), Kristen Quick (gymnastics) and Olivia Reese (women’s soccer).

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.

 

2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

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