66 Hawkeyes Named B1G Distinguished Scholars – University of Iowa Athletics

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Sixty-six University of Iowa student-athletes have been named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholars, it was announced Thursday by the league office.

Among the Iowa honorees, 25 maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2021-22 academic term, including:

Logan Akason, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Aaron Blom, Football
Samantha Cary, Women’s Soccer
Meghan Conroy, Field Hockey
Harper Dunne, Field Hockey
Allie Gilchrist, Women’s Gymnastics
Sharon Goodman, Women’s Basketball
Maria Gorham, Women’s Track & Field
Ellie Holley, Field Hockey
Clair Kaji, Women’s Gymnastics
Bridget Killian, Women’s Gymnastics
Jamie Kofron, Women’s Track & Field
Caelen Lansing, Women’s Gymnastics
Daisy Light, Women’s Soccer
Samantha Mannix, Women’s Tennis
Molly Rygh, Rowing
Cullan Schriever, Wrestling
Bryce Schulte, Football
Caleb Shudak, Football
Konnor Sommer, Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Allyson Steffensmeier, Women’s Gymnastics
Lokke Stribos, Field Hockey
Kelli Tosic, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Payton Wensel, Women’s Track & Field
Amelia Williams, Field Hockey

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 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 3.00 or higher for a student-athlete’s academic career.

The Big Ten recognized 1,516 student-athletes in 39 different sports as Distinguished Scholars, including more than 328 who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term.

Women’s Basketball (3)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Sharon Goodman – So. – Open Major – Lime Springs, Iowa
Gabbie Marshall – Jr. – Health and Human Physiology – Mason, Ohio
Kate Martin – RS Jr. – Sport and Recreation Management – Glen Carbon, Ill.

Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field (3)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Gratt Reed – So. – Enterprise – Leadership Atlantic, Iowa
Jeff Roberts – Sr. – Marketing – River Vale, N.J.
Konnor Sommer – Jr. – Electrical Engineering – Bettendorf, Iowa

Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field (14)
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