Purdue Athletes Receive B1G Distinguished Scholar Awards

Earlier today, the Big Ten Conferences announced the student-athletes at each school that earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. According to the press release, students must record a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher in the previous academic year (2014-15).

Overall, 781 students earned the award, with 119 earning a perfect 4.0. Over 60 athletes from Purdue won the award, with 9 of them earning a perfect 4.0 GPA, and we will list their names, major, and sports below (bold names = 4.0 GPA). Congrats to all these Boilermakers for their success in the classroom, as well as in their respective sports.

Baseball

• Gavin Downs, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
• Brandon Krieg, Organizational Leadership & Supervision
• Jordan Lewis, Mechanical Engineering
• Connor Podkul, Selling & Sales Management

Men's Basketball

• Jon McKeeman, Movement & Sport Sciences

Women's Basketball

• Hayden Hamby, Health Science Preprofessional

Men's Cross Country/Track & Field

• Chris Arvia, Actuarial Science/Applied Statistics
• Patrick Dalton, Finance/Management
• Matthew McClintock, Movement & Sport Sciences
• Caleb Reiff, Applied Exercise & Health

Women's Cross Country/Track & Field

• Megan Broecker, Movement & Sport Sciences
• Sharise Lund, Industrial Engineering
• Laura Maibuecher, Corporate Communication
• Maria Paolillo, Apparel Design & Technology
• Hope Schmelzle, Nursing
• Twyla Winfrey, Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Football

• Danny Etling, PR & Strategic Communication
• Evan Feichter, Health Science Preprofessional
• Jimmy Herman, Industrial Engineering
• Robert Kugler, Political Science
• John Strauser, Organizational Leadership & Supervision

Men's Golf

• Ben-Marvin Egel, Management
• Philippe Schweizer, Economics

Women's Golf

• Anna Appert Lund, Organizational Leadership & Supervision
• Johanna Tillstrom, Economics

Women's Soccer

• Alex Hairston, Brain & Behavioral Science
• Megan Kaser, Health Science Preprofessional
• Kim Love, Health Science Preprofessional
• Christa Szalach, PR & Strategic Communication

Softball

• Paris Andrew, Elementary Education
• Lilly Fecho, Mathematics
• Mary Gooding, Organizational Leadership & Supervision
• Alyssa Koorsen, Applied Exercise & Health
• Alex Whittemore, Communication

Men's Swimming & Diving

• Evan Barta, Industrial Engineering
• Jamie Bissett, Health Science Preprofessional
• Josh Brooks, Electrical Engineering
• Ted Curtiss, Materials Science & Engineering
• Manuel Gutierrez, Electrical Engineering
• Bo Ilgenfritz, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Sean Mokhtari, Building Construction Management
• Jan Petric, Movement & Sport Sciences
• Alex Toetz, Movement & Sport Sciences

Women's Swimming & Diving

• Stevie Bauer, Animal Sciences
• Allie Davis, Law & Society
• Lew Gerbrandt, Interior Design
• Grace Hernandez, Health & Disease
• Rylee Klomp, Organizational Leadership & Supervision
• Anji Li, Actuarial Science/Applied Statistics
• Lizzy Lyon, Interior Design
• Carly Marshall, Neurobiology & Physiology
• Madison Monteiro, Marketing
• Nika Petric, Interior Design
• Leah Ritsema, Organizational Leadership & Supervision
• Rhiannon Sheets, Movement & Sport Sciences
• MacKenzie Tweardy, Biomedical Engineering

Men's Tennis

• Matt Bouggy, Management
• Lucas Dages, Finance

Women's Tennis

• Claudia Escribens, Industrial Engineering
• Lynda Xepoleas, Apparel Design & Technology

Women's Volleyball

• Ashley Evans, Mechanical Engineering

Wrestling

• Andy Hoselton, Movement & Sport Sciences
• Dustin Schultz, Mechanical Engineering