BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday that 1,098 students – including 96 from Indiana athletics teams – have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes students from all 14 institutions and 38 different sports, who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.
The 96 honorees from Indiana represents a school record and a significant improvement from the 67 individuals who received this recognition for the 2018-19 school year. This comes on the heels of 121 Indiana student-athletes earning spring/at-large Academic All-Big Ten Honors, another program record.