Big Ten Announces Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients

Full Distinguished Scholar Recipient List

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that 1,984 students on varsity rosters have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes students from all 14 institutions, plus Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame and 41 sports who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. 

The 2024-25 class of Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients includes 426 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term, represented in bold on the official list. 

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 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career. 
 
A complete list of the 2024-25 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients can be found above.