Several Spartan Student Athletes Noticed by the B1G With Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced that 781 students competing in intercollegiate athletics have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes students from every institution and 38 different sports who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.

The 2014-15 class of Distinguished Scholar Award recipients includes 119 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term. This group of honorees is pursuing diverse fields of study with a list of majors that include accountancy, biological sciences, biomedical engineering, business administration, electrical engineering, journalism, marketing, mathematics and many others.

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.

Here are the list of Spartans who made it. This list is not the entire list, just those from the hockey, football and basketball programs.

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Colby Wollenman Men's Basketball Sr. Physiology Big Horn, Wyo.

Mike Sadler Football Sr. Public Policy Grand Rapids, Mich.

David Bondra Men's Ice Hockey Jr. Finance Annapolis, Md.

Joe Cox Men's Ice Hockey So. Accounting Chelsea, Mich.

Justin Hoomaian Men's Ice Hockey Sr. Kinesiology Novi, Mich.

Chris Knudson Men's Ice Hockey So. Accounting North Barrington, Ill.

Brock Krygier Men's Ice Hockey Jr. Human Biology Novi, Mich.