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

Among the Iowa honorees, 21 maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2022-23 academic term, including:

Aaron Blom, Football

Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, Women’s Cross Country/Women’s Track & Field

Jenny Cape, Women’s Soccer

Samantha Cary, Women’s Soccer

Anna Davis, Volleyball

Molly Davis, Women’s Basketball

Natalie DeGabriele, Rowing

Harper Dunne, Field Hockey

Sharon Goodman, Women’s Basketball

Heidi Hines, Rowing

Jamie Kofron, Women’s Track and Field

Alix O’Brien, Women’s Swimming & Diving

Felipe Pedraza, Men’s Golf

Molly Rygh, Rowing

Lillian Schmidt, Women’s Cross Country/Women’s Track & Field

Cullan Schriever, Wrestling

Kenni Smith, Rowing

Konnor Sommer, Mn’s Cross Country/Men’s Track & Field

Lokke Stribos, Field Hockey

Sofie Stribos, Field Hockey

Kelli Tosic, Women’s Cross Country/Women’s Track & Field

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 1,696 student-athletes in 39 different sports as Distinguished Scholars, including more than 355 who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term.

 

Baseball (1)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Brayden Frazier                      Sr.         Entrepreneurial Management                                                           Cedar Rapids, Iowa

 

Women’s Basketball (4)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Caitlin Clark                             Jr.          Marketing                                                                                              West Des Moines, Iowa

Molly Davis                             Sr.         Health Studies                                                                                      Midland, Mich.

Sharon Goodman                  Sr.         Health Studies                                                                                      Lime Springs, Iowa

Gabby Marshall                      Sr.         Health Studies                                                                                      Mason, Ohio

Men’s Basketball (1)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Payton Sandfort                     Jr.          Business Direct Admission                                                                 Waukee, Iowa

Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field (3)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Armando Bryson                    Grad.    Public Affairs                                                                                        Long Beach, Calif.

Spencer Gudgel                      Sr.         Sport and Recreation Management                                                 Carmel, Ind.

*Konnor Sommer                   Sr.         Electrical Engineering                                                                         Bettendorf, Iowa

 

Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field (17)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

*Madeline Block                    Grad.    Clinical Anatomy                                                                                  Marion, Iowa

*Alli Bookin-Nosbisch           Sr.         Sport and Recreation Management                                                Ottumwa, Iowa

*Grace Bookin-Nosbisch       Sr.         Marketing                                                                                              Ottumwa, Iowa

Mariel Bruxvoort                   Grad.    Accounting                                                                                            Grand Rapids, Mich.

*Laney Fitzpatrick                  Jr.          Sport and Recreation Management                                                 Davenport, Iowa

Anne Guest                             So.         Elementary Education                                                                         Ottumwa, Iowa

*Kaitlin Knape                        So.         Political Science                                                                                   Tecumseh, Mich.

Jamie Kofron                          Sr.         Finance                                                                                                  Tipton, Iowa

*Leah Kralovetz                      Sr.         Enterprise Leadership                                                                        Denmark, Wis.

Lia Love                                   Sr.         Public Health                                                                                        Chapel Hill, N.C.

*Lauren McMahon                Jr.          Biomedical Sciences                                                                           Ankeny, Iowa

Tahlee McVee                        So.         Environmental Policy and Planning                                                  Perth, Australia

*Abigail Ryon                          Jr.          Biology                                                                                                   Mount Pleasant, Iowa

*Lillian Schmidt                     So.        Biomedical Engineering                                                                     Dubuque, Iowa

*Samantha Strauss                So.         Environmental Sciences                                                                     Johnston, Iowa

*Kelli Tosic                              Sr.         Theatre Arts                                                                                         Grayslake, Ill.

*Ellie Twedt                            Jr.          Pharmacy                                                                                              Elkhart, Iowa

 

Field Hockey (6)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Hillary Cox                               So.         Mechanical Engineering                                                                     Wilmette, Ill.

Harper Dunne                         Sr.         Global Health Studies                                                                         Fort Worth, Texas

Olivia Frazier                           Grad.    Data Science                                                                                         Cary, N.C.

Anthe Nijziel                           Sr.         Psychology                                                                                            Eindhoven, Netherlands

Lokke Stribos                          Sr.         Biomedical Engineering                                                                     Brussels, Belgium

Sofie Stribos                           Jr.          Civil Engineering                                                                                  Brussels, Belgium

 

Football (8)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Aaron Blom                             Jr.          Human Physiology                                                                              Oskaloosa, Iowa

Jeremy Chaplin                       Jr.          Sport and Recreation Management                                                 Waverly, Iowa

Gennings Dunker                   So.         Pre-Physical Therapy                                                                          Lena, Ill.

Nick Phelps                             Sr.         Management                                                                                        Kingsley, Iowa

Quinn Schulte                         Sr.         Human Physiology                                                                               Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Josef Smith                              Jr.          Exercise Science                                                                                  Britt, Iowa

Louis Stec                                Sr.         Enterprise Leadership                                                                        LaGrange Park, Ill.

John Waggoner                      Sr.         Management                                                                                        Des Moines, Iowa

 

Men’s Golf (2)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Ronan Kleu                             Sr.         Business Analytics                                                                               Zollikerberg, Switzerland

Felipe Pedraza                       Jr.          Business Analytics and Information Systems                                Lima, Peru

 

Women’s Golf (1)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Lea Zeitler                               Sr.         Journalism & Mass Communication                                                 Tyrol, Austria

Women’s Gymnastics (1)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Allison Zuhlke                         Jr.          Enterprise Leadership                                                                        Waukesha, Wis.

Rowing (13)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Verity Carstensen                  Jr.          Interdepartmental Studies                                                                Waukee, Iowa

Natalie DeGabriele                Jr.          Human Physiology                                                                              Cedar Falls, Iowa

Heidi Hines                              Sr.         Human Physiology                                                                              Three Rivers, Mich.

Abby Jaynes                            Jr.          Elementary Education                                                                         Greenwood Village, Colo.

Kirsten Jurgersen                   Sr.         CLAS Non-degree Student                                                                  Wilton, Iowa

Abbey Klostermann               Sr.         Biology                                                                                                   Davenport, Iowa

Taryn Lindaman                     Sr.         Graduate Nondepartmental                                                              Ankeny, Iowa

Myah Lugar                             So.         Elementary Education                                                                         Kalona, Iowa

Emma Mask                            Sr.         Nuclear Medicine Technology                                                          Bettendorf, Iowa

Kassandra McWhorter         Sr.         Neuroscience                                                                                       Atkins, Iowa

Molly Rygh                             Sr.         Sport and Recreation Management                                                Cedar Falls, Iowa

Molly Shannon                       So.         Elementary Education                                                                         Clinton, Iowa

Kenni Smith                            So.        Business Standard Admission                                                           Toronto, Canada

Women’s Soccer (7)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Jenny Cape                              Sr.         Biomedical Sciences                                                                            Brookfield, Wis.

Samantha Cary                      Sr.         Public Health                                                                                        St. Charles, Mo.

Cassidy Formanek                  Grad.    Business Analytics                                                                               Evergreen, Colo.

Maggie Johnston                    So.         Enterprise Leadership                                                                        Corona, Calif.

Kenzie Roling                          So.         Enterprise Leadership                                                                        Waverly, Iowa

Hailey Rydberg                       Sr.         Psychology                                                                                            St. Charles, Ill.

Anastasia Savich                    Grad.    Sport and Recreation Management                                                 Macomb, Mich.

Softball (1)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Kalena Burns                           Sr.         Elementary Education                                                                         Corona, Calif.

Women’s Swimming & Diving (3)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Claire Hartley                          Jr.          Communication Studies                                                                     Omaha, Neb.

Makayla Hughbanks              So.         Enterprise Leadership                                                                        Bettendorf, Iowa

Alix O’Brien                             So.        Enterprise Leadership                                                                         Apple Valley, Minn.

Volleyball (4)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Amanda Darling                     Jr.          English Education                                                                                 Oswego, Ill.

Anna Davis                              Jr.          Computer Science                                                                                Castle Rock, Colo.

Bailey Ortega                          Jr.          Sport and Recreation Management                                                 Davenport, Iowa

Michelle Urquhart                 Jr.          Marketing                                                                                              Virginia Beach, Va.

Wrestling (1)

Name                                       Year      Major                                                                                                     Hometown

Cullan Schriever                     Jr.          Business Standard Admission                                                           Mason City, Iowa

*Multi-sport honorees