Big Ten Announces Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients

2023-24 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that 1,695 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 38 different sports who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. 

The 2023-24 class of Distinguished Scholar Award recipients includes 386 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term.  
 
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 2023-24 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients can be found here.