Rutgers Athletics Honored with 126 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

Rutgers Athletics Honored with 126 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

Jul 01 | Baseball, Field Hockey, Football, General, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Men's Track & Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Gymnastics, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Women's Volleyball, Wrestling, Cross Country

Big Ten Distinguished Scholar List

Scarlet Knights set school record, surpassing last year’s total

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – For the fifth-straight school year, Rutgers Athletics set a department record with 126 Scarlet Knights earning Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades. RU topped its previous record-setting mark of 87 honorees in 2018-19. Distinguished Scholars were represented on 22 athletic programs.

Twenty-four Scarlet Knights earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in 2019-20, in addition to 41 repeat selections, including 29 two-time selections and 12 three-time honorees.

To be eligible for selection, students must be a recipient of Academic All-Big Ten Recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled fulltime 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).

Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, 491 Scarlet Knights have been recognized as Distinguished Scholars.

Rutgers saw a record number of student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten status in the previous fall (100), winter (48) and spring (171) periods in 2019-20. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.

Bold denotes a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Baseball (3)
Kevin Blum, Gr., Business and Science
Kyle Muller, Sr., Sport Management
Peter Serruto, So., Pre Business

Women's Basketball (2)
Stephanie Guihon, Jr., Criminal Justice
Noga Peleg Pelc, So., Communication

Men's Cross Country (3)
Cole Pschunder, Sr., Economics
Peter Tilton, So., Computer Science
Patrick Walsh, Jr., Planning and Public Policy/Political Science (2nd)

Women's Cross Country (7)
Emma Bergman, Jr., Public Health and Psychology
Erin Bertscha, So., Pre Business
Kelsey Farbanish, Sr., Chemical Engineering (2nd)
Olympia Martin, Jr., Visual Arts (2nd)
Kiera Nealon, Jr., Nutritional Sciences
Brooke Riedy, So., Health Administration
Nadia Saponara, Sr., Environmental Policy, Institution and Behavior (2nd)

Field Hockey (8)
Kerrie Burns, Jr., Sport Management
Gianna Glatz, Jr., Psychology (2nd)
Alanna Gollotto, Sr., Public Health (3rd)
Amanda Lamb, Sr., Sport Management
Katie Larmour, Sr., Exercise Science (2nd)
Milena Redlingshoefer, So., Sport Management
Abby Regn, So., Supply Chain Management
Clayre Smith, Jr., Public Policy

Football (6)
Justin Davidovicz, Jr., Applied Science Engineering
Tyshon Fogg, Jr., Human Resource Management (2nd)
Robin Jutwreten, So., Human Resource Management
Adam Korsak, Sr., Labor and Employment Relations
Billy Taylor, So., Finance (2nd)
Mike Tverdov, So., Human Resource Management

Men's Golf (5)
Jack Doherty, So., Economics
Christopher Gotterup, Jr., Communication
Putt Sridama, Jr., Human Resource Management (2nd)
Bobby Weise, Jr., Human Resource Management
Oliver Whatley, Jr., Communication

Women's Golf (3)
Lori Char, Jr., Communication (2nd)
Ana Cortes, Sr., Finance; Leadership and Management (3rd)
Carrie-Ann Lee, Sr., Supply Chain and Marketing Science (3rd)

Gymnastics (3)
Sophia Atienza, Jr., Public Health
Belle Huang, Jr., Biological Sciences (2nd)
Erin McLachlan, Sr., Journalism and Media Studies

Men's Lacrosse (11)
Garrett Bullett, Gr., Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Adam Charalambides, Gr., Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Eric Civetti, So., Biomedical Engineering
Zackary Franckowiak, Jr., Exercise Science
Brodie Gillespie, Sr., Economics
Robert Marron, Sr., Civil Engineering
Kieran Mullins, Sr., Cell Biology and Neuroscience (3rd)
Ben Pounds, So., Pre-Business
Bobby Russo, So., Pre-Business
Mark Schachte, Sr., Finance (2nd)
Jack Thompson, Sr., Aerospace Engineering (3rd)

Women's Lacrosse (13)
Riley Ban, So., Labor Studies & Employment Relations
Sarah Cedarstrand, So., Information Technology & Informatics
Brianna Cirino, Sr., Psychology
Monica Dresnin, Sr., Communication (2nd)
Marin Hartshorn, So., Psychology
Jacquelyn Jester, Jr., Labor Studies & Employment Relations (2nd)
Julia Lytle, Jr., Cognitive Science
Jenna Martinelli, Sr., Exercise Science
Dakota Pastore, Gr., Public Health (3rd)
Dana Pena, Jr., Labor Studies & Employment Relations (2nd)
Christina Petito, Sr., Public Health (2nd)
Alexis Watson, So., Biomedical Engineering
Linda Zamrowski, So., Accounting

Rowing (24)
Alexis Achenbach, Jr., Exercise Science (2nd)
Ashley Adamo, So., Health Administration
Isobel Ali, So., Criminal Justice / History
Rebecca Barglowski, Sr., English
Barbara Benda, So., Astrophysics
Kathleen Butler, Sr., Exercise Science (2nd)
Sophia Catuogno, Jr., Chemical Engineering (2nd)
Tessa Catuogno, Jr., Biomedical Engineering (2nd)
Rebecca Chanin, Sr., Political Science / Middle Eastern Studies (3rd)
Rosalina Guarino, Sr., Marketing (2nd)
Ahri Han, So., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Rucha Janodia, Sr., Cell Biology and Neuroscience (2nd)
Omisha Jyothi, So., Business Analytics And Information Technology
Grace Lewis, Jr., Labor and Employment Relations / Communication
Kara McDermott, Jr., Sport Management
Emily Meade, So., Finance
Hannah Meade, So., Political Science
Merve Pekdemir, Sr., Industrial Engineering
Grace Pettit, Sr., Psychology
Jordan Policari, So., Pre-Business
Natalie Summerfelt, Sr., Exercise Science
Emily Tarino, So., Communication
Rachel Usen, Sr., Sport Management
Julia Wilson, Sr., Communication (2nd)

Men's Soccer (2)
Jake Longo, Sr., Finance
Brendan Wall, Jr., Human Resource Management

Women's Soccer (8)
Hayley Baer, So., Pre-Business
Nicole Binkley, So., Public Health
Alicia D'Aoust, So., Public Health
Dana Goldstein, Jr., Supply Chain and Marketing Science
Megan Katona, Sr., Communication
Gabby Provenzano, So., Sport Management
Brianna Starr, Jr., Public Health
Chantelle Swaby, Sr., Sport Management

Softball
Anyssa Iliopoulos, Sr., Exercise Science (3rd)

Swimming and Diving (9)
Lily Black, Jr., Environmental Science
Lauren Boone, Jr., Journalism and Media Studies (2nd)
Sarah Davis, Sr., Nutritional Sciences (3rd)
Megan Demeo, So., Exercise Science
Jenna Douglass, So., Chemical Engineering
Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba, Sr., Journalism and Media Studies (3rd)
Clare Lawlor, Sr., Exercise Science (2nd)
Simone Lusby, So., Human Resource Management
Nadia Nabhan, Sr., Human Resource Management

Tennis (2)
Isabelle Da Silva, Jr., Exercise Science
Kyra Yap, Sr., Chemical Engineering (3rd)

Men's Track and Field (6)
Jarrod Brovero, Sr., Sport Management
Ryan Downey, Jr., Industrial Engineering
Christopher Jenkins, Jr., Health Administration
Atharv Kulkarni, So., Computer Science
Sean Martinek, Sr., Sport Management (2nd)
Conor Murphy, Gr., Human Resource Management

Women's Track and Field (3)
Dakota Gerges, So., Communication
Rhonda Rogombe, So., Political Science
Gabriela Sanchez, So., Unspecified

Volleyball (4)
Kamila Cieslik, Jr., Animal Sciences (2nd)
Beka Kojadinovic, Jr., Business Analytics and Information Technology (2nd)
Stasa Miljevic, Sr., Supply Chain and Marketing Science (2nd)
Karysa Swackenberg, Sr., Public Policy (3rd)

Wrestling (3)
Zach Firestone, Sr., Human Resource Management (2nd)
Jordan Pagano, Sr., Psychology
Willie Scott, Sr., Labor Studies and Employment Relations

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