Elliott Daniels Senior Associate AD/Student-Athlete Engagement | Michigan State Spartan Athletics Website
Elliott Daniels Senior Associate AD/Student-Athlete Engagement | Michigan State Spartan Athletics Website
The Big Ten Conference has announced its list of 2023-24 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. The class includes 132 honorees from Michigan State University, with 44 maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA during the eligibility period.
Established in 2008 by Big Ten Faculty Representatives, the Distinguished Scholar Award supplements the Academic All-Big Ten program. Recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, been enrolled full-time for the entire previous academic year, and achieved a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better, excluding 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 from Michigan State University is provided below:
**Baseball**
- Tate Farquhar - So., Highland, Mich./Information Science
- Dillon Kark - Sr., White Lake, Mich./Strategic Communication
- Dominic Pianto - Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn./Accounting
- Nick Powers - Sr., Flushing, Mich./Advertising Management
- Gavin Sitarz - So., St. Charles, Ill./Finance
- Christian Williams - Jr., Carmel, Ind./Kinesiology
**Men's Basketball**
- Steven Izzo - Gr., East Lansing, Mich./Education
- Nick Sanders - So., Franklin, Mich./Marketing
**Women's Basketball**
- Julia Ayrault - Gr., Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Education MA
**Field Hockey**
- Jillian Bonczewski - Jr., Larksville, Pa./Elementary Education
- Cecily Charles - So., Millersville, Pa./Criminal Justice
- Lulu Fulton - Sr., Auckland, NZ/Psychology
- Ashley Harlock - Sr., Livonia, Mich./Neuroscience
- Eliza Kreske - Sr., Ann Arbor, Mich./Social Relations and Policy
- Emma O'Neill - Sr., Hummelstown, Pa./Special Education/Learning Disabilities
- Skylar Santucci - So., Medford, NJ/Criminal Justice
- Alexa Shaffer - So., Hummelstown, Pa. /Kinesiology
- Kim Smit - Sr., Assen, The Netherlands/Criminal Justice
- Ellie Wheatley - Sr., Louisville, Ky. /Supply Chain Management
**Football**
- Caleb Coley - So., Warner Robins, Ga./Communication
- Sam Edwards - Sr., Williamston, Mich./Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy
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