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Michigan State athletes recognized as Big Ten distinguished scholars for academic excellence

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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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