190 Ohio State athletes are Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for the 2022-23 academic year.
The Big Ten Distinguished Scholars consist of athletes who achieved a grade-point average of 3.7 or better for the 2022-23 academic year.
Ohio State’s honorees include four football players – wide receiver Kamryn Babb, left guard Donovan Jackson, punter Jesse Mirco and long snapper Max Lomonico – as well as athletes from 33 other Ohio State sports teams. Other Buckeye standouts who earned Distinguished Scholar status include Patty Kazmaier Award-winning women’s hockey defenseman Sophie Jaques and women’s basketball starters Jacy Sheldon and Taylor Thierry.
National-champion pistol shooter Katelyn Abeln, AVCA Northeast Region women’s volleyball player of the year Emily Londot and Big Ten women’s tennis player of the year Irina Cantos Siemers were among 47 Buckeye athletes who earned 4.0 GPAs in 2022-23. The full list of Buckeyes who achieved perfect grade-point averages over the past year:
- Katelyn Abeln, pistol
- Katelyn Bartos, women’s rowing
- Drew Blanchard, men’s lacrosse
- Jenna Buglioni, women’s hockey
- Irina Cantos Siemers, women’s tennis
- Faith Choi, women’s golf
- Samuel Clark, men’s volleyball
- Elexis Edwards, women’s gymnastics
- Sam Faber, men’s lacrosse
- Miranda Freedman, women’s fencing
- Amy Fulmer, women’s swimming
- Claire Gagliardi, women’s gymnastics
- Jennifer Gardiner, women’s hockey
- Maya Geringer, women’s swimming
- Alexandra Gluntz, women’s rowing
- Mia Grunze, women’s volleyball
- McKenzie Hauswirth, women’s hockey
- Leandra Hogrefe, women’s rowing
- Teresa Ivan, women’s swimming
- Jay Johnson, men’s swimming
- Kira Katerle, women’s rowing
- Natalie Katsuyama, rifle
- Clark Kokenge, men’s fencing
- Andrea Kuhn, women’s cross country/track & field
- Henry Lange, men’s fencing
- Jamie Level, women’s lacrosse
- Amanda Ling, women’s diving
- Emily Londot, women’s volleyball
- Lucia Marzal, women’s tennis
- Morgan Miller, women’s rowing
- Connor Mitchell, men’s lacrosse
- Mia Mlynek, women’s cross country/track & field
- Reverie Nedde, synchronized swimming
- Hannah Oliveros, women’s gymnastics
- Darby Pethrick, women’s rowing
- Mac Podraza, women’s volleyball
- Sydni Ratliff, women’s tennis
- Kristen Ruscitelli, women’s fencing
- Mitchell Sandberg, men’s lacrosse
- Olivia Schafer, synchronized swimming
- Patrick Schmuecking, men’s golf
- Zach Shultz, men’s cross country/track & field
- Ivan Slyepkan, men’s cross country/track & field
- Jack Studley, men’s gymnastics
- Tess Thompson, women’s rowing
- Jessy Vermeer, women’s rowing
- Katherine Zenick, women’s swimming
Ohio State’s 190 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars were the most in the conference, followed by Penn State (174) and Michigan State (153). It's the second-highest total of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars that Ohio State has had in a single year since the award was established in 2009; Ohio State had 232 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars in 2020-21.
This year’s 190 honorees were among 765 Buckeye athletes who earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors in 2022-2023 for achieving GPAs of at least 3.0.
The full list of Ohio State athletes who earned Distinguished Scholar honors can be found here.
