15 SPS Student-Athletes Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Recognition

Congratulations to the fifteen SPS student-athletes who were part of Northwestern's record-setting 147 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars in the 2024–25 academic year.

"We are proud of these distinguished student-athletes who exemplify our SPS student body and demonstrate the rigor of our academic programs while balancing responsibilities in their personal lives, school, and on the playing field," said Thomas Gibbons, Dean of Northwestern University School of Professional Studies.

According to the Big Ten Conference announcement, 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 must have earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 during the previous academic year, excluding summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.

The fifteen Distinguished Scholar Award recipients represent a wide range of SPS master's degree, post-baccalaureate certificate, and graduate certificate programs, including the MA in Sports Administration, MS in Data Science, MS in Information Design and Strategy, MS in Information Systems, Analytics Management certificate, Sports Communication certificate, and Technology Entrepreneurship certificate.

We celebrate these SPS student-athletes, whose names can be found below. A complete list of the 2024–25 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients can be viewed on the Northwestern University Sports website.