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15 SPS Student-Athletes Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Recognition

Northwestern University football stadium with a sea of purple in the stands.

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.

Northwestern SPS Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients
Name Sport Academic Year Major Hometown
Jake Arthurs Football Graduate Student Sports Administration Wheaton, Ill.
Josie Aulicino Women's Soccer Graduate Student Post-Baccalaureate Northville, Mich.
Lauren Boyd Softball Graduate Student Sports Administration Union, Mo.
Nicole Doucette Women's Soccer Graduate Student Sports Administration Lake Bluff, Ill.
Ingrid Falls Women's Soccer Graduate Student Analytics Management Certificate Lake Forest, IL
Tyler Ganus Baseball Graduate Student Technology Entrepreneurship Los Angeles, CA
Richie Hagarty Football Graduate Student Post-Baccalaureate New Palestine, IL
Jane Hansen Lacrosse Graduate Student Sports Communication Certificate Cohasset, MA
Katherine Hessler Cross Country Graduate Student Post-Baccalaureate Grand Rapids, MI
Reese Mayer Men's Soccer Graduate Student Data Science Owings Mills, MD
Sean McLaughlin Football Graduate Student Sports Administration Frankfort, IL
Bridget Mitchell Women's Soccer Graduate Student Analytics Management Certificate Lake Forest, IL
Xander Mueller Football Graduate Student Sports Administration Wheaton, IL
Mac Uihlein Football Graduate Student Information Systems Lake Forest, IL
Hunter Welcing Football Graduate Student Information Design & Strategy Deer Park, IL
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August 4, 2025
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