79 Hawkeyes Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Seventy-nine University of Iowa student-athletes have been named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholars, it was announced Monday by the league office.

Among the Iowa honorees, 24 maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2024-25 academic term, including:

Claire Ammeraal, volleyball
Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, women’s cross country/track and field
Grace Bookin-Nosbisch, women’s cross country/track and field
Jeremy Chaplin, football
Anna Davis, volleyball
Gabriella Deery, volleyball
Lauren DeRose, field hockey
Harper Dunne, field hockey
Duke Faley, men’s track and field
Luke Lachey, football
Mia Magnota, field hockey
Sonya Mehta, women’s soccer
Jayden Montgomery, football
Alix O’Brien, swimming and diving
Ayden Price, football
Lieve Schalk, field hockey
Lillian Schmidt, women’s cross country
Evan Schwickerath, rowing
Abigail Thoms, rowing
Michelle Urquhart, volleyball
Rosa Vesty, volleyball
Eva Volpe, women’s gymnastics
Leslie Wendel, swimming and diving
Miles Wilson, men’s cross country

Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program.  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 earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher for a student-athlete's academic career.

The Big Ten recognized 1,984 student-athletes in 41 different sports as Distinguished Scholars, including 426 who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term.

Baseball (2)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Max Burt - RS Fr. - Enterprise Leadership - Mason City, Iowa
Sam Hart - Sr. - Enterprise Leadership - Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Men’s Basketball (2)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Riley Mulvey - RS Jr. - Exercise Science - Rotterdam, N.Y.
Payton Sandfort - Sr. - Finance - Waukee, Iowa

Women’s Basketball (3)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Kylie Feuerbach - RS Sr. - Strategic Communication - Sycamore, Ill.
Taylor McCabe - Jr. - Civil Engineering - Fremont, Neb.
Addison O’Grady - Sr. - Chemical Engineering - Aurora, Colo.

Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field (5)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Duke Faley - RS So. - Finance - Dubuque, Iowa
Nicholas Gorsich - RS Fr. - Computer Science - Marion, Iowa
Ryan Schreiner - Jr. - English and Creative Writing - Winfield, Iowa
Miles Sheppard - Jr. - Criminology, Law and Justice - Keokuk, Iowa
Miles Wilson - So. - Finance - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field (4)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Alli Bookin-Nosbisch - Sr. - Sport and Recreation Management - Ottumwa, Iowa
Grace Bookin-Nosbisch - Sr. - Sport and Recreation Management - Ottumwa, Iowa
Holly Duax - Jr. - Psychology - Sioux City, Iowa
Paige Magee - 5th Yr. - Sport and Recreation Management - Columbia, Mo.
Ellie Rickertsen - Jr. - Nursing - Clinton, Iowa
Abigail Ryon - Grad. - Biology - Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Lillian Schmidt - Sr. - Biomedical Engineering - Dubuque, Iowa
Peyton Wilson - RS Fr. - Elementary Education - Lancaster, Ohio

Field Hockey (9)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Hillary Cox - Sr. - Mechanical Engineering - Wilmette, Ill.
Lauren DeRose - So. - Human Physiology - Collegeville, Pa.
Harper Dunne - 5th Yr. - Global Health Sciences - Fort Worth, Texas
Mia Magnotta - RS Jr. - Elementary Education - Forty-Fort, Pa.
Lieve Schalk - Sr. - Industrial Engineering - Vught, Netherlands
Milly Short - Jr. - Chemistry - Worcester, England
Ella Wareham - Sr. - International Studies - Elm Grove, Wis.
Celine de Witte - Sr. - Management - Maarssen, Netherlands
Jacey Wittel - Sr. - Health Studies - Stroudsburg, Pa.

Football (7)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Jeremy Chaplin - Jr. - Sport and Recreation Management - Waverly, Iowa
Jack Dotzler - So. - Finance - Waunakee, Wis.
Luke Lachey - Sr. - CLAS Non-degree Student - Columbus, Ohio
Jayden Montgomery - So. - Enterprise Leadership - Suamico, Wis.
Ayden Price - RS Fr. - Exercise Science - West Des Moines, Iowa
Jaxon Rexroth - Jr. - Human Physiology - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Quinn Schulte - Grad. - CLAS Non-degree Student - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Women’s Golf (1)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Kaitlyn Hanna - Jr. - Sport and Recreation Management - Omaha, Neb.

Women’s Gymnastics (6)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Avery Chambers - Jr. - Speech & Hearing Science - Lombard, Ill.
Alexa Ebeling - Sr. - Communication Studies - Adel, Iowa
Alyse Karenbauer - So. - Criminology, Law and Justice - Mercer, Pa.
Adeline Kenlin - 5th Yr. - Event Management Certificate - Iowa City, Iowa
Kaia Vanney - Jr. - Interdepartmental Studies - Redondo Beach, Calif.
Eva Volpe - So. - Public Health - Pearland, Texas

Rowing (5)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Lily Beardsley - Sr. - Psychology - Bettendorf, Iowa
Meghan Harris - So. - Psychology - Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Evan Schwickerath - So. - Industrial Engineering - Waukee, Iowa
Molly Shannon - Sr. - Elementary Education - Clinton, Iowa
Abby Thoms - Sr. - Nursing - Marion, Iowa

Softball (1)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Rylie Moss - Sr. - Health Studies - Muscatine, Iowa

Women’s Soccer (9)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Sofia Bush - So. - Biology - Marion, Iowa
Kellen Fife - Jr. - Enterprise Leadership - Bloomfield, Mich.
Maggie Johnston - Sr. - Elementary Education - Corona, Calif.
Taylor Kane - Sr. - Accounting - Santa Barbara, Calif.
Morgan Lietz - Jr. - Communication Studies - St. Charles, Ill.
Sonya Mehta - So. - Enterprise Leadership - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Elle Otto - Sr. - Enterprise Leadership - Grandville, Mich.
Kenzie Roling - Sr. - Enterprise Leadership - Waverly, Iowa
Abigail Skiff - So. - Chemistry - Rochester, Mich.

Women’s Swimming & Diving (7)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Olivia Frantum - So. - Biomedical Sciences - Johnston, Iowa
Ansley Galvin - Sr. - Management - Ames, Iowa
Megan Hartlieb - Sr. - Enterprise Leadership - Mequon, Wis.
Mallory Kell - So. - Interdepartmental Studies - Urbandale, Iowa
Alix O’Brien - Sr. - Enterprise Leadership - Apple Valley, Minn.
Meredith O’Malley - Jr. - Sport and Recreation Management - Winter Garden, Fla.
Leslie Wendel - Jr. - Finance - Winnetka, Ill.

Women’s Tennis (3)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Pia Kranholdt - Jr. - Psychology - Hilders, Germany
Barbora Pokorna - Sr. - International Relations - Ostrava, Czech Republic
Marisa Schmidt - Sr. - Finance - Karlsruhe, Germany

Volleyball (6)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Claire Ammeraal - Jr. - Exercise Science - Madison, Wis.
Anna Davis - Sr. - Computer Science - Castle Rock, Colo.
Gabriella Deery - So. - Pre-Dentistry - Burlington, Iowa
Michelle Urquhart - Sr. - Marketing - Virginia Beach, Va.
Rosa Vesty - So. - Pre-Business - Christchurch, New Zealand
Alyssa Worden - RS Fr. - Psychology - Bartlett, Ill.

Men’s Wrestling (2)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Easton Fleshman - So. - Social Studies Education, History - Inwood, Iowa
Cullan Schriever - Sr. - Finance - Mason City, Iowa

Women’s Wrestling (3)
Name - Year - Major - Hometown
Cali Leng - So. - Enterprise Leadership - Marysville, Ohio
Katja Osteen - RS Fr. - Interdepartmental Studies - Simi Valley, Calif.
Danni Swihart - RS Fr. - English and Creative Writing - Jackson, Mich.