University of Minnesota Athletics
Players Mentioned
Outside
/ Volleyball
Varsity
/ Rowing
Sprints/Jumps
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Middle Blocker
/ Volleyball
LB
/ Football
G
/ Women's Basketball
Midfielder
/ Soccer
OL
/ Football
Diving
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
OF/C
/ Baseball
Varsity
/ Rowing
TE
/ Football
Midfielder
/ Soccer
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
G
/ Women's Basketball
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Men's Track & Field
OF
/ Softball
RHP
/ Baseball
149 lbs.
/ Wrestling
/ Women's Golf
RHP
/ Baseball
Mid Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
P
/ Football
Opposite
/ Volleyball
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Varsity
/ Rowing
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
DL
/ Football
Varsity
/ Rowing
Forward
/ Soccer
F
/ Women's Hockey
OF
/ Softball
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
/ Gymnastics
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
G/F
/ Women's Basketball
Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Breaststroke/Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Backstroke/Butterfly/Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Varsity
/ Rowing
OL
/ Football
Goalkeeper
/ Soccer
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Varsity
/ Rowing
/ Gymnastics
Varsity
/ Rowing
Backstroke/Butterfly
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Gymnastics
Breaststroke
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Jumps
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
OF
/ Softball
Freestyle/Backstroke/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
F
/ Women's Hockey
Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
K
/ Football
Distance Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Varsity
/ Rowing
141 lbs.
/ Wrestling
Defense
/ Men's Hockey
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
D
/ Women's Hockey
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
INF
/ Baseball
LB
/ Football
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
/ Tennis
LB
/ Football
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
/ Gymnastics
Varsity
/ Rowing
Goalkeeper
/ Soccer
Pole Vault/Multis
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints/Hurdles
/ Women's Track & Field
Freestyle/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Golf
Distance
/ Men's Cross Country
Setter
/ Volleyball
/ Women's Golf
Forward
/ Men's Hockey
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
/ Gymnastics
Varsity
/ Rowing
OL
/ Football
Freestyle/Butterfly/IM
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Forward
/ Men's Hockey
Varsity
/ Rowing
F
/ Women's Hockey
Defender
/ Soccer
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Novice
/ Rowing
Varsity
/ Rowing
DB
/ Football
Mid-Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Butterfly
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
174 lbs.
/ Wrestling
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Midfielder/Forward
/ Soccer
LHP
/ Baseball
/ Gymnastics
Breaststroke/IM
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Varsity
/ Rowing
197 lbs.
/ Wrestling
Varsity
/ Rowing
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
RHP/INF
/ Softball
Guard
/ Men's Basketball
Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Jumps
/ Women's Track & Field
INF
/ Baseball
157 lbs.
/ Wrestling
/ Gymnastics
Varsity
/ Rowing
Backstroke/Butterfly/IM
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
DL
/ Football
INF/OF
/ Baseball
/ Gymnastics
Varsity
/ Rowing
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
F
/ Women's Hockey
Varsity
/ Rowing
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Outside
/ Volleyball
Goalkeeper
/ Soccer
Throws
/ Men's Track & Field
Photo by: Brad Rempel
Golden Gophers See 140 Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
7/14/2025 2:00:00 PM | Baseball, Football, Athletics, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Hockey, Men's Swimming & Diving, Men's Track & Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Gymnastics, Women's Hockey, Rowing, Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling
MINNEAPOLIS – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2024-25 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients Monday with 140 University of Minnesota student-athletes earning recognition from the league.
Eighteen Minnesota programs are represented on this year's Big Ten Distinguished Scholar list with 35 Golden Gopher student-athletes maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the 2024-25 academic year: Phoebe Awoleye, Lexy Berger, Sophia Boman, Lila Branchaw, Junrui Chi, Hannah Constable, Reili Gardner, Leo Goodman, Leah Gonsiorowski, Dyandra Gray, Grace Grocholski, Taylor Isabel, Kat Johanns, Eliot Kennedy, Charlotte Lange, Derik LeCaptain, Anna Lien, Maja Maunsbach, Elise McGhie, Nick Michel, Grace Mignone, Sarah Moraw, Elizabeth Overberg, Liesl Paulsen, Izzy Roemer, Jade Roghair, Sophia Romine, Noah Rooney, Isaiah Salazar, Bar Soloveychik, Tim Stapleton, Megan Steensland, Ali Weimer, Audrey Wethington and Camellia Xu.
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.
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (25)
Hailey Anchor, Emma Atkinson, Lexy Berger, Elsa Bergman, Lila Branchaw, Brianne Brewster, Hannah Constable, Zoie Dundon, Victory Godah, Dyandra Gray, Taylor Isabel, Nyalaam Jok, Ellie Kuechle, Charlotte Lange, Anna Lien, Kennedy Martinson, Maja Maunsbach, Grace Mignone, Brooke Moore, Liesl Paulsen, Erin Reidy, Izzy Roemer, Isabelle Schmidt, Diarra Sow, Ali Weimer
Rowing (18)
Radhika Ajmera, Maggie Berrett, Jaden Deutscher, Manon Field, Sydney Hicks, Katy Isackson-Papp, Kat Johanns, Kimberly Klassen, Nuala Macfarlane, Nathalie Müller, Tammy Nguyen, Addie Peterson, Sophia Pirigyi, Martyna Rzeznik, Ella Saunders, Anna Stephenson, Tallulah Sweet, Jackie Wethington
Football (15)
Maverick Baranowski, Ashton Beers, Frank Bierman, Mark Crawford, Deven Eastern, Jackson Hunter, Nathan Jones, David Kemp, Derik LeCaptain, Cody Lindenberg, Luther McCoy, Tony Nelson, Jordan Nubin, Evan Redding, Danny Striggow
Women's Swimming and Diving (11)
Vivi Del Angel, Faith Johnson, Indy Jongman, Anja Kaljevic, Mina Kaljevic, Eliot Kennedy, Kate LaMonica, Katie McCarthy, Claire Reinke, Jade Roghair, Elna Widerstrom
Men's Swimming and Diving (9)
Drew Bennett, Connor Groya, Tyler Hansen, Davide Harabagiu, Josh Johnston, Kaiser Neverman, Joe Rudd, Bar Soloveychik, Casey Stowe
Baseball (8)
Drew Berkland, Caden Capomaccio, Seth Clausen, Sam Hunt, Jake Larson, Noah Rooney, Jack Spanier, Charlie Sutherland
Gymnastics (8)
Leah Gonsiorowski, Marissa Jencks, Seria Johnson, Jordyn Lyden, Sarah Moraw, Brooklyn Rowray, Megan Steensland, Sophie Swartzmiller
Soccer (8)
Alma Beaton, Sophia Boman, Grace Fogarty, Alex Isaacs, Sarah Martin, Elizabeth Overberg, Sophia Romine, Camellia Xu
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (8)
Spencer Brown, Emmett Gerres, Leo Goodman, Aidan Jones, Owen Lindseth, Finn McCormick, Tony Nelson, Kostas Zaltos
Women's Hockey (5)
Allie Franco, Madison Kaiser, Nelli Laitinen, Lauren O'Hara, Audrey Wethington
Volleyball (5)
Alex Acevedo, Phoebe Awoleye, Lauren Crowl, Elise McGhie, Mckenna Wucherer
Wrestling (5)
Theo Cha, Rhett Koenig, Ethan Riddle, Isaiah Salazar, Tim Stapleton
Softball (4)
Breezy Burnett, Reili Gardner, Brooklyn Jones, Sydney Schwartz
Women's Basketball (3)
Amaya Battle, Mara Braun, Grace Grocholski
Women's Golf (3)
Junrui Chi, Isabella McCauley, Luisamarina Mesones
Men's Hockey (3)
Mike Koster, Nick Michel, Mason Nevers
Men's Basketball (1)
Max Sheridan
Tennis (1)
Mia Liepert
Eighteen Minnesota programs are represented on this year's Big Ten Distinguished Scholar list with 35 Golden Gopher student-athletes maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the 2024-25 academic year: Phoebe Awoleye, Lexy Berger, Sophia Boman, Lila Branchaw, Junrui Chi, Hannah Constable, Reili Gardner, Leo Goodman, Leah Gonsiorowski, Dyandra Gray, Grace Grocholski, Taylor Isabel, Kat Johanns, Eliot Kennedy, Charlotte Lange, Derik LeCaptain, Anna Lien, Maja Maunsbach, Elise McGhie, Nick Michel, Grace Mignone, Sarah Moraw, Elizabeth Overberg, Liesl Paulsen, Izzy Roemer, Jade Roghair, Sophia Romine, Noah Rooney, Isaiah Salazar, Bar Soloveychik, Tim Stapleton, Megan Steensland, Ali Weimer, Audrey Wethington and Camellia Xu.
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.
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (25)
Hailey Anchor, Emma Atkinson, Lexy Berger, Elsa Bergman, Lila Branchaw, Brianne Brewster, Hannah Constable, Zoie Dundon, Victory Godah, Dyandra Gray, Taylor Isabel, Nyalaam Jok, Ellie Kuechle, Charlotte Lange, Anna Lien, Kennedy Martinson, Maja Maunsbach, Grace Mignone, Brooke Moore, Liesl Paulsen, Erin Reidy, Izzy Roemer, Isabelle Schmidt, Diarra Sow, Ali Weimer
Rowing (18)
Radhika Ajmera, Maggie Berrett, Jaden Deutscher, Manon Field, Sydney Hicks, Katy Isackson-Papp, Kat Johanns, Kimberly Klassen, Nuala Macfarlane, Nathalie Müller, Tammy Nguyen, Addie Peterson, Sophia Pirigyi, Martyna Rzeznik, Ella Saunders, Anna Stephenson, Tallulah Sweet, Jackie Wethington
Football (15)
Maverick Baranowski, Ashton Beers, Frank Bierman, Mark Crawford, Deven Eastern, Jackson Hunter, Nathan Jones, David Kemp, Derik LeCaptain, Cody Lindenberg, Luther McCoy, Tony Nelson, Jordan Nubin, Evan Redding, Danny Striggow
Women's Swimming and Diving (11)
Vivi Del Angel, Faith Johnson, Indy Jongman, Anja Kaljevic, Mina Kaljevic, Eliot Kennedy, Kate LaMonica, Katie McCarthy, Claire Reinke, Jade Roghair, Elna Widerstrom
Men's Swimming and Diving (9)
Drew Bennett, Connor Groya, Tyler Hansen, Davide Harabagiu, Josh Johnston, Kaiser Neverman, Joe Rudd, Bar Soloveychik, Casey Stowe
Baseball (8)
Drew Berkland, Caden Capomaccio, Seth Clausen, Sam Hunt, Jake Larson, Noah Rooney, Jack Spanier, Charlie Sutherland
Gymnastics (8)
Leah Gonsiorowski, Marissa Jencks, Seria Johnson, Jordyn Lyden, Sarah Moraw, Brooklyn Rowray, Megan Steensland, Sophie Swartzmiller
Soccer (8)
Alma Beaton, Sophia Boman, Grace Fogarty, Alex Isaacs, Sarah Martin, Elizabeth Overberg, Sophia Romine, Camellia Xu
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (8)
Spencer Brown, Emmett Gerres, Leo Goodman, Aidan Jones, Owen Lindseth, Finn McCormick, Tony Nelson, Kostas Zaltos
Women's Hockey (5)
Allie Franco, Madison Kaiser, Nelli Laitinen, Lauren O'Hara, Audrey Wethington
Volleyball (5)
Alex Acevedo, Phoebe Awoleye, Lauren Crowl, Elise McGhie, Mckenna Wucherer
Wrestling (5)
Theo Cha, Rhett Koenig, Ethan Riddle, Isaiah Salazar, Tim Stapleton
Softball (4)
Breezy Burnett, Reili Gardner, Brooklyn Jones, Sydney Schwartz
Women's Basketball (3)
Amaya Battle, Mara Braun, Grace Grocholski
Women's Golf (3)
Junrui Chi, Isabella McCauley, Luisamarina Mesones
Men's Hockey (3)
Mike Koster, Nick Michel, Mason Nevers
Men's Basketball (1)
Max Sheridan
Tennis (1)
Mia Liepert
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Monday, July 14
2024-25 Gopher Sports Year in Review
Wednesday, July 09
Kostas Zaltos
Wednesday, May 14
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Wednesday, March 26