HHS student-athletes named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and Academic All-Big Ten

Congratulations to Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) student-athletes who earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and Academic All-Big Ten Honors this spring.

To be eligible for the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honor, student-athletes much have achieved a grade-point average of 3.70 or higher during the 2022-23 academic year. To be eligible to receive Academic All-Big Ten designation, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at their university for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

View the full announcements on the Purdue Athletics website to see a complete list of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and Academic All-Big Ten Honors. 

Full Listing of HHS’ Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and Majors by Sport

(Years in parentheses are those in which the student-athlete was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar)

Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field

Katelyn Wasson – Brain and Behavioral Sciences (2022)

Football

Nick Taylor – Biomedical Health Sciences

Women’s Golf

Momo Sugiyama – Psychological Sciences

Soccer

Hannah Lapeire – Public Health

Emma Tompkins – Brain and Behavioral Sciences (2021, 2022)

Softball

Becca Edwards – Biomedical Health Sciences

Men’s Swimming and Diving

Liam Walker – Public Health

Women’s Swimming and Diving

Kendra Bowen – Selling and Sales Management (2022)

Abby Harter – Health Science Pre-Professional

Maggie Merriman – Accelerated Nursing (2020, 2021, 2023)

Kendal Schreder – Kinesiology

Women’s Tennis

Juana Larranaga – Nutrition and Dietetics

Men’s Track and Field

Johnny Vanos – Kinesiology (2022)

Safin Wills – Financial Counseling and Planning

Women’s Track and Field

Jessica Bray – Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership (2021, 2022)

Anne Busse – Nursing

Volleyball

Maddy Chinn – Health Science Pre-Professional

Ali Hornung – Hospitality and Tourism Management

Megan Renner – Master of Health Administration (2021, 2022)

Ava Torrance – Hospitality and Tourism Management

Full Listing of HHS’ Academic All-Big Ten Honorees and Majors by Sport for Spring Season

(Years in parentheses are those in which the student-athlete was Academic All-Big Ten)

Baseball

Jackson Dannelley – Selling and Sales Management

Zach Fletcher – Selling and Sales Management

Weston Gingerich – Selling and Sales Management (2022)

Cal Lambert – Selling and Sales Management

Camden Melvin – Selling and Sales Management

CJ Valdez – Selling and Sales Management (2022)

Women’s Golf

Momo Sugiyama – Psychological Sciences

Softball

Becca Edwards – Biomedical Health Sciences

Kiersen George – Biomedical Health Sciences (2022)

Ryen Ross – Public Health

Women’s Tennis

Csilla Fodor – Hospitality and Tourism Management (2022)

Juana Larranaga – Nutrition and Dietetics

Men’s Track and Field

Johnny Vanos – Kinesiology (2021, 2020)

Safin Wills – Financial Counseling and Planning

Women’s Track and Field

Jessica Bray – Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership (2021, 2022)

Jaelyn Burgos – Kinesiology

Anne Busse – Nursing

Meagan Hathaway – Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Biomedical Health Sciences (2021, 2022)

Tanya Pinthapataya – Public Health

Katelyn Wasson – Brain and Behavioral Sciences (2022)