University of Iowa release
Seventy-nine University of Iowa student-athletes have been named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholars.
Among the Iowa honorees, 24 maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2024-25 academic term; 5 from volleyball, two from women’s track & field, 4 from football, four from field hockey, 1 from men’s track & field, 1 from women’s soccer, two from swimming and diving, 1 from women’s cross country, two from rowing, 1 from women’s gymnastics, and 1 from 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.
A complete list of the Hawkeye nominees is available here: https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2025/7/14/79-hawkeyes-named-big-ten-distinguished-scholars