Big Ten Announces 2024-25 Distinguished Scholars
July 14, 2025 | Football, USC Athletics, Men's Basketball, Men's Swimming & Diving, Men's Tennis, Men's Water Polo, Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Women's Water Polo, Women's Beach Volleyball, Swim & Dive
There were 55 USC student-athletes who received this recognition.
ROSEMONT, Ill. – USC Athletics had 55 student-athletes named to the Big Ten Conference's Distinguished Scholars list, the conference announced today.
To earn a spot on the list, athletes must have received Academic All-Big Ten recognition during the 2024-25 academic year and maintained above a 3.7 GPA. This counts for all Big Ten-sponsored sports and those who received At-Large recognition.
Here are the USC student-athletes who earned this recognition:
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Avand Dorian
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Clarice Akunwafo
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Delaney Karl
Madison White
FOOTBALL
Roman Marchetti
Brandon Shepherd
Braylan Shelby
Josiah Zamora
LACROSSE
Hannah Barron
Callie Cirilli
Maddie Dora
Mia Fleming
Lila Murray
Alexis Niblock
Kailey Pelkey
Mia Triolo
ROWING
Rhese Abrams
Chloe Amling
Ellen Ariathurai
Abbie Diemer
Evita Franckevica
Julia Karten
Isabella Korellis
Isabella Lysaker
Chiara Meakin
Raquel Rodriguez
Sage Saperstein
SOCCER
Maribel Flores
Bella Grust
Hana Mizumoto
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Ryan Abdollahi
Keller Morgan
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Vasilissa Buinaia
Kaitlyn Dobler
Ella Flowers
Marlene Kahler
Nisha Kijkanakorn
Justina Kozan
Genevieve Sasseville
Alice Waldow
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Takiya Cenci
Giovanna Pisano
Haley Spoden
MEN'S TENNIS
Peter Makk
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Sloane Morra
Grace Piper
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Allie Hazelwood
Madison Pietsch
MEN'S WATER POLO
Spencer Averitt
Jake Carter
Eric Hubner
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Caitlin Cohen
Maggie Johnson
Morgan Netherton
Isabel Zimmerman
To view the full list of honorees from every Big Ten institution, visit bigten.org.
To earn a spot on the list, athletes must have received Academic All-Big Ten recognition during the 2024-25 academic year and maintained above a 3.7 GPA. This counts for all Big Ten-sponsored sports and those who received At-Large recognition.
Here are the USC student-athletes who earned this recognition:
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Avand Dorian
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Clarice Akunwafo
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Delaney Karl
Madison White
FOOTBALL
Roman Marchetti
Brandon Shepherd
Braylan Shelby
Josiah Zamora
LACROSSE
Hannah Barron
Callie Cirilli
Maddie Dora
Mia Fleming
Lila Murray
Alexis Niblock
Kailey Pelkey
Mia Triolo
ROWING
Rhese Abrams
Chloe Amling
Ellen Ariathurai
Abbie Diemer
Evita Franckevica
Julia Karten
Isabella Korellis
Isabella Lysaker
Chiara Meakin
Raquel Rodriguez
Sage Saperstein
SOCCER
Maribel Flores
Bella Grust
Hana Mizumoto
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Ryan Abdollahi
Keller Morgan
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Vasilissa Buinaia
Kaitlyn Dobler
Ella Flowers
Marlene Kahler
Nisha Kijkanakorn
Justina Kozan
Genevieve Sasseville
Alice Waldow
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Takiya Cenci
Giovanna Pisano
Haley Spoden
MEN'S TENNIS
Peter Makk
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Sloane Morra
Grace Piper
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Allie Hazelwood
Madison Pietsch
MEN'S WATER POLO
Spencer Averitt
Jake Carter
Eric Hubner
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Caitlin Cohen
Maggie Johnson
Morgan Netherton
Isabel Zimmerman
To view the full list of honorees from every Big Ten institution, visit bigten.org.
Players Mentioned
IM/BREAST
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Rowing
C
/ Women's Basketball
/ Women's Rowing
/ Women's Rowing
2M
/ Men's Water Polo
M
/ Women's Lacrosse
FREE
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
DR
/ Men's Water Polo
Sprints
/ Track & Field
A
/ Women's Lacrosse
ATT
/ Women's Water Polo
/ Women's Rowing
BREAST/FREE
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
A
/ Women's Lacrosse
Guard/Forward
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Women's Lacrosse
F
/ Women's Soccer
IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Rowing
GK
/ Women's Soccer
S
/ Women's Volleyball
G
/ Men's Water Polo
ATT
/ Women's Water Polo
FREE
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Rowing
BREAST
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Rowing
IM/FLY/FREE
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Rowing
/ Men's Tennis
LB
/ Football
/ Women's Rowing
F
/ Women's Soccer
IM/BREAST
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Tennis
D
/ Women's Lacrosse
ATT
/ Women's Water Polo
D
/ Women's Lacrosse
M
/ Women's Lacrosse
OPP
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Tennis
Distances
/ Track & Field
/ Women's Rowing
/ Women's Rowing
FLY/FREE
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
DE
/ Football
S
/ Football
Distances
/ Track & Field
D
/ Women's Lacrosse
FLY/BACK/FREE
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
WR
/ Football
ATT
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