Ohio State is recognizing a record 799 scholar-athletes according to a release from the university on Monday. To be named an Ohio State scholar-athlete, students must have maintained a 3.0-grade point average or better through the fall of 2020.
Some notables about those individuals this year:
47 carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average:
Brendan Glass (Freshman, Cheer)
Ian Lattea (Fr., Cheer)
Maria Law (Fr., Cheer)
Mikayla Smith (Fr., Cheer)
Rachel Sorge (Fr., Cheer)
Duncan MacKenzie (Senior, Cheer)
Brenna Bocik (Fr., Dance)
Josie Cahall (Fr., Dance)
Abigail Takahashi (Junior, Dance)
Alex Dediu (Fr., MXC)
Harrison Miller (Sophomore, FB)
Clark Kokenge (Fr., MFEN)
Andrew Mulcahy (Fr., MGOLF)
Evan McIntyre (Fr., MHKY)
Trent Dicicco (Fr., MLAX)
Mitchell Sandberg (Fr., MLAX)
Thomas Gilej (Fr., MSOC)
Peter Van Euwen (Fr., MSOC)
Brandon Day (Fr., MSWIM)
Christopher Burkhart (So., MTF)
Daniel Drellishak (Fr., MTF)
David Palmer (Grad student, MTF)
Ava Tenaglia (Fr., WXC)
Maria Bowman (Fr., ROW)
Darby Pethrick (Fr., ROW)
Tess Thompson (So., ROW)
Alyssa Zehner (Fr., ROW)
Aleksandra Kolmykova (Sr., WFEN)
Zoe Shay-Tannas (Fr., WFEN)
Lotte Algra (Gr., FH)
Megan McKenna (Fr., FH)
Emma Pritchard (Fr., WGYM)
MK Bonanni (Gr., WLAX)
Jamie Lasda (Fr., WLAX)
Kelsey Reed (Gr., WLAX)
Leah Sax (Fr., WLAX)
Lauren Brown (Fr., WSOC)
Maya Geringer (Fr., WSWIM)
Liberty Gilbert (Fr., WSWIM)
Catherine Russo (Fr., WSWIM)
Kyra Sommerstad (Fr., WSWIM)
Katherine Zenick (Fr., WSWIM)
Olivia Schafer (So., SYNCH)
Caroline Walsh (Fr., SYNCH)
Megan Wong (Fr., SYNCH)
Emma Nowfor (Gr., WTF)
Sarah Morbitzer (Fr., WVB)
In addition, 17 Buckeyes earned a fifth Scholar-Athlete award:
Scott Seymour (BASE)
Tuf Borland (FB)
Gavin Cupp (FB)
Jacob Hausmann (FB)
Kyle Seelig (MTEN)
Jacob Wareti (MTEN)
Aaron Wood (MXC)
Michayla Binkley (ROW)
Olivia Kwiecinski (ROW)
Grace Libben (ROW)
Spencer Sansom (SB)
Liza Hernandez (WLAX)
Jillian Rizzo (WLAX)
Emily Skrzypczak (WLAX)
Frederick Schierl (WRE)
Meghan Kammerdeiner (WSOC)
Alexus Pyles (WTF)
There were another 94 that earned their fourth award and are included in the complete list of recipients that can be found on Ohio State’s website.
Congrats for all the hard work!
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