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Kollin Moore and Jincy Dunne announced as Ohio State’s Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients

Ohio State has announced that wrestler Kollin Moore and women’s hockey’s Jacy Dunne are its Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients.

Two fifth-year seniors have been announced as Ohio State’s representatives for the Big Ten’s Medal of Honor award. Wrestling’s Kollin Moore and women’s ice hockey’s Jincy Dunne both were selected among the finalists announced by OSU earlier this week.

The Big Ten’s Medal of Honor Award is the most prestigious honor for the conference and recognizes scholastic and athletic achievement yearly. Each school designated a male and female winner, meaning only 28 are recognized each year out of roughly 9,500 Big Ten athletes.

The award was the first of its kind and was first handed out in 1915. Here is a bio of each of the two winners sent in a release by Ohio State Friday.

Kollin Moore

A native of Burbank, Ohio, Moore finished as the Dan Hodge Trophy runner-up in his final season after sitting atop the 197-pound national rankings from start to finish. He garnered a 27-0 season record and was the NCAA Championships top seed. Moore ranks eighth in Ohio State history with a .909 career winning percentage (110-11). He is a three-time Big Ten champion and reached the NCAA finals in 2019. In the classroom, Moore earned a bachelor’s degree in business operations management and is closing in on completion of a kinesiology master’s degree during his five years as a Buckeye. He picked up Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors as well.

Jincy Dunne

A native of O’Fallon, Mo., and defenseman on the women’s ice hockey team, Dunne ended her career as a three-time AHCA All-American, with two first-team accolades. She is the fourth defensive player in the past decade to be a first or second-team All-American three times. She is one of just two Buckeyes to earn First Team All-WCHA honors three times and received the league’s defensive player of the year honor as both a junior and senior. Dunne became the only Buckeye to be named First Team All-USCHO after being selected Second Team and Third Team her junior and sophomore seasons. Dunne finished her career with 99 points, putting her third all-time among Buckeye blueliners. A WCHA Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten honoree, and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Dunne earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology in Spring 2019 and is enrolled in the sports coaching master’s program.

Congrats to both for the success on and off the field. They both represent exactly what it means to be a scholar-athlete.