EVANSTON, Ill. — Junior Sammy Nettling and senior Anna Petersen have been named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, the conference office announced today.

Petersen -- a mechanical engineering graduate -- now is a two-time Distinguished Scholar, while Nettling -- majoring in communication studies -- earned her first such accolade. Each of the pair are multiple-time Academic All-Big Ten award winners.

Overall, 60 Northwestern student-athletes from a school-record 18 different varsity programs earned the prestigious recognition. The award, in its ninth year of existence, was established by the Big Ten Faculty Representatives to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Similar to the Academic All-Big Ten honor, Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution. However, this award encompasses only student-athletes with a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school.
 
The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. In 2016-17, Northwestern broke its school record for Academic All-Big Ten award winners for the fourth consecutive year when 245 Northwestern student-athletes earned the honor. It was the seventh consecutive year that the Wildcats have gone over the 200 mark for Academic All-Big Ten recipients. 
 
Following are Northwestern's 2016-17 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recipients:
 
Baseball
Connor Lind, Jr., Learning & Organizational Change
JR Reimer, Jr., Learning & Organizational Change
Jake Schieber, Gr., Sports Administration
Cooper Wetherbee, Sr., Environmental Sciences, Economics
 
Men's Basketball
Sanjay Lumpkin, Gr., Sports Administration
 
Women's Basketball
Maya Jonas, Jr., Biological Sciences
 
Women's Cross Country
Ashley Ko, So., Human Development & Psychological Services
Elena Miller, Sr., Industrial Engineering
Andrea Ostenso, Sr., Environmental Engineering
Isabel Seidel, Jr., Journalism

Fencing
Julia Abelsky, Sr., Statistics
Mandeep Bhinder, Sr., Learning & Organizational Change
Alisha Gomez-Shah, Sr., Psychology
Ella Lombard, So., Psychology
Cindy Oh, Sr., Political Science
Lucia Procopio, Jr., Anthropology, History
Katie Van Riper, Jr., History, Psychology
 
Field Hockey
Isabel Flens, Sr., Communication Studies
Pascale Massey, Jr., Communication Studies
 
Football
Tommy Doles, Jr., Political Science
Nate Hall, Jr., Learning & Organizational Change
Jelani Roberts, So., Mechanical Engineering
 
Men's Golf
Conor Richardson, Gr., Sports Administration
 
Women's Golf
MacKenzie Hawkes, So., Learning & Organizational Change
 
Women's Lacrosse
Ally Mueller, Jr., Political Science, Legal Studies
Shannon Nesselbush, Jr., Industrial Engineering
Sheila Nesselbush, Sr., Industrial Engineering
 
Men's Soccer
Nathan Dearth, Sr., Communication Studies
Sam Forsgren, Jr., Legal Studies
Brandon Medina, Sr., Economics
Elo Ozumba, Jr., Economics
Mike Roberge, Sr., Political Science
 
Women's Soccer
Maria Fayeulle, Jr., Economics
Maria Grygleski, Sr., Communication Studies
Michelle Manning, Jr., Human Communication Sciences
Kaitlin Moore, Gr., Management Studies
Aspyn Repp, So., Economics
Kourtney Scott, Sr., Learning & Organizational Change
Rachel Zampa, Sr., Communication Studies
 
Softball
Sammy Nettling, Jr., Communication Studies
Anna Petersen, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
 
Men's Swimming and Diving
Andrew Cramer, Sr., Human Communication Sciences
Almog Olshtein, Jr., Political Science
 
Women's Swimming and Diving
Lauren Abruzzo, Sr., Philosophy
Lindsay Adamski, So., Human Development & Psychological Services
Katie Branch, Sr., Psychology
Alex Grimes, So., Computer Science
Lacey Locke, Sr., Human Development & Psychological Services
Aja Malone, Jr., Anthropology, International Studies
Olivia Rosendahl, So., Political Science
Eryn Scannell, So., Journalism, Psychology
Katherine Senseman, Jr., Statistics
Ellen Stello, Sr., Learning & Organizational Change
Annika Winsnes, Sr., Biological Sciences
 
Women's Tennis
Rheeya Doshi, Jr., Communication Studies
Erin Larner, Jr., Communication Studies
 
Women's Volleyball
Kayla Morin, Sr., Political Science
Maddie Slater, Sr., Learning & Organizational Change
 
Wrestling
Braxton Cody, So., Mechanical Engineering
Luke Norland, So., Economics
 

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