Purdue Engineering student athletes honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Twelve Purdue Engineering students are among the 61 student athletes named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars during the 2024-2025 school year. Student athletes across the conference were recognized as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for achieving grade-point averages of 3.70 and better.
Names in bold achieved 4.0 GPAs for the school year. Years in parentheses are previous years they were also recognized
Cross Country and Track & Field
• Joel Gomez – Civil Engineering
• Meredith Bloss – Master’s in Mechanical Engineering
Men’s Track & Field
• Grant Gogel – Mechanical Engineering (2023, 2024)
• Brett Otterbacher – Construction Engineering (2024)
• Logan Sandlin – Master’s in Sports Engineering (2022, 2023, 2024)
Women’s Golf
• Alison Hildebrand – Mechanical Engineering (2024)
• Lana Malek – Biological Engineering
Soccer
• Sydney Boudreau – Civil Engineering
Men’s Swimming & Diving
• Idris Muhammad – Mechanical Engineering
Women’s Swimming & Diving
• Kathryn Ackerman – Master’s in Biomedical Engineering (2024 at Michigan)
• Maggie Love – Biomedical Engineering (2024)
• Cecilie Wiuff – Electrical Engineering
Click here for the full list of Purdue's Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
CSAA Scholar All-Americans for Swimming & Diving (3.5+ GPA plus athletic achievements; freshmen are eligible)
• Kathryn Ackerman – Master’s in Biomedical Engineering
• Reagan Mattice – Chemical Engineering
• Kaitlin Simons – Biomedical Engineering
• Raymond Whittaker – Electrical Engineering
• Campbell Scofield – Biological Engineering