Big Ten Distinguished Scholar-Athletes
Jul 09 | Men's Soccer
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Men's soccer Scarlet Knights Kieran Kemmerer (Belle Meade, N.J.) and Mitchell Walier (Holmdel, N.J.) earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award for achieving a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for the 2014-15 academic year.
Kemmerer, a mechanical engineering major, and Walier, a computer and electrical engineering major, were among the 781 Big Ten student-athletes from 38 different sports and 54 Rutgers University student-athletes to earn the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 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, the Distinguished Scholar Award encompasses only students 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 for a student's academic career.
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