ROSEMONT, IL – Ten members of the Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team have been named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars it was announced Monday. The list includes students from all 14 institutions, plus affiliate members Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame. Collectively, this group competed in 41 different sports who have recorded a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.
The 2024-25 class of Distinguished Scholar Award recipients includes 426 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term. Senior
Alayna Costa was among the recipients with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Hopkins has now produced 93 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars since joining the league in 2017. Costa, graduate student
Campbell Case and seniors
Ashley Mackin and
Charlotte Smith all earned the honor for the third time. Graduate student
Megan Kielbasa is a two-time selection.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
Johns Hopkins 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars:
Jaelyn Bennett (So. • A) • Medicine, Science and the Humanities
Hadley Boston (Sr. • M) • Public Health
Campbell Case (Gr. • A) • Marketing ***
Alayna Costa (Sr. • A) • Public Health ***
Megan Kielbasa (Gr. • M) • Global Innovation and Leadership Through Engineering **
Ashley Mackin (Sr. • A) • Public Health ***
Annie Marshall (Sr. • M) • Public Health
Quinlan O'Brien (Sr. • D) • International Studies
Charlotte Smith (Jr. • A) • Political Science ***
Sam Tate (So. • D) • Political Science
** Two-time selection
*** Three-time selection
4.0 GPA
