Tweet of note: Kienan Draper named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

From the University of Michigan’s men’s hockey team:

Congrats Luca, Josh, T.J. and Kienan on earning Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors after posting a 3.7+ GPA during the 2025-26 academic year!

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— Michigan Hockey (@umichhockey) July 13, 2026

Here’s the press release:

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference announced its Big Ten Distinguished Scholars on Monday (July 13), with 119 University of Michigan student-athletes earning the distinction for their work in the classroom over the 2025-26 academic year.

The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honor goes to student-athletes who recorded a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. Michigan has boasted at least 75 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honorees for 10 straight academic school years and more than 100 in five of the last six.

Twenty-five student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA for the 2025-26 academic year, including seven from the women’s track and field team, which also led all U-M programs with 14 total honorees.

The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the fall, winter and spring seasons for student-athletes with a 3.0 cumulative GPA or greater. U-M had 149 honorees in the fall, 96 in the winter and 232 in the spring to give the Wolverines 477 honorees during the 2025-26 academic year.

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Ice Hockey (4)
Kienan Draper, Sr., Sport Management
Josh Eernisse, Sr., Sport Management
Luca Fantilli, Sr., Sport Management
T.J. Hughes, Sr., Sport Management