COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2022-23 academic achievements of the Ohio State football team were capped today by the announcement that four Buckeyes were honored with a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar Award for having an overall grade point average in the past year of at least 3.70. Those four are:
- WR Kam Babb, who has graduated with his degree in kinesiology;
- OG Donovan Jackson, a sophomore majoring in sport industry;
- LS Max Lomonico, a sophomore majoring in human development and family science; and
- P Jesse Mirco, a sophomore majoring in sport industry.
Distinguished Scholars for the 14 member institutions were named across 38 different sports.
The four Buckeyes headline a total of 55 Ohio State football student-athletes who achieved academic recognition this year by either graduating, or by being named a Distinguished Scholar, an Academic All-Big Ten honoree or an OSU Scholar-Athlete.
The 2022-23 academic calendar featured 63 and 54 football student-athletes with at least a 3.00 grade point average for the spring and fall terms, respectively, and a program-wide GPA of 3.03 this spring.
In addition, data released in May for the NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) shows the football program with its highest ever APR score of 993. The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for academic eligibility, retention and graduation.
2022-23 Ohio State Football Program – Graduates and Academic Honorees
WR David Adolph, Sophomore – Business: OSU Scholar-Athlete
LS David Arnold, Sophomore – Finance: Academic All-Big Ten
WR Kam Babb, Graduated (Fall) – Kinesiology: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten
WR Jayden Ballard, Sophomore – Sport Coaching, Rec and Physical Ed: OSU Scholar-Athlete /
Academic All-Big Ten
RB Chase Brecht, Sophomore – Marketing: OSU Scholar-Athlete
QB Devin Brown, Freshman – Finance: OSU Scholar-Athlete
OL Quinton Burke, Junior – Zoology: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
LB Reid Carrico, Sophomore – Construction Systems Management: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic
All-Big Ten
LB Steele Chambers, Graduated (Spring) – Finance
OL Ben Christman, Junior – Sport Industry: OSU Scholar-Athlete
LB Tommy Eichenberg, Graduated (Spring) – Real Estate
WR Emeka Egbuka, Sophomore – Marketing: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
OL Jack Forsman, Sophomore – Accounting: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
DE Tyler Friday, Graduated (Fall) – Communications
WR Kyion Grayes, Sophomore – Sport Industry: OSU Scholar-Athlete
TE Patrick Gurd, Junior – Health Sciences: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
DT Ty Hamilton, Junior – Consumer and Family Financial Services: Academic All-Big Ten
WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Sophomore – Finance: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
DE Zach Harrison, Graduated (Fall) – Criminology
TE Sam Hart, Sophomore – Marketing: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
RB TreVeyon Henderson, Sophomore – Sport Industry: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
TE Zak Herbstreit, Sophomore – Marketing: OSU Scholar-Athlete
SAF Ronnie Hickman, Graduated (Fall) – Human Development and Family Sciences
OL Carson Hinzman, Freshman – Sport Industry: OSU Scholar-Athlete
OG Donovan Jackson, Sophomore – Sport Industry: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar / OSU Scholar-
Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
OT Paris Johnson, Graduated (Fall) – Journalism: Academic All-Big Ten
WR Xavier Johnson, Graduate – Translational Data Analytics: OSU Scholar-Athlete
CB Cameron Kittle, Junior – Constructions Systems Management: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic
All-Big Ten
OL Trey Leroux, Junior – Finance: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
K Parker Lewis, Junior – Human Development & Family Science: OSU Scholar-Athlete
LS Max Lomonico, Sophomore – Human Development & Family Science: Big Ten Distinguished
Scholar / OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
QB Mason Maggs, Sophomore – Biology: OSU Scholar-Athlete
QB Kyle McCord, Sophomore – Communication: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
DT Jaden McKenzie, Graduated (Spring) – Human Development & Family Science: OSU Scholar-
Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
OL Zen Michalski, Sophomore – Sport Industry: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
P Jesse Mirco, Sophomore – Sport Industry: Distinguished Scholar / OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic
All-Big Ten
WR Joop Mitchell, Sophomore – Consumer and Family Financial Services: OSU Scholar-
Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
LB Teradja Mitchell, Graduated – Sport Industry: Academic All-Big Ten
DB Andrew Moore, Junior – Consumer and Family Financial Services: Academic All-Big Ten
TE Elias Myers, Senior – Sport Industry: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
K Michael O’Shaughnessy, Graduated (Spring) – Consumer and Family Financial Services
DT Bryce Prater – Sophomore – Construction Systems Management: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic
All-Big Ten
DT Zach Prater – Sophomore – Construction Systems Management: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic
All-Big Ten
QB Chad Ray, Junior – Health Sciences: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
LS Bradley Robinson, Graduate – Kinesiology: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
TE Mitch Rossi, Graduate – Human Resources Management: Academic All-Big Ten
K Noah Ruggles, Graduate – Sports Coaching: Academic All-Big Ten
PK Jake Seibert, Junior – Finance: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
LB Cody Simon, Junior – Finance: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
OL Ryan Smith, Graduated (Fall) – Sport Industry: Academic All-Big Ten
SAF Sonny Styles, Sophomore – Business: OSU Scholar-Athlete
SAF Kourt Williams, Graduated (Spring) – Communication: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big
Ten
RB Miyan Williams, Junior – Human Development and Family Science: Academic All-Big Ten
OC Toby Wilson, Sophomore – Sport Industry: OSU Scholar-Athlete / Academic All-Big Ten
C Luke Wypler, Junior – Sport Industry: Academic All-Big Ten
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