Maggie Hippman and Dan Stevens headline the list of 41 University of Wisconsin athletes who received the inaugural Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award.
Each carried a 4.0 grade-point average during the 2008-09 academic year.
Hippman, a cross country and track athlete who attended Madison Memorial, is a junior majoring in psychology. Stevens, a rower and former Sun Prairie athlete, is a senior majoring in medical microbiology and immunology.