Seventy-two University of Minnesota Student-Athletes among 781 honored with 2014-2015 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Awards.
It seems that at the University of Minnesota, student-athletes have very athletic minds. As reported today by GopherSports.com (story link) 72 Gophers earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Awards for the 2014-2015 academic year. These players represented 20 of the University's varsity teams. This years haul was the 2nd most by the Gophers, second only to the incredible 86 in 2011-2012 and was second in the Big Ten behind Michigan State who had 78; take that Northwestern and "our standards are too high" Wisconsin.