Ohio State honored a record 799 Scholar-Athletes on Monday. It just seems like the university continues to get better and better when it comes to academics, and the football program is no different. Pundits like to call OSU football a win at all costs outfit, but those that do simply haven’t done the research. The academic efforts and results have been nothing short of spectacular over the last few years.
And now, we have another piece of evidence. According to a release from Ohio State Athletics, the football team had 61 players named OSU Scholar-Athletes, a new record.
In order to be named a Scholar-Athlete student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 and above for the 2020-21 academic year. Even more impressive is that the football team’s collective GPA was over that 3.00 number, at 3.05. That makes four consecutive semesters under head coach Ryan Day that the football team has had a collective GPA over 3.00.
Not bad, not bad at all. We often like to praise all of the victories and monumental moments on the field of play, but we must remember to celebrate what the program is doing in the classroom as well.
Of the football players honored, 10 have been an OSU Scholar-Athlete at least four times, including five-time honorees Tuf Borland, Gavin Cupp, and Jake Hausmann, not to mention eight true freshmen on scholarship.
NEXT … The complete list of football players earning OSU Scholar-Athlete status
Complete list of football OSU Scholar-Athletes
Congratulations to the program record 61 members of the @OhioStateFB team who were today named an OSU Scholar-Athlete. pic.twitter.com/W8fMAnN6E1
— Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) May 24, 2021
QB J.P. Andrade, Sophomore – Business (2nd award)
WR Kamryn Babb, Junior – Communication (3rd)
SA Ryan Batsch, Junior – Finance (3rd)
WR Christopher Booker, Senior – Psychology (1st)
LB Tuf Borland, Graduated – Sports Coaching (5th)
RB Steele Chambers, Sophomore – Finance (2nd)
OL Gavin Cupp Senior, Kinesiology (5th)
WR Marvin Davies, Freshman – Exercise Science Education (1st)
DB Kevin Dever, Senior – Finance (4th)
LB Tommy Eichenberg, Sophomore – Business (2nd)
TE Luke Farrell, Graduated – Human Development & Family Science (4th)
OL Joshua Fryar, Freshman – Communication (1st)
LB Dallas Gant, Senior – Finance (3rd)
OL Patrick Gurd, Freshman – Arts & Sciences-Undecided (1st)
DL Zaid Hamdan, Senior – Criminology & Criminal Justice (2nd)
DT Ty Hamilton, Freshman – Management & Industry Exploring (1st)
DE Zachary Harrison, Junior – Psychology (1st)
PK Blake Haubeil, Graduated – Communication (4th)
TE Jacob Hausmann, Graduated – Health Care Innovation (5th)
LB Justin Hilliard, Graduated – Consumer Science (4th)
LB Gunnar Hoak, Graduated – Sports Coaching (2nd)
OL Ryan Jacoby, Junior – Hospitality Management (1st)
OL Jakob James, Freshman – Management & Industry Exploring (1st)
OL Jack Jamieson, Junior – Finance (3rd)
OL Paris Johnson, Sophomore – Journalism (1st)
LB Cade Kacherski, Junior – Finance (3rd)
DB Cameron Kittle, Freshman – Air Transportation (1st)
DL Chris Kuhn, Junior – Construction Systems Management (3rd)
QB Jagger LaRoe, Junior – Marketing (2nd)
OL Trey Leroux, Sophomore – Management & Industry Exploring (1st)
CB Cameron Martinez, Freshman – Psychology (1st)
LS Roen McCullough, Junior – Finance (3rd)
DT Jaden McKenzie, Sophomore – Management & Industry Exploring (1st)
OL Harry Miller, Sophomore – Mechanical Engineering (2nd)
LB Teradja Mitchell, Junior – Fashion and Retail Studies (2nd)
PU Michael O’Shaughnessy, Sophomore – Consumer and Family Financial Services (1st)
OT Nicholas Petit-Frere, Junior – Marketing (1st)
DL Noah Potter Junior, Economics (2nd)
SA Lathan Ransom, Freshman – Communication (1st)
TE Corey Rau, Senior – Sports Coaching (1st)
LS Bradley Robinson, Graduated – Human Nutrition (4th)
TE Mitchell Rossi, Senior – Finance (4th)
TE Joseph Royer, Freshman – Sport Industry (1st)
TE Jeremy Ruckert, Junior – Human Development & Family Science (3rd)
PK Jacob Seibert, Freshman – Finance (1st)
SA Bryson Shaw, Sophomore – Political Science (2nd)
LB Cody Simon, Freshman – Finance (1st)
OL Ryan Smith, Sophomore – Sport Industry (2nd)
DE Tyreke Smith, Junior – Sport Industry (3rd)
OL Zach Stevenson, Sophomore – Medical Laboratory Science (2nd)
RB Master Teague, Senior – Communication (2nd)
DT Jacolbe Cowan, Sophomore – Management & Industry Exploring (1st)
OL Grant Toutant, Freshman – Science & Technology Exploration (1st)
QB Daniel Vanatsky, Junior – English (2nd)
DT Taron Vincent, Junior – Sport Industry (3rd)
DB Ryan Watts, Sophomore – Pre-Communications (1st)
SA Kourt Williams, Sophomore – Management & Industry Exploring (1st)
RB Miyan Williams, Freshman – Human Development & Family Science (1st)
CB Marcus Williamson, Graduated – Public Management (4th)
OL Maxwell Wray, Senior – Communication (1st)
OC Luke Wypler, Sophomore – Management & Industry Exploring (1st)
