Courtesy: OSU Athletics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Teresa Ivan, a senior member of the Ohio State women’s swimming and diving team, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award, announced by the Big Ten on Wednesday.
Ivan was awarded a $10,000 scholarship for her achievements in academics, athletics, extracurriculars and leadership. All Big Ten member institutions nominated one male and one female student-athlete for the 2024-25 school year. Track and field student-athlete Micalyon Moore from Nebraska is the male recipient.
Ivan becomes the fifth Buckeye to receive the Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award, joining Trent DiCicco (2024, Lacrosse), Sade Olatoye (2020, Track & Field), Lindsay Agnew (2017, Soccer) and Chelsea Davis (2010, Swimming & Diving).
In recognition of the Big Ten Conference’s leadership in fully integrating athletics into the academic mission of its member institutions, the Indianapolis Big Ten Community Partnership initiated the Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award in 2008. Over the last 18 years, the award has contributed more than $300,000 in scholarships.
The award is made possible by donations from local corporations and individuals who support intercollegiate athletics. The Indianapolis Big Ten Community Partnership is comprised of the State of Indiana, the City of Indianapolis, Indiana Sports Corp, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the Indianapolis Colts and Visit Indy.
As a team captain, Ivan recently led Ohio State swimming and diving to the third Big Ten championship of her career in Columbus, all while maintaining a 3.828 GPA in Human Resource Management. She has been recognized as a CSCAA All-American and Scholar All-American, and received Academic All-Big Ten, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and First Team All-Big Ten accolades. Ivan also has represented Slovakia internationally at numerous World and European championships. In preparation to pursue a B.S. in Nursing, she has been deeply involved with the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, the Richard J. Solove Research Institute and The Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute.
“Indiana Sports Corp is humbled to have the opportunity to present the Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award to these outstanding student-athletes,” Indiana Sports Corp President Patrick Talty said. “Both of the honorees have demonstrated impressive leadership skills, academic and athletic performance, and serve as role models for their communities.”
The Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award is named for the late Big Ten Conference commissioner who served from 1971 to 1989. While leading the conference, Duke spent much of his time working to improve academic standards and graduation rates for students competing in conference athletics.
Congratulations, but she is a health science major with almost perfect GPA. Someone at B1G errored.
Congrats to Teresa! Well deserved!