Six Blue Jays Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

ROSEMONT, IL – The 2026 Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team had six players named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars it was announced today. Among the six are three seniors, two juniors and one sophomore; four of the six earn Distinguished Scholar honors for the first time in their career, while two, seniors Tripp Didden and Eric McDonald , were named for the third time. Didden and McDonald become just the third and fourth players in program history to earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors three times as they join Owen McManus (2020, 2021, 2022) and Jack Charboneau (2023, 2024, 2025) on…