Butler’s Jesse Hamlin and Georgetown’s Maja Lardner Named Scholar-Athletes of the Year

NEW YORK (Aug. 5, 2026) – Georgetown ladies’s soccer standout Maja Lardner was named BIG EAST Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, whereas Butler monitor and subject standout Jesse Hamlin was chosen because the BIG EAST Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the league introduced Wednesday. Both Lardner and Hamlin will obtain a $4,000 scholarship, which can be utilized to graduate or skilled research. The alternatives had been made by the Conference’s Academic Affairs Committee.

Lardner earned a bachelor’s diploma in finance and advertising and marketing from Georgetown with a 3.612 cumulative GPA. She is pursuing graduate research in actual property at Georgetown and has maintained an ideal 4.0 graduate GPA. Her educational honors embody Dean’s List recognition, BIG EAST All-Academic honors and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District accolades. She additionally participated in Team IMPACT, Soccer Without Borders and Georgetown’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

On the sector, Lardner earned Second Team All-America honors and was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year. The crew captain additionally obtained All-BIG EAST First Team and All-East Region First Team honors after beginning all 23 video games, main Georgetown with 14 targets and including 4 assists. She later signed with Racing Louisville FC of the National Women’s Soccer League.

Hamlin earned a bachelor’s diploma in arithmetic and pc science from Butler with a 3.798 cumulative GPA and is pursuing a grasp’s diploma in knowledge analytics with a 3.904 graduate GPA. He graduated cum laude, earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Second Team honors in 2026, obtained CSC Academic All-District recognition in 2025 and 2026 and was named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team 4 instances.

During the indoor monitor and subject season, Hamlin gained the 5,000 meters, mile and 4×800-meter relay on the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, changing into the primary athlete in convention historical past to win all three occasions on the identical championship. He was named the BIG EAST Most Outstanding Track Performer and High Point Performer earlier than putting fifth within the 3,000 meters on the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn First Team All-America honors.

The Conference additionally introduced the female and male winners of the 2025-26 BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Scholarships. Each institutional winner receives $2,000 towards graduate research.