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Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis Named Preseason First Team All-American by Dick Vitale/ESPN.com
10/13/2021 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Sophomore All-American forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, the leading returning scorer in the Big Ten, has been named first-team 2021-22 Preseason All-American by noted analyst Dick Vitale and ESPN.com. He previously was named Preseason First Team All-American by Athlon's and Second Team by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook.
He started all 27 games last season and was the only high major player to average at least 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds during last season. He was fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (19.1), second in rebounding (9.0), fifth in field goal percentage (51.7%) and blocked shots (1.4) and was third in minutes played (34.2). In league games only, he finished third in scoring (18.4), second in rebounding (9.2), fourth in field goal percentage (50.6%) and blocked shots (1.4) and third in minutes played (34.2). He is the first returning first, second, or third team All- American for the Hoosiers since Calbert Cheaney in 1993.
Under first-year head coach Mike Woodson, Jackson-Davis led the Hoosiers to two wins over a professional Serbian Basketball team, BC Mega, in mid-August in the Bahamas. The former Indiana Mr. Basketball and Center Grove High School graduate posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in game two. He had 21 points and nine boards in the first game and averaged 16.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the two contests.
As a freshman at IU, he averaged 13.5 points and 8.4 rebounds. The 2020-21 season did not count for a year of eligibility for all NCAA athletes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hoosiers will open their season at 6:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 9 at home against Eastern Michigan.
For a full list of Dick Vitale's Preseason College Basketball All-Americans, click here.
Jackson-Davis Career Honors
2021-22: First Team Preseason All-American (Athlon's, Dick Vitale/ESPN.com), Second Team Preseason All-American (Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook)
2020-21: Third Team All-American (NABC, Sporting News, USBWA), Honorable Mention All-American (AP), All-Big Ten (1st Team, Media and AP; 2nd Team (Coaches), Wooden Award Finalist, Karl Malone Award Finalist, two-time Big Ten Player of the Week, All-Maui Invitational
2019-20: Third Team All-Big Ten (Coaches and Media), All-Big Ten Freshman Team (Coaches), USBWA Freshman of the Week (2/24), Preseason Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Big Ten Preseason Newcomer of the Year, five-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, Indiana Challenge MVP
He started all 27 games last season and was the only high major player to average at least 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds during last season. He was fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (19.1), second in rebounding (9.0), fifth in field goal percentage (51.7%) and blocked shots (1.4) and was third in minutes played (34.2). In league games only, he finished third in scoring (18.4), second in rebounding (9.2), fourth in field goal percentage (50.6%) and blocked shots (1.4) and third in minutes played (34.2). He is the first returning first, second, or third team All- American for the Hoosiers since Calbert Cheaney in 1993.
Under first-year head coach Mike Woodson, Jackson-Davis led the Hoosiers to two wins over a professional Serbian Basketball team, BC Mega, in mid-August in the Bahamas. The former Indiana Mr. Basketball and Center Grove High School graduate posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in game two. He had 21 points and nine boards in the first game and averaged 16.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the two contests.
As a freshman at IU, he averaged 13.5 points and 8.4 rebounds. The 2020-21 season did not count for a year of eligibility for all NCAA athletes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hoosiers will open their season at 6:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 9 at home against Eastern Michigan.
For a full list of Dick Vitale's Preseason College Basketball All-Americans, click here.
Jackson-Davis Career Honors
2021-22: First Team Preseason All-American (Athlon's, Dick Vitale/ESPN.com), Second Team Preseason All-American (Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook)
2020-21: Third Team All-American (NABC, Sporting News, USBWA), Honorable Mention All-American (AP), All-Big Ten (1st Team, Media and AP; 2nd Team (Coaches), Wooden Award Finalist, Karl Malone Award Finalist, two-time Big Ten Player of the Week, All-Maui Invitational
2019-20: Third Team All-Big Ten (Coaches and Media), All-Big Ten Freshman Team (Coaches), USBWA Freshman of the Week (2/24), Preseason Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Big Ten Preseason Newcomer of the Year, five-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, Indiana Challenge MVP
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