BLOOMONGTON, Indiana -- University of Iowa graduate men's basketball student-athletes Mike Gesell and Jarrod Uthoff have been named Capital One Academic All-District first team honorees for their combined performance athletically and in the classroom. The Hawkeye duo will advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second-, and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
It marks the second straight year that Gesell and Uthoff earned the academic all-district distinction.
Gesell, a native of South Sioux City, Nebraska, garnered a cumulative grade point average of 4.