IOWA CITY, Iowa --University of Iowa men’s basketball student-athlete Jarrod Uthoff has been named the 2015-16 Academic All-America of the Year for Division I Men’s Basketball, while Mike Gesell was voted to the Academic All-America second team. The announcement was made Wednesday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Uthoff, a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has an economics degree and is pursuing a Master’s in leisure studies. He has a 3.42 G.P.A., including a 4.0 G.P.A. during the fall semester. He was named an NABC/ESPN Midseason second team All-America, and is a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy.