SALT LAKE CITY — Utah center Jakob Poeltl was one of three local college basketball players to receive Associated Press All-American honors, earning a spot on the second team.
BYU's Kyle Collinsworth and Weber State's Joel Bolomboy received honorable mention status.
A 7-foot native of Vienna, Austria, Poeltl led the Utes with 17.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2015-16. The 2016 projected NBA draft lottery pick led the Runnin' Utes to a second-place finish in the Pac-12 and to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Poeltl was the top vote-receiver on the AP's second team, earning 41 first-team votes alongside fellow second-teamers Ben Simmons of Louisiana State, Perry Ellis of Kansas, Kris Dunn of Providence and Georges Niang of Iowa State.