Michigan State basketball achieved excellence both on and off the court in 2019-2020.
Seven members of the MSU men’s basketball team were named Academic All-Big Ten Monday afternoon. The honorees are: Kyle Ahrens, Connor George, Jack Hoiberg, Thomas Kithier, Foster Loyer, Xavier Tillman, and Cassius Winston. The seven award winners was good enough for the second-most in the Big Ten. Wisconsin led the way with nine.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 1 for winter sports, who have been enrolled fulltime at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
An interesting tidbit: Of the 946 student-athletes honored, 23 have maintained perfect GPAs throughout their entire college career. Of those 23, SEVEN are from Michigan State’s men’s and women’s swim and dive teams. SEVEN! That is incredibly impressive for the swim and dive teams.
