SAN FRANCISCO - Utah juniors Jeremy Olsen and Brandon Taylor were each named to the Pac-12's All-Academic First Team this afternoon by league commissioner Larry Scott. In all, four Utes earned accolades from the league due to excellence in the classroom.
Olsen, who has a 3.7 GPA in Accounting, earned scholastic honors for the third-consecutive season. Taylor, who owns a 3.46 GPA in Psychology, earned the accolades for the second-consecutive season and gave Utah two of the five spots on the First Team, more than any other Pac-12 school. The Ute duo was joined by ASU's Bo Barnes, Stanford's Chasson Randle, and Washington's Nigel Williams-Goss.
Senior Austin Eastman, who has a 3.58 GPA in Mechanical Engineering was named to the Second Team, while sophomore Kenneth Ogbe was named honorable mention all-academic Pac-12.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor. The Pac-12 All Academic regulations define a "starter or significant substitute" as having participated in 50 percent of a team's scheduled contests, except in unusual circumstances, such as injury.
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC - MEN'S BASKETBALL
First Team - Yr. GPA Major
Bo Barnes - ASU GR 3.89 Liberal Studies
Jeremy Olsen - UTAH JR 3.70 Accounting
Chasson Randle - STAN SR 3.34 African and African-American Studies
Brandon Taylor - UTAH JR 3.46 Psychology
Nigel Williams-Goss - WASH SO 3.74 Psychology/Communications
Second Team
Anthony Brown - STAN RS SR 3.26 Communication
Austin Eastman - UTAH SR 3.58 Mechanical Engineering
Josh Hawkinson - WSU SO 3.24 Undeclared
Junior Longrus - WSU JR 3.30 Management & Operations
Stefan Nastic - STAN RS SR 3.10 Psychology
Pac-12 Men's Basketball Honorable Mention All-Academic Malcolm Duvivier, SO, OSU; Nikola Jovanovic, SO, USC; Roger Moute a Bidias, SO, CAL; Kenneth Ogbe, SO, UTAH; Sam Singer, SO, CAL.
Olsen, who has a 3.7 GPA in Accounting, earned scholastic honors for the third-consecutive season. Taylor, who owns a 3.46 GPA in Psychology, earned the accolades for the second-consecutive season and gave Utah two of the five spots on the First Team, more than any other Pac-12 school. The Ute duo was joined by ASU's Bo Barnes, Stanford's Chasson Randle, and Washington's Nigel Williams-Goss.
Senior Austin Eastman, who has a 3.58 GPA in Mechanical Engineering was named to the Second Team, while sophomore Kenneth Ogbe was named honorable mention all-academic Pac-12.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor. The Pac-12 All Academic regulations define a "starter or significant substitute" as having participated in 50 percent of a team's scheduled contests, except in unusual circumstances, such as injury.
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC - MEN'S BASKETBALL
First Team - Yr. GPA Major
Bo Barnes - ASU GR 3.89 Liberal Studies
Jeremy Olsen - UTAH JR 3.70 Accounting
Chasson Randle - STAN SR 3.34 African and African-American Studies
Brandon Taylor - UTAH JR 3.46 Psychology
Nigel Williams-Goss - WASH SO 3.74 Psychology/Communications
Second Team
Anthony Brown - STAN RS SR 3.26 Communication
Austin Eastman - UTAH SR 3.58 Mechanical Engineering
Josh Hawkinson - WSU SO 3.24 Undeclared
Junior Longrus - WSU JR 3.30 Management & Operations
Stefan Nastic - STAN RS SR 3.10 Psychology
Pac-12 Men's Basketball Honorable Mention All-Academic Malcolm Duvivier, SO, OSU; Nikola Jovanovic, SO, USC; Roger Moute a Bidias, SO, CAL; Kenneth Ogbe, SO, UTAH; Sam Singer, SO, CAL.
