3/21/2018 basketball Edit

IU's Jager, McRoberts, Taylor Pick Up Big Ten Winter All-Academic Honors

Stu Jackson • TheHoosier

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Zach McRoberts was one of three IU players recognized as an Academic All-Big Ten selection for the winter sports season by the conference, joining Johnny Jager and Quentin Taylor. (Jordan Wells / TheHoosier.com)

The Big Ten on Wednesday afternoon recognized Indiana guards Johnny Jager, Zach McRoberts and Quentin Taylor as three of its 872 winter academic all-conference selections.

For Taylor, it is the third consecutive season he has been honored. McRoberts received the distinction for a second time and Jager the first.

Jager, a redshirt sophomore walk-on and sports marketing and management major, was also a First-Team Academic All-State Selection as a senior at Bloomington (Ind.) High School South.

McRoberts, a junior walk-on and economics major, will graduate in May but return to use his final season of eligibility with the Hoosiers this fall.

Taylor is a redshirt junior and safety major.

"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," according to a release from the IU men's basketball program.

Johnny Jager was named Academic All-Big Ten for the first time in his career. (Jordan Wells / TheHoosier.com 2016 File Photo)

Quentin Taylor earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third season in a row. (Jordan Wells / TheHoosier.com 2016 File Photo)