AMES, Iowa – Iowa State redshirt junior Michael Jacobson has been named a member of the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Jacobson is the sixth Iowa State men’s basketball student-athlete (seven times) and first since Melvin Ejim in 2014 to earn the honor.

The honor recognizes those that excel both on the court and in the classroom.

Jacobson, a Waukee, Iowa native, owns a 3.80 GPA as a finance major. On the court, Jacobson has started all 31 games for the Cyclones and is fourth on the team averaging 11.6 points per game. He leads the team pulling down 5.8 rebounds per game and is shooting 58.4 percent from the field, which ranks fourth among Big 12 players.

Jacobson has scored in double figures in 19 games, including a season-high 23 points against Illinois at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.

The Cyclones return to action Thursday at 11:30 a.m. when they face Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. The game will be televised by ESPN2.

2018-19 Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team Division I

First Team

Marcus Bartley, Southern Illinois
Seth Dugan, Western Michigan
Skylar Mays, Louisiana State
Tyler Seibring, Elon
Joe Sherburne, UMBC

Second Team

Michael Jacobson, Iowa State
James Foye, Dartmouth
Zachary Hunsaker, Brown
Luke Maye, North Carolina
Dylan Windler, Belmont

Third Team

Amidou Bamba, Coastal Carolina
Sam Bittner, Fresno State
Clayton Custer, Loyola-Chicago
Brooks DeBisschop, Northern Arizona
Matt Pile, Omaha