Wisconsin Badger point guard Jordan Taylor has been named All-Big Ten first
Jordan Taylor
team for the second consecutive season, becoming the sixth UW player to garner first-team, all-league honors twice.
Taylor joins consensus player of the year Draymond Green (Michigan State), Robbie Hummel (Purdue), Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) and John Shurna (Northwestern) on the coaches’ first team.
The media voters put Penn State guard Tim Frazier on the first team ahead of Taylor.
Taylor finished 7th in the Big Ten in scoring (16.3 ppg). He led the Badgers to a 12-6 Big Ten mark (4th place) and an overall record of 23-8.
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Junior’s Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans were consensus honorable mention selections. Sophomore guard Josh Gasser was chosen to the league’s all-defensive team and senior guard rob Wilson was named UW’s sportsmanship award recipient.