The Big Ten conference announced awards for the 2024-25 men’s basketball season on Tuesday, and three Hoosiers were recognized.
Indiana center Oumar Ballo and forward Malik Reneau received All-Big Ten honorable mentions, and guard Anthony Leal was listed among the Sportsmanship Award honorees. Ballo is averaging 13.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, and Reneau is close behind at 13.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Leal averaged 3.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in the regular season and was one of Indiana’s top defenders.
Here’s the full list of Big Ten awards.
Big Ten Player of the Year
Braden Smith, Purdue
First team All-Big Ten
Braden Smith, Purdue (coaches and media)
John Tonje, Wisconsin (coaches and media)
Brice Williams, Nebraska (coaches and media)
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue (coaches and media)
Derik Queen, Maryland (coaches)
Vlad Goldin, Michigan (media)
Second team All-Big Ten
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State (coaches and media)
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota (coaches and media)
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern (coaches and media)
Danny Wolf, Michigan (coaches and media)
Derik Queen, Maryland (media)
Vlad Goldin (coaches)
Third team All-Big Ten
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (coaches and media)
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland (coaches and media)
Jase Richardson, Michigan State (coaches and media)
Jaden Akins, Michigan State (coaches)
Nate Bittle, Oregon (coaches)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (coaches)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (coaches)
Ace Bailey, Rutgers (media)
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (
Second team All-Big Ten
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State (coaches and media)
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota (coaches and media)
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern (coaches and media)
Danny Wolf, Michigan (coaches and media)
Derik Queen, Maryland (media)
Vlad Goldin (coaches)
Third team All-Big Ten
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (coaches and media)
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland (coaches and media)
Jase Richardson, Michigan State (coaches and media)
Jaden Akins, Michigan State (coaches)
Nate Bittle, Oregon (coaches)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (coaches)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (coaches)
Ace Bailey, Rutgers (media)
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (media)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois (media)
Malik Reneau, Indiana (media)
Oumar Ballo, Indiana (coaches and media)
Payton Sandfort, Iowa (coaches and media)
Julian Reese, Maryland (coaches and media)
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern (media)
Nate Bittle (media)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (media)
Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State (media)
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State (coaches and media)
Ace Bailey, Penn State (coaches)
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (coaches)
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue (media)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (media)
Desmond Claude, USC (media)
Great Osobor, Washington (media)
John Blackwell, Wisconsin (coaches and media))
Second team All-Big Ten
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State (coaches and media)
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota (coaches and media)
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern (coaches and media)
Danny Wolf, Michigan (coaches and media)
Derik Queen, Maryland (media)
Vlad Goldin (coaches)
Third team All-Big Ten
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (coaches and media)
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland (coaches and media)
Jase Richardson, Michigan State (coaches and media)
Jaden Akins, Michigan State (coaches)
Nate Bittle, Oregon (coaches)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (coaches)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (coaches)
Ace Bailey, Rutgers (media)
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (media)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois (media)
Malik Reneau, Indiana (media)
Oumar Ballo, Indiana (coaches and media)
Payton Sandfort, Iowa (coaches and media)
Julian Reese, Maryland (coaches and media)
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern (media)
Nate Bittle (media)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (media)
Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State (media)
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State (coaches and media)
Ace Bailey, Penn State (coaches)
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (coaches)
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue (media)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (media)
Desmond Claude, USC (media)
Great Osobor, Washington (media)
John Blackwell, Wisconsin (coaches and media))
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois (media)
Malik Reneau, Indiana (media)
Oumar Ballo, Indiana (coaches and media)
Payton Sandfort, Iowa (coaches and media)
Julian Reese, Maryland (coaches and media)
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern (media)
Nate Bittle (media)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (media)
Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State (media)
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State (coaches and media)
Ace Bailey, Penn State (coaches)
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (coaches)
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue (media)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (media)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (media)
Desmond Claude, USC (media)
Great Osobor, Washington (media)
John Blackwell, Wisconsin (coaches and media))
Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Derik Queen, Maryland
Big Ten All-Freshman team (coaches vote only)
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Derik Queen, Maryland
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
Ace Baldwin, Penn State
Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year
Will Riley, Illinois
Big Ten Coach of the Year
Tom Izzo, Michigan State
Big Ten Assistant Coach of the Year
Doug Wojcik, Michigan State
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Ben Humrichous, Illinois
Anthony Leal, Indiana
Ladji Dembele, Iowa
Selton Miguel, Maryland
Nimari Burnett, Michigan
Nick Sanders, Michigan State
Kadyn Betts, Minnesota
Rollie Worster, Nebraska
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
James Cooper, Oregon
Kalen Etzler, Ohio State
Puff Johnson, Penn State
Caleb Furst, Purdue
Zach Martini, Rutgers
Lazar Stefanovic, UCLA
Harrison Hornery, USC
Wilhelm Breidenbach, Washington
Markus Ilver, Wisconsin
