IOWA CITY — University of Iowa senior Payton Sandfort has been named honorable mention All-Big Ten men’s basketball by both the coaches and media, it was announced Tuesday on the Big Ten Network.

It is the third honor of Sandfort’s career. He was the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore and a third-team All-Big Ten selection as a junior.

Sandfort is averaging 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds this season, ranking second on the team in both categories. He has a team-best 13 20-point games this season and ranks fourth

in the conference with 74 3-point field goals.

This season, Sandfort has scored 505 points, eclipsing the 500-point mark for a second consecutive season. He is the first Hawkeye since Luka Garza to accomplish the feat and the 12th Hawkeye to have two 500-point seasons all-time.

The Waukee native currently ranks 13th at Iowa with 1,572 career points and is third all-time with 261 career 3-point field goals — two shy of passing Jeff Horner for No. 2 all-time. Sandfort is one of two players in Iowa history to have at least 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 250 3-point field goals.

Sandfort is also on track to break the program’s all-time career free-throw percentage record. He has made 89.5 percent (263-of-294) of his career attempts, which puts him on track to better Jordan Bohannon’s school record of 88.7 percent.