Thursday night, the Big Ten announced its All-Big Ten honors at its annual awards banquet in Ann Arbor, Mich., coinciding with the Big Ten tournament there that weekend.
Five Hoosiers were named to the All-Big Ten first team, including freshman Eriq Zavaleta, sophomore Nikita Kotlov, and seniors Chris Estridge, Alec Purdie, and Tommy Meyer.
Zavaleta was also named a unanimous selection for Big Ten Freshman of the year as well as the Big Ten All-Freshman team. The freshman leads the Hoosiers with 10 goals on the season, and should he continue to, would be the first Indiana freshman to do so since Darren Yeagle in 2006.
Zavaleta is now the 11th IU player to receive the conference Freshman of the Year award, a list which includes his coach Todd Yeagley, who earned the distinction in 1991.
Fellow freshman Kerel Bradford also joined Zavaelta with an All-Freshman team award. Bradford also received Indiana's Sportsmanship Award for this season.
IU now has had 93 players earn All-Big Ten first team honors since the conference began in 1991.
