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Bennett Stirtz named preseason All American

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Bennett Stirtz is a preseason All American

University of Iowa senior Bennett Stirtz has been named a CBS Sports Preseason Second-Team All-American, it was announced Tuesday by the outlet.

It is Stirtz’s second preseason All-America nod as he was also named a preseason fourth-team selection by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook.  He is also a preseason All-Big Ten honoree by Blue Ribbon, USA Today Network and in a media vote by the Big Ten office.

Stirtz, who is in his first season as a Hawkeye, was an All-American by three outlets during the 2024-25 season at Drake.  He was also tabbed as the Missouri Valley Conference Larry Bird Player of the Year and Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year.

The Liberty, Missouri, native led the MVC in scoring (19.2), steals (2.21) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.86), while ranking second in assists (5.7).  He also led the NCAA in minutes played, averaging 39:22 per game.

Stirtz is one of five Big Ten players named to CBS Sports’ preseason All-America teams along with Purdue’s Braden Smith (first) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (first), UCLA’s Donovan Dent (first), and Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg (second).

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