SALT LAKE CITY — Utah center Jakob Poeltl was one of three local college basketball players to receive Associated Press All-American honors, earning a spot on the second team.

BYU's Kyle Collinsworth and Weber State's Joel Bolomboy received honorable mention status.

A 7-foot native of Vienna, Austria, Poeltl led the Utes with 17.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2015-16. The 2016 projected NBA draft lottery pick led the Runnin' Utes to a second-place finish in the Pac-12 and to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Poeltl was the top vote-receiver on the AP's second team, earning 41 first-team votes alongside fellow second-teamers Ben Simmons of Louisiana State, Perry Ellis of Kansas, Kris Dunn of Providence and Georges Niang of Iowa State.

Collinsworth's honorable mention status is the second-straight AP All-American status for the BYU senior. The Provo High alum averaged 15.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1.9 steals per game in leading BYU to a 26-10 record and a spot in the National Invitation Tournament semifinals. He also owns the NCAA's single-season and career record in triple-doubles with six and 12, respectively.

Bolomboy, the Big Sky Conference's MVP, finished third nationally with 12.6 rebounds per game, setting school and conference records in that category. He also averaged a double-double with 17.1 points per game and helped the Wildcats to a berth in the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years.

The AP All-American first team consisted of Michigan State's Denzel Valentine, Oklahoma's Buddy Hield, North Carolina's Brice Johnson, Virginia's Malcolm Brogdon and Kentucky's Tyler Ulis.

Voting was conducted before the NCAA tournament.

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