MSU's Tori Jankoska tabbed preseason All-Big Ten

Tori Jankoska has been finding ways to make an impact on the court for the Michigan State women’s basketball team since her debut season.

The guard has been a key performer on a Big Ten championship team and in a pair of NCAA tournament runs for the Spartans. And she has high expectations entering her senior year.

Jankoska was one of 10 players voted to the preseason All-Big Ten women’s basketball team, the league office announced Monday afternoon. Jankoska was voted to the team by both the coaches and media.

The 5-foot-8 Jankoska, who earned second team All-Big Ten recognition the last two seasons, has averaged 15.0 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists during her career. She averaged 15.1 points as a junior and is the leading returning scorer and one of two starters back for MSU, which was picked to finish tied for third with Indiana by the coaches in the preseason poll.

Jankoska, a Freeland native, enters her final season ranked 10th all-time in MSU history with 1,466 career points. She is 352 points away from becoming the school’s career scoring leader.

Jankoska was joined on the preseason All-Big Ten team by preseason player of the year Kelsey Mitchell of Ohio State, Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough of Maryland. Indiana’s Tyra Buss, Iowa’s Ally Disterhoft, Michigan’s Katelynn Flaherty, Jessica Shepard of Nebraska, Northwestern’s Nia Coffey, Penn State’s Teniya Page and Carlie Wagner of Minnesota.

Defending champion Maryland was pegged the league favorite and Ohio State was picked to finish second by the coaches and media. Indiana was selected to finish third by media.

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