Bridges will join Illinois guard Malcolm Hill, Northwestern's Bryant McIntosh, University of Michigan's Derrick Walton Jr. and Wisconsin's Bronson Koenig as the coaches' second-team selection. Nebraska's Tai Webster was named in Koenig's place in the media's second-team selection.

Selected by conference coaches, check out the 2016-17 #B1GMBBall second-team All-Big Ten honorees. pic.twitter.com/atDJTPKD6s

— Big Ten Men's Hoops (@B1GMBBall) March 6, 2017

Bridges will also join Iowa's Jordan Bohannon and Tyler Cook, Penn State's Tony Carr and Minnesota's Amir Coffey in the All-Big Ten Freshman Team. 

Here is the 2016-17 #B1GMBBall All-Freshman Team as selected by conference coaches. pic.twitter.com/QYI5cx7V1R

— Big Ten Men's Hoops (@B1GMBBall) March 6, 2017

Despite missing seven games with an ankle injury, Bridges ranked No. 7 in the conference and led the team in scoring, averaging 16.6 points a game in the regular season — the highest-ever total for any freshman under Tom Izzo. Bridges also ranks No. 5 in the conference in rebounding with 8.3 per contest in the regular season. Bridges shot 48.7 percent from the field and 40.8 percent from 3-point range. 

Bridges, the 6-foot-7 native of Flint, Mich., is the second Spartan to ever earn the conference Freshman of the Year award since it was first handed out in 1986, joining former guard Gary Harris in 2013.

All-Big Ten honorees: https://t.co/AjmWAAFdRP …

— Casey Harrison (@CHarrisonTSN) March 6, 2017

Bridges is the only Spartan freshman to garner All-Big Ten Freshman honors. Fellow forward Nick Ward was given an All-Big Ten honorable mentions by coaches and media. Ward averaged 13.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game and shot 58.7 percent from the field.