Awarded for | The yearly outstanding women's college basketball Academic All-America team member |
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Country | United States & Canada |
Presented by | College Sports Communicators |
History | |
Most recent | Caitlin Clark, Iowa Samantha Pirosko, Gannon Natalie Bruns, NYU Grace Beyer, UHSP |
Next award announcement | April 2025 |
Website | academicallamerica.com |
The annually-awarded Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year is the most outstanding singular female college basketball athlete selected for the Academic All-America Teams in a given year. Selected based on excellence in both classroom achievement and athletic competition performance by the College Sports Communicators (CSC, known before the 2022–23 school year as College Sports Information Directors of America, or CoSIDA), the Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. From 1996 through 2011, one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams, including football. The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools.
Beginning in 2012, CoSIDA revamped its award structure. The University Division was renamed "Division I". Since then, NCAA Divisions II and III have had their own separate All-Americans. The College Division consisted only of non-NCAA institutions through the 2017–18 school year, after which it was effectively replaced by an NAIA division restricted to members of that governing body. [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. [2] The districts are as follows: – District 1 (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT), District 2 (DC, DE, KY, MD, NJ, PA, WV), District 3 (NC, TN, VA), District 4 (AL, FL, GA, PR, SC), District 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH), District 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, SD, WI, WY), – District 7 (CO, ID, KS, NE, NM, NV, OK, TX), District 8 (AK, AZ, CA, HI, OR, UT, WA, Canada). [3] First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. Currently, all twelve Academic All-American teams (Men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's track & field, men's baseball, women's softball, men's American football, women's volleyball and men's and women's at-large teams) have one Academic All-American of the Year for each division. One of these twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-American of the year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Members of the Year for each division. [4] The most recent women's basketball players to have earned the all-sports honor did so in 2024—Caitlin Clark of Iowa in Division I, Samantha Pirosko of Gannon in Division II, and Grace Beyer of UHSP in the NAIA. [5]
As of January 31,2024 [update] , Stanford University has had the most women's basketball Academic All-America honorees (17 and one more than Ashland University), [6] but only Chiney Ogwumike has been recognized with this award. [7]
As of July 2024 [update] , 11 of the Women's Basketball Academic All-America of the Year winners have gone on to win the overall Academic All-America of the Year. The six Division I overall winners have been Rebecca Lobo (1995 before there were separate awards by level), Ruth Riley (2001), Stacey Dales-Schuman (2002), Maya Moore (2011), Aliyah Boston (2022) and Caitlin Clark (2023). Other overall winners have included Kari Daugherty (Division II, 2013), Lauren Battista (Division II, 2014), and Grace Barry (NAIA, 2020) as well as Julie Roe (1997) and Emily Bloss (2001) before the College Division was split. [8]
As of July 2024 [update] , the have been a total 11 repeat winners of this award, including 7 times in Division I: Michelle Flamoe (1988 & 1989), Karen Jennings (1992 & 1993), Moore (2010 & 2011), Elena Delle Donne (2012 & 2013), Ally Disterhoft (2016 & 2017), Boston (2021 & 2022), Clark (2023 & 2024). In the college division Emilie Hanson (1994 & 1995) and Lindsey Dietz (2005 & 2006) repeated as did Jenna Taylor (Division III, 2021 & 2022). [7] 2024 NAIA winner, Grace Beyer, was the first women's basketball three-time winner. [9]
Names in bold indicate winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award. All winners are American unless indicated otherwise.
Year | University Division Winner | School | College Division Winner | School | ||
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1988| | Michelle Flamoe [10] | Oregon State | Lisa Walters [10] | Minnesota State | ||
1989| | Michelle Flamoe (2) [10] | Oregon State | Mary Kate Long [10] | UT Martin | ||
1990| | Stephanie Kasperski [10] | Oregon | Laura Van Sickle [10] | Grinnell | ||
1991| | Jan Jensen [11] | Drake | Melissa Sharer [10] | Grinnell | ||
1992| | Karen Jennings [10] | Nebraska | Barb Blume-Love [10] | Millikin | ||
1993| | Karen Jennings (2) [10] | Nebraska | Angela Harbor [10] | Catawba | ||
1994| | Kristen Maskala [12] | Marquette | Emilie Hanson [10] | Central (IA) | ||
1995| | Rebecca Lobo [10] | UConn | Emilie Hanson (2) [10] | Central (IA) | ||
1996| | Jennifer Rizzotti [10] | UConn | Jenny Pracht [10] | Pittsburg State | ||
1997| | Jennifer Howard [10] | NC State | Julie Roe [10] | Millikin | ||
1998| | Lisa Davies [13] | Missouri State | Krista Kandere [10] | Saint Rose | ||
1999| | Stephanie White-McCarty [10] | Purdue | Jen Swinehart [10] | Baldwin Wallace | ||
2000| | Lisa Baswell [10] | Jacksonville State | Alia Fischer [10] | Washington (MO) | ||
2001| | Ruth Riley [10] | Notre Dame | Emily Bloss [10] | Emporia State | ||
2002| | ![]() | Oklahoma | Katie Gariss [10] | Missouri Southern | ||
2003| | Kristine Austgulen [14] | VCU | Megan Woodruff [14] | Wilmington (OH) | ||
2004| | Kelly Mazzante [15] | Penn State | Mandy Koupal [15] | South Dakota | ||
2005| | Kate Endress [16] | Ball State | Lindsey Dietz [16] | Minnesota Duluth | ||
2006| | Lindsay Shearer [17] | Kent State | Lindsey Dietz (2) [17] | Minnesota Duluth | ||
2007| | Chrissy Givens [18] | Middle Tennessee | Ashley Marble [18] | Southern Maine | ||
2008| | Candace Parker [19] | Tennessee | Lindsay Ippel [19] | Millikin | ||
2009| | Amber Guffey [20] | Murray State | Emily Brister [20] | West Texas A&M | ||
2010| | Maya Moore [21] [22] | UConn | Julia Hirssig [21] [22] | Wisconsin–Stout | ||
2011| | Maya Moore (2) [23] | UConn | Tori Hansen [23] | West Liberty |
Year | Div. I Winner | School | Div. II Winner | School | Div. III Winner | School | College/NAIA Winner [lower-alpha 2] | School | ||||
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2012 | Elena Delle Donne [24] | Delaware | Michelle McDonald [25] | Winona | Carol Cayo [26] | MSOE | Jennifer Jorgensen [27] | Grand View | ||||
2013 | Elena Delle Donne (2) [28] | Delaware | Kari Daugherty [29] [30] | Ashland | Carissa Verkaik [31] | Calvin (MI) | Hollie German [32] | Lee | ||||
2014 | Chiney Ogwumike [33] | Stanford | Lauren Battista [34] | Bentley | Stephanie Kuzmanic [35] | Carthage | Samantha Kleinsasser [36] | Northwestern (IA) | ||||
2015 | Ashley Luke [37] | Western Illinois | Suzanna Ohlsen [38] | Seattle Pacific | Heather Johns [39] | Whitman | Morgan Stuut [40] | Saint Xavier | ||||
2016 | Ally Disterhoft [41] | Iowa | Shelby Winkelmann [42] | Central Missouri | Jess Rheinheimer [43] | Eastern Mennonite | Lydia Nash [44] | Union (KY) [lower-alpha 3] | ||||
2017 | Ally Disterhoft (2) [45] | Iowa | Cassidy Mihalko [46] | California Baptist | Lisa Murphy [47] | Carnegie Mellon | Cassidy Deno [48] | Purdue Northwest | ||||
2018 | Cherise Beynon [49] [50] | New Mexico | Miranda Ristau [51] [52] | Northern State | Samm Chandler [53] | Averett | Amber Alexander [54] [55] | Vanguard | ||||
2019 | Mikayla Ferenz [56] | Idaho | Jessica Kelliher [57] | Lewis | Hannah Neild [58] | Gallaudet | Kendall Knapke [59] | Indiana Tech | ||||
2020 | Brittany Brewer [60] | Texas Tech | Cassidy Boensch [61] | Grand Valley State | Sydney Kopp [62] | DePauw | Grace Barry [63] | Concordia (NE) | ||||
2021 | ![]() | South Carolina | Sierra Kotchman [65] | Fairmont State | Jenna Taylor [66] | Simpson | Kylah Comley [67] | Sterling (KS) | ||||
2022 | ![]() | South Carolina | Audrey Tingle [68] | West Liberty | Jenna Taylor (2) [68] | Simpson | Grace Beyer [68] | UHSP | ||||
2023 | Caitlin Clark [69] | Iowa | Brooke Olson [69] | Minnesota Duluth | Lexie Dellinger [69] | Anderson (IN) | Grace Beyer (2) [69] | UHSP | ||||
2024 | Caitlin Clark (2) [9] | Iowa | Samantha Pirosko [9] | Gannon | Natalie Bruns [9] | NYU | Grace Beyer (3) [9] | UHSP |
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An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that will include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
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