College women’s basketball: Associated Press All-America

Published 2:01 pm Wednesday, March 20, 2024

 

 

 

Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley

The Associated Press 2023-24 women’s college basketball All-America teams

Caitlin Clark was honored for the third straight season as first-team Associated Press All-American, becoming the 11th player to earn that distinction three times. The Iowa star was a unanimous choice from the 35-member national media panel that chooses the Top 25 each week. The NCAA’s all-time leading scorer was joined by Stanford’s Cameron Brink, UConn’s Paige Bueckers and freshmen JuJu Watkins of USC and Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame. They are only the fourth and fifth freshmen to make the AP team, joining Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris, UConn’s Maya Moore and Bueckers.

The Associated Press 2023-24 All-America women’s basketball team with statistics through regular-season and conference tournaments:

First Team:

Caitlin Clark, Iowa, 6-0; Senior; West Des Moines, Iowa; 31.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists (35 of 35 first place votes, 175 points(asterisk))

Cameron Brink, Stanford; 6-4; Senior; Beaverton, Ore.; 17.8 points, 12 rebounds 2.9 assists (33, 171)

JuJu Watkins, USC; 6-2; Freshman; Los Angeles; 27 points, 7.2 rebounds 3.2 assists (33, 169)

Paige Bueckers, UConn; 6-0; Junior; Hopkins, Minn.; 21.3, 4.8 rebounds, 53.8% field goal percentage (19, 141)

Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame; 5-6; Freshman; Haddonfield, N.J.; 23.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists (19, 139)

(asterisk)-unanimous selection

Second Team:

Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech; 6-6; Senior; Summerfield, N.C.; 22.6 points, 11.4 rebounds, 55.6% field goal percentage (16, 131)

Angel Reese, LSU; 6-3; Junior; Baltimore, Md.; 19 points, 13.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists (12, 123)

Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina; 6-7; Senior; Montes Claros, Brazil; 14 points, 9.5 rebounds, 58.4% field goal percentage (5, 105)

Madison Booker, Texas; 6-1; Freshman; Ridgeland, Miss.; 16.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.9 assists (1, 62)

Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State; 5-10; Senior; Dublin, Ohio; 18 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists (1, 52)

Third Team:

Alissa Pili, Utah; 6-2; Senior; Anchorage, Alaska; 20.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 54.8% field goal percentage (0, 51)

Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana; 6-3; Senior; Gorham, Maine; 20 points, 6.9 rebounds, 66.7% field goal percentage (1, 31)

Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech; 5-6; Senior; Ballarat, Australia; 19.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 6.9 assists (0, 31)

Dyaisha Fair, Syracuse; 5-5; Senior; Rochester, N.Y.; 22 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists (0, 30)

Raegan Beers, Oregon State; 6-4; Sophomore; Littleton, Colo.; 17.7 points, 10.4 rebounds, 66% field goal percentage (0, 26)

Honorable Mention:

Lauren Betts, UCLA; Audi Crooks, Iowa State; Aaliyah Edwards, UConn; Yvonne Ejim Gonzaga; Lauren Gustin, BYU; McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State; Abbey Hsu, Columbia; Kiki Iriafen, Stanford; Rickea Jackson, Tennessee; Ta’Niya Latson, Florida State; Ayoka Lee, Kansas State; Cotie McMahon, Ohio State; Aneesah Morrow, LSU; Nika Muhl, UConn; Lucy Olsen, Villanova; Charisma Osborne, UCLA; Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina; JJ Quinerly, West Virginia; Saniya Rivers, North Carolina State; Kiki Rice, UCLA; Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado; Skylar Vann, Oklahoma.

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