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2021 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans


2021 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
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2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

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 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Both AP and USBWA choose three teams, while WBCA lists 10 honorees.

A consensus All-America team in women's basketball has never been organized. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by AP, USBWA, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and Sporting News to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus All-America men's basketball team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.

Before the 2017–18 season, it was impossible for a consensus women's All-America team to be determined because the AP had been the only body that divided its women's selections into separate teams. The USBWA first named separate teams in 2017–18. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), continues the USBWA's former practice of selecting a single 10-member (plus ties) team. Before the 2023–24 season, Sporting News did not select an All-America team in women's basketball.

Announced on March 17, 2021.

First teamSecond teamThird team
Aliyah BostonSouth CarolinaCaitlin ClarkIowaChelsea DungeeArkansas
Paige BueckersUConnCharli CollierTexasNatasha MackOklahoma State
Dana EvansLouisvilleElissa CunaneNC StateMichaela OnyenwereUCLA
Rhyne HowardKentuckyNaz HillmonMichiganAshley OwusuMaryland
NaLyssa SmithBaylorAari McDonaldArizonaKiana WilliamsStanford

Announced on April 2, 2021.

First teamSecond teamThird team
Aliyah BostonSouth CarolinaCharli CollierTexasChelsea DungeeArkansas
Paige BueckersUConnElissa CunaneNC StateAshley JoensIowa State
Caitlin ClarkIowaAari McDonaldArizonaNatasha MackOklahoma State
Dana EvansLouisvilleNaLyssa SmithBaylorMichaela OnyenwereUCLA
Naz HillmonMichiganKiana WilliamsStanfordAshley OwusuMaryland
Rhyne HowardKentucky

Announced on April 3, 2021.

PlayerSchool
Aliiyah BostonSouth Carolina
Paige BueckersUConn
Caitlin ClarkIowa
Chelsea DungeeArkansas
Dana EvansLouisville
Naz HillmonMichigan
Rhyne HowardKentucky
Aari McDonaldArizona
NaLyssa SmithBaylor
Kiana WilliamsStanford
PlayerSchoolYearAPUSBWAWBCANotes
Aliyah BostonSouth Carolina111
Paige BueckersUConn111
Dana EvansLouisville111
Rhyne HowardKentucky111
NaLyssa SmithBaylor121

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2021 Academic All-America team on May 28, 2021, divided into first, second and third teams, with Aliyah Boston of South Carolina chosen as women's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year, also becoming the first sophomore so honored in D-I women's basketball.

PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Aliyah BostonSouth CarolinaSo.3.81, Mass Communications
Kailey CoffeyNorthern KentuckySr.4.00, Chemistry/Biochemistry
Vivian GrayTexas TechGS3.58/4.00, Interdisciplinary Studies
Lexie HullStanfordJr.3.92, Management Science & Engineering
Sam ThomasArizonaGS3.97/4.00, Psychology (UG) / Organizational Leadership (G)
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Dana EvansLouisvilleSr.3.49, Sport Administration
Ayoka LeeKansas StateJr.3.88, Psychology
Ali PatbergIndianaGS3.71/4.00, Finance (UG) / Recreational Administration (G)
Myah SellandSouth Dakota StateJr.3.97, Exercise Science / Community & Public Health
Kiana WilliamsStanfordSr.3.38, Science, Technology & Society
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Laura Bagwell KatalinichMinnesotaGS3.93/4.00, Communications (UG) / Sport Management (G)
Conley ChinnBelmontSr.4.00, Psychology
Elissa CunaneNC StateJr.3.34, Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Lainey GosnellAppalachian StateGS4.00/4.00, Psychology
Dariauna LewisAlabama A&MJr.3.77, Biology

The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 22, 2021. Rennia Davis of Tennessee was named the recipient on April 2, with the first and second teams also being announced at that time.

PlayerPositionSchool
Rennia DavisGuardTennessee
Dana EvansGuardLouisville
Blanca MillánGuardMaine
Michaela OnyenwereForwardUCLA
Jill TownsendGuardGonzaga
PlayerPositionSchool
Arella GuirantesGuardRutgers
Nancy MulkeyCenterRice
IImar’I ThomasForwardCincinnati
Unique ThompsonForwardAuburn
Mariah WhiteGuardCleveland State
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