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List of Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

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FieldValue
nameWomen's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year
descriptionThe yearly outstanding women's college basketball Academic All-America team member
presenterCollege Sports Communicators
countryUnited States & Canada
holderKiki Iriafen, USC
Grace Foster, Lubbock Christian
Natalie Bruns, NYU
Lilli Frasure, Indiana Wesleyan
nextawardApril 15, 2026
websiteacademicallamerica.com

Main article: List of Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

Grace Foster, Lubbock Christian Natalie Bruns, NYU Lilli Frasure, Indiana Wesleyan The Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year is the annually-awarded most outstanding singular college basketball female athlete selected for the Academic All-America Teams in a given year. The Academic All-America program is selected by the College Sports Communicators (formerly known as College Sports Information Directors of America, or CoSIDA), and recognizes combined athletic performance and academic achievement 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. 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 the NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Canadian universities and colleges and two-year colleges.

Beginning in 2012, CoSIDA revamped its award structure. The University Division was renamed "Division I", and NCAA Divisions II and III were made their own separate All-American categories. The remaining schools initially still comprised the College Division, but after the 2017–18 school year that was replaced with the NAIA division, restricted to members of that governing body.

Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. The districts are: 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), and District 8 (AK, AZ, CA, HI, OR, UT, WA, Canada). The All-District honorees make up 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, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's at-large teams) have one Academic All-American of the Year per division. One of these twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for each division. 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.

History

, Stanford University has had the most women's basketball Academic All-America honorees (18, and 2 more than Ashland University), but only Chiney Ogwumike has been recognized with this award.

, 13 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 and 2024). Other overall winners have included Kari Daugherty (Division II, 2013), Lauren Battista (Division II, 2014), Samantha Pirosko (Division II, 2024), Grace Barry (NAIA, 2020), and Grace Beyer (NAIA, 2024) as well as Julie Roe (1997) and Emily Bloss (2001) before the College Division was split.

, there have been 12 repeat winners of this award, including 7 times in Division I: Michelle Flamoe (1988 and 1989), Karen Jennings (1992 and 1993), Moore (2010 and 2011), Elena Delle Donne (2012 and 2013), Ally Disterhoft (2016 and 2017), Boston (2021 and 2022), and Clark (2023 and 2024). In the college division Emilie Hanson (1994 and 1995) and Lindsey Dietz (2005 and 2006) repeated; in Division III, Jenna Taylor (2021 and 2022) and Natalie Bruns (2024 and 2025) have repeated. Beyer (NAIA, 2022–2024) was the first three-time recipient in women's basketball.

Tables of winners

2001 winner 2002 winner

Indicates winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award.

All winners are American unless indicated otherwise.

Two-division era (1988–2011)

YearUniversity DivisionCollege DivisionWinnerSchoolWinnerSchool198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Oregon State Beaversborder=0}}Oregon StateMinnesota State Mavericksborder=0}}
(2)Oregon State Beaversborder=0}}Oregon StateUT Martin Skyhawksborder=0}}UT Martin
Oregon Ducksborder=0}}OregonGrinnell Pioneersborder=0}}
Grinnell Pioneersborder=0}}DrakeGrinnell Pioneersborder=0}}
Nebraska Cornhuskersborder=0}}NebraskaMillikin Big Blueborder=0}}
(2)Nebraska Cornhuskersborder=0}}NebraskaCatawba Indiansborder=0}}
Marquette Golden Eaglesborder=0}}MarquetteCentral Dutchborder=0}}
UConn Huskiesborder=0}}UConn(2)Central Dutchborder=0}}
UConn Huskiesborder=0}}UConnPittsburg State Gorillasborder=0}}
NC State Wolfpackborder=0}}NC StateMillikin Big Blueborder=0}}
Missouri State Bearsborder=0}}Missouri StateSaint Rose Golden Knightsborder=0}}
Purdue Boilermakersborder=0}}PurdueBaldwin Wallace Yellow Jacketsborder=0}}
Jacksonville State Gamecocksborder=0}}Jacksonville StateWashington University Bearsborder=0}}
Notre Dame Fighting Irishborder=0}}Notre DameEmporia State Hornetsborder=0}}Emporia State
CANOklahoma Soonersborder=0}}OklahomaMissouri Southern Lionsborder=0}}
VCU Ramsborder=0}}VCUWilmington Quakersborder=0}}
Penn State Nittany Lionsborder=0}}Penn StateSouth Dakota Coyotesborder=0}}South Dakota
Ball State Cardinalsborder=0}}Ball StateMinnesota Duluth Bulldogsborder=0}}
Kent State Golden Flashesborder=0}}Kent State(2)Minnesota Duluth Bulldogsborder=0}}
Middle Tennessee Blue Raidersborder=0}}Middle TennesseeSouthern Maine Huskiesborder=0}}
Tennessee Volunteersborder=0}}TennesseeMillikin Big Blueborder=0}}
Murray State Racersborder=0}}Murray StateWest Texas A&M Buffaloesborder=0}}
UConn Huskiesborder=0}}UConnWisconsin–Stout Blue Devilsborder=0}}
(2)UConn Huskiesborder=0}}UConnWest Liberty Hilltoppersborder=0}}

Four-division era (2012–present)

YearDivision IDivision IIDivision IIICollege/NAIAWinnerSchoolWinnerSchoolWinnerSchoolWinnerSchool20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hensborder=0}}Delaware{{sortnameMichelleMcDonaldMacdonald, Michellenolink=1}}Winona State Warriorsborder=0}}MSOE Raidersborder=0}}Jennifer JorgensenGrand View Vikingsborder=0}}
(2)Delaware Fightin' Blue Hensborder=0}}DelawareAshland Eaglesborder=0}}Calvin Knightsborder=0}}Hollie GermanLee Flamesborder=0}}
Stanfordborder=0}}StanfordBentley Falconsborder=0}}{{sortnameStephanie KuzmanicKuzmanic, Stephanienolink=1}}Carthage Firebirdsborder=0}}Northwestern Red Raidersborder=0}}
Western Illinois Leathernecksborder=0}}Western IllinoisSeattle Pacific Falconsborder=0}}Whitman Bluesborder=0}}Saint Xavier Cougarsborder=0}}
Iowa Hawkeyesborder=0}}IowaCentral Missouri Jenniesborder=0}}Eastern Mennonite Royalsborder=0}}Union Bulldogsborder=0}}
(2)Iowa Hawkeyesborder=0}}IowaIowa Hawkeyesborder=0}}California BaptistCarnegie Mellon Tartansborder=0}}Purdue Northwest Prideborder=0}}
New Mexico Lobosborder=0}}New MexicoNorthern State Wolvesborder=0}}Averett Cougarsborder=0}}Vanguard Lionsborder=0}}
Idaho Vandalsborder=0}}IdahoLewis Flyersborder=0}}Gallaudet Bisonborder=0}}Indiana Tech Warriorsborder=0}}
Texas Tech Red Raidersborder=0}}Texas TechGrand Valley State Lakersborder=0}}DePauw Tigersborder=0}}Concordia Bulldogsborder=0}}
VIR Aliyah BostonSouth Carolina Gamecocksborder=0}}South CarolinaFairmont State Fighting Falconsborder=0}}Simpson Stormborder=0}}Sterling Warriorsborder=0}}
VIR Aliyah Boston (2)South Carolina Gamecocksborder=0}}South CarolinaWest Liberty Hilltoppersborder=0}}(2)Simpson Stormborder=0}}UHSP Eutecticsborder=0}}
Iowa Hawkeyesborder=0}}IowaMinnesota Duluth Bulldogsborder=0}}Anderson Ravensborder=0}}(2)UHSP Eutecticsborder=0}}
(2)Iowa Hawkeyesborder=0}}IowaGannon Golden Knightsborder=0}}GannonNYU Violetsborder=0}}NYU(3)UHSP Eutecticsborder=0}}
USC Trojansborder=0}}USCLubbock Christian Chaparralsborder=0}}Lubbock Christian(2)NYU Violetsborder=0}}NYUIndiana Wesleyan Wildcatsborder=0}}Indiana Wesleyan

Footnotes

References

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  59. (March 10, 2020). "2019-20 Academic All-America NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Teams Announced". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
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  65. (May 25, 2021). "Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyam, Kylah Comley of Sterling Spotlight CoSIDA Academic All-America NAIA Basketball Teams". [[College Sports Information Directors of America]].
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  69. (April 16, 2025). "2024-25 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams announced for all NCAA and NAIA divisions". College Sports Communicators.
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