2025 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
| 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans | |
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Members of the 2025 All-America first team (AP, USBWA). Clockwise from upper left: Betts, Bueckers and Hidalgo. | |
| Awarded for | 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season |
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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.[1] The 2025 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 2024–25 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. Sporting News does not select an All-America team in women's basketball.
By selector
[edit]Associated Press (AP)
[edit]Announced on March 19, 2025. The teams are selected by the same 28-member media panel that votes on the AP poll during the season. Of note: [2]
- Paige Bueckers became the twelfth player selected as a three-time first-team All-American.
- Lauren Betts, Bueckers, and Juju Watkins were unanimous first-team selections.
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||
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| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| Lauren Betts | UCLA | Georgia Amoore | Kentucky | Mikayla Blakes | Vanderbilt |
| Madison Booker | Texas | Ta'Niya Latson | Florida State | Audi Crooks | Iowa State |
| Paige Bueckers | UConn | Olivia Miles | Notre Dame | Kiki Iriafen | USC |
| Hannah Hidalgo | Notre Dame | Aneesah Morrow | LSU | Flau'jae Johnson | LSU |
| JuJu Watkins | USC | Sarah Strong | UConn | Hailey Van Lith | TCU |
AP Honorable Mention
[edit]Honorable mention selections are those who did not make one of the first three teams, but received at least one vote from the media panel.
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United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)
[edit]The USBWA announced its 15-member team, divided into first, second, and third teams, plus honorable mention selections, on March 19, 2025.[3]
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| Lauren Betts | UCLA | Georgia Amoore | Kentucky | Audi Crooks | Iowa State |
| Paige Bueckers | UConn | Mikayla Blakes | Vanderbilt | Kiki Iriafen | USC |
| Hannah Hidalgo | Notre Dame | Madison Booker | Texas | Flau'jae Johnson | LSU |
| Aneesah Morrow | LSU | Ta'Niya Latson | Florida State | Sarah Strong | UConn |
| JuJu Watkins | USC | Olivia Miles | Notre Dame | Hailey Van Lith | TCU |
Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
[edit]Announced on April 3, 2025. [4]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Georgia Amoore | Kentucky |
| Lauren Betts | UCLA |
| Madison Booker | Texas |
| Paige Bueckers | UConn |
| Hannah Hidalgo | Notre Dame |
| Kiki Iriafen | USC |
| Aneesah Morrow | LSU |
| Sarah Strong | UConn |
| Hailey Van Lith | TCU |
| JuJu Watkins | USC |
Academic All-Americans
[edit]College Sports Communicators announced its 2025 Academic All-America teams for all NCAA divisions and the NAIA on April 16, 2025.[5] The Division I Academic All-American of the Year is indicated in bold.
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Ashlee Barker | Alabama | Graduate | 3.63 (UG)/3.75 (G), sports management |
| Raegan Beers | Oklahoma | Sophomore | 3.51, multidisciplinary studies |
| Katie Dinnebier | Drake | Senior | 3.74, pharmacy |
| Kiki Iriafen | USC | Senior | 3.52 (UG)/3.54 (G), entrepreneurship & innovation |
| Peyton McDaniel | James Madison | Junior (redshirt) | 3.96 (UG)/4.00 (G), adult education & human resource development |
| Kiki Rice | UCLA | Junior | 3.85, education |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Rees | Oregon State | Graduate | 3.97 (UG)/3.93 (G), bioengineering |
| Morgan Maly | Creighton | Senior | 3.93, exercise science |
| Lauren Ross | Purdue Fort Wayne | Graduate | 4.00 (UG)/4.00 (G), organizational leadership |
| Serena Sundell | Kansas State | Senior | 3.84 (UG)/3.83 (G), business administration |
| Haleigh Timmer | South Dakota State | Junior | 4.00, mathematics (data science specialization) |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yvonne Ejim | Gonzaga | Senior | 3.60, human physiology |
| Emily Ryan | Iowa State | Senior | 3.56, kinesiology & health |
| Addy Brown | Iowa State | Sophomore | 3.79, business management |
| Amaya Battle | Minnesota | Junior | 3.73, sociology |
References
[edit]- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ "JuJu Watkins, Hannah Hidalgo headline women's AP All-America team; Bueckers, Betts, Booker join them". apnews.com. Associated Press. March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "USBWA unveils 2024-25 Women's All-America Team". sportswriters.net. March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "Paige Bueckers Wins Wade Trophy, Headlines 2025 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team". Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
- ^ "2024-25 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball teams announced for all NCAA and NAIA divisions" (Press release). College Sports Communicators. April 16, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2025.