2023 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans

2023 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
2023 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
	Members of the 2023 All-America first team (AP, USBWA). Clockwise from upper left: Boston, Clark, Holmes, Reese and Siegrist.
Awarded for	2022–23 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—which 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 as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who national media members select. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1] The 2023 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 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Both AP and USBWA choose three teams, while WBCA lists ten 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, a consensus women's All-America team couldn't be determined because the AP had been the only body that divided its women's selections into separate teams. The USBWA first named different 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

Associated Press (AP)

Announced on March 15, 2023. The teams are selected by the same 28-member media panel that votes on the AP poll during the season. Of note:[2]

Aliyah Boston became the tenth player selected as a three-time first-team All-American.
Boston and Caitlin Clark were unanimous first-team selections.

First team		Second team		Third team
Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	Elizabeth Kitley	Virginia Tech	Ashley Joens	Iowa State
Caitlin Clark	Iowa	Cameron Brink	Stanford	Aaliyah Edwards	UConn
Maddy Siegrist	Villanova	Diamond Miller	Maryland	Aneesah Morrow	DePaul
Angel Reese	LSU	Olivia Miles	Notre Dame	Haley Jones	Stanford
Mackenzie Holmes	Indiana	Alissa Pili	Utah	Zia Cooke	South Carolina

AP Honorable Mention

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.[2][3]

Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech
Brea Beal, South Carolina
Grace Berger, Indiana
Leigha Brown, Michigan
Sonia Citron, Notre Dame
Makira Cook, Illinois
Monika Czinano, Iowa

Rori Harmon, Texas
McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State
Jordan Horston, Tennessee
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State
Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State
Lou Lopez Sénéchal, UConn

Nika Mühl, UConn
Charisma Osborne, UCLA
Celeste Taylor, Duke
Kaylynne Truong, Gonzaga
Hailey Van Lith, Louisville
Keishana Washington, Drexel
Madi Williams, Oklahoma

United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)

The USBWA announced its 15-member team, divided into first, second, and third teams, plus honorable mention selections, on March 15, 2023. Vote totals were not released.[4]

First team		Second team		Third team
Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	Cameron Brink	Stanford	Zia Cooke	South Carolina
Caitlin Clark	Iowa	Ashley Joens	Iowa State	Aaliyah Edwards	UConn
Mackenzie Holmes	Indiana	Elizabeth Kitley	Virginia Tech	Haley Jones	Stanford
Angel Reese	LSU	Diamond Miller	Maryland	Olivia Miles	Notre Dame
Maddy Siegrist	Villanova	Alissa Pili	Utah	Aneesah Morrow	DePaul

USBWA Honorable Mention

Grace Berger, Indiana
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee

Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State
Hailey Van Lith, Louisville

Keishana Washington, Drexel

Academic All-Americans

College Sports Communicators (known before the 2022–23 season as the College Sports Information Directors of America) announced its 2022 Academic All-America team on March 16, 2022, divided into first, second, and third teams, with Caitlin Clark of Iowa chosen as women's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. Due to a tie for the fifth spot on the second team, the overall team had 16 members instead of the usual 15.[5]

**First Team**
Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Caitlin Clark[lower-alpha 1]	Iowa	Jr.	3.60, Marketing
Aliyah Boston[lower-alpha 2]	South Carolina	Sr.	3.76, Mass Communications
Mary Crompton[lower-alpha 3]	Illinois State	GS	4.00/4.00, Biology (UG) / Biological Studies (G)
Mackenzie Holmes	Indiana	Sr.	3.62, Human Development & Family Studies
Elizabeth Kitley	Virginia Tech	Sr.	3.95, Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise

**Second Team**
Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Grace Berger	Indiana	GS	3.89/3/94, Sports Marketing & Management (UG) / Athletic Administration (G)
Hannah Jump	Stanford	Sr.	3.75, Psychology
Charlisse Leger-Walker	Washington State	Jr.	3.91, Management
Myah Selland[lower-alpha 4]	South Dakota State	Sr.	3.98, Community & Public Health
Hailey Van Lith	Louisville	Jr.	3.84, Finance
Keishana Washington	Drexel	GS	3.74/4.00, Psychology (UG & G)

**Third Team**
Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Olivia Brown	Valparaiso	Sr.	4.00, Communications
Mackenzie Kramer	Lehigh	Sr.	4.00, Population Health
Makenna Marisa[lower-alpha 5]	Penn State	Sr.	3.81, Elementary & Early Childhood Education
Aneesah Morrow	DePaul	So.	3.75, Communication & Media
Lauren Ross	Western Michigan	So.	4.00, Psychology

First team in 2021–22.
Academic All-American of the Year in 2020–21 and 2021–22.
Third team in 2021–22.
Second team in 2020–21 and 2021–22.
Third team in 2021–22.

References

The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
Feinberg, Doug (March 15, 2023). "Boston, Clark headline women's AP All-America team". apnews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
"2022-23 AP Women's All-America Teams". bakersfield.com. Associated Press. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
"USBWA unveils 2022-23 women's All-America Team" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
"2022-23 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions" (Press release). College Sports Communicators. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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[1T22-6] First team in 2021–22.

[7] Academic All-American of the Year in 2020–21 and 2021–22.

[3T22-8] Third team in 2021–22.

[9] Second team in 2020–21 and 2021–22.

[10] Third team in 2021–22.

[1] The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.

[AP-2] Feinberg, Doug (March 15, 2023). "Boston, Clark headline women's AP All-America team". apnews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved March 15, 2023.

[3] "2022-23 AP Women's All-America Teams". bakersfield.com. Associated Press. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.

[4] "USBWA unveils 2022-23 women's All-America Team" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.

[5] "2022-23 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions" (Press release). College Sports Communicators. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.