2018 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans

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 2018 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that will include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP)[2], the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)[3], and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)[4] for the 2017–18 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 the 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. The Sporting News does not select an All-America team in women's basketball.

By selector

Associated Press (AP)
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Asia DurrLouisvilleKalani BrownBaylorLexie BrownDuke
Sabrina IonescuOregonMegan GustafsonIowaJordin CanadaUCLA
Katie Lou SamuelsonUConnKelsey MitchellOhioNapheesa CollierUConn
Victoria ViviansMississippi StateArike OgunbowaleNotre DameMyisha Hines-AllenLouisville
A'ja WilsonSouth CarolinaGabby WilliamsUConnTeaira McCowanMississippi State

AP Honorable Mention

United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)
First team Second team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Asia DurrLouisvilleKalani BrownBaylor
Sabrina IonescuOregonJordin CanadaUCLA
Kelsey MitchellOhioMegan GustafsonIowa
Katie Lou SamuelsonUConnArike OgunbowaleUCLA
A'ja WilsonSouth CarolinaVictoria ViviansMississippi State
  Gabby WilliamsUConn

Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
PlayerSchool
Kalani BrownBaylor
Asia DurrLouisville
Sabrina IonescuOregon
Teaira McCowanMississippi State
Kelsey MitchellOhio
Arike OgunbowaleNotre Dame
Katie Lou SamuelsonUConn
Victoria ViviansMississippi State
Gabby WilliamsUConn
A'ja WilsonSouth Carolina

By player
Player School Year AP USBWA WBCA Notes[2]
Asia DurrLouisvilleJr
1
1
1
18.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 42.5 3P%
Sabrina IonescuOregonSo
1
1
1
19.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 7.8 apg, 43.7 3P%
Katie Lou SamuelsonUConnJr
1
1
1
17.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, 53.1 FG%, 46.2 3P%
Victoria ViviansMississippi StateSr
1
2
1
19.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.5 steals
A'ja WilsonSouth CarolinaSr
1
1
1
22.6 ppg, 11.8 rpg, 3.2 blocks, 55.0 FG%
Kalani BrownBaylorJr
2
2
1
20.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 1.2 blocks, 66.3 FG%
Megan GustafsonIowaJr
2
2
–
25.6 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 2.1 blocks, 66.8 FG%
Kelsey MitchellOhioSr
2
1
1
24.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.2 apg, 40.8 3P%
Arike OgunbowaleNotre DameJr
2
2
1
20.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.6 steals
Gabby WilliamsUConnSr
2
2
1
10.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.2 apg, 2.6 steals, 59.1 FG%
Lexie BrownDukeSr
3
–
–
20.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.4 apg, 3.5 steals
Jordin CanadaUCLASr
3
2
–
16.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 6.9 apg, 3.2 steals
Napheesa CollierUConnJr
3
–
–
15.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 56.5 FG%
Myisha Hines-AllenLouisvilleSr
3
–
–
13.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 53.1 FG%
Teaira McCowanMississippi StateJr
3
–
1
17.7 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 2.0 blocks, 60.2 FG%

References
  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. "Wilson headlines AP women's All-America team". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. "USBWA > All-America > Women". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  4. "Past Teams - NCAA Division I". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
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