WBCA announces All-Region nominees for 2017 NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America

ATLANTA (March 23, 2017) - The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association WBCA announced today the All-Region nominees for 2017 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America.  The selection committee will select the 10-member WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America team from these 52 candidates.

Here are the All-Region honorees: 

Region 1

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Lindsay Allen

Notre Dame

Senior

Guard

Lexie Brown

Duke

Junior

Guard

Asia Durr

Louisville

Sophomore

Guard

Rebecca Greenwell

Duke

Junior

Guard

Myisha Hines-Allen

Louisville

Junior

Forward

Arike Ogunbowale

Notre Dame

Sophomore

Guard

Alexis Peterson

Syracuse

Senior

Guard

Leticia Romero

Florida State

Senior

Guard

Brittney Sykes

Syracuse

Graduate Student

Guard

Shakayla Thomas

Florida State

Junior

Forward

Brianna Turner

Notre Dame

Junior

Forward

 

Region 2

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Evelyn Akhator

Kentucky

Senior

Forward

Alaina Coates

South Carolina

Senior

Center

Sophie Cunningham

Missouri

Sophomore

Guard

Diamond DeShields

Tennessee

Senior

Guard

Makayla Epps

Kentucky

Senior

Guard

Mercedes Russell

Tennessee

Senior

Center

Victoria Vivians

Mississippi State

Junior

Guard

Ronni Williams

Florida

Senior

Forward

A’ja Wilson

South Carolina

Junior

Forward

 

Region 3

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Ariel Atkins

Texas

Junior

Guard

Kalani Brown

Baylor

Sophomore

Center

Napheesa Collier

Connecticut

Sophomore

Forward

Nina Davis

Baylor

Senior

Forward

Feyonda Fitzgerald

Temple

Senior

Guard

Kitija Laksa

South Florida

Sophomore

Forward

Breanna Lewis

Kansas State

Senior

Center

Tynice Martin

West Virginia

Sophomore

Guard

Brooke McCarty

Texas

Junior

Guard

Katie Lou Samuelson

Connecticut

Sophomore

Guard

Gabby Williams

Connecticut

Junior

Forward

 

Region 4

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Allazia Blockton

Marquette

Sophomore

Guard

Tyra Buss

Indiana

Junior

Guard

Nia Coffey

Northwestern

Senior

Forward

Katelynn Flaherty

Michigan

Junior

Guard

Tori Jankoska

Michigan State

Senior

Guard

Jessica January

DePaul

Senior

Guard

Brionna Jones

Maryland

Graduate Student

Center

Kelsey Mitchell

Ohio State

Junior

Guard

Teniya Page

Penn State

Sophomore

Guard

Brooke Schulte

DePaul

Senior

Guard

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

Maryland

Senior

Guard

Lizzy Wendell

Drake

Senior

Forward

 

Region 5

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Kristine Anigwe

California

Sophomore

Forward, Center

 

Monique Billings

UCLA

Junior

Forward

 

Sophie Brunner

Arizona State

Senior

Forward

 

Jordin Canada

UCLA

Junior

Guard

 

Erica McCall

Stanford

Senior

Forward

 

Chantel Osahor

Washington

Senior

Forward

 

Kelsey Plum

Washington

Senior

Guard

 

Karlie Samuelson

Stanford

Senior

Guard

 

Sydney Wiese

Oregon State

Senior

Guard

 

             

The selection committee uses an equation to determine an equitable number of nominees from each region. The number of NCAA Division I institutions in each region is divided by the number of NCAA Division I institutions overall to determine a percentage for each region. This percentage is then multiplied by 52 (the total number of desired finalists) to get the number of finalists for each region.

The 2017 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America team will be announced Saturday, April 1 during the WBCA Convention in Dallas.

Visit www.wbca.org/recognize/ to see a list of past WBCA Coaches’ All-America teams.

About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.

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