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 2020 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that 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 2019–20 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.
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Maryland | ||||||
| NC State | ||||||
| Iowa | ||||||
| Oregon | South Carolina | |||||
| Oregon | UCLA | |||||
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Lauren Cox | Baylor | Aliyah Boston | South Carolina | Kaila Charles | Maryland | |
| Ruthy Hebard | Oregon | Chennedy Carter | Texas A&M | Elissa Cunane | NC State | |
| Rhyne Howard | Kentucky | Dana Evans | Louisville | Kathleen Doyle | Iowa | |
| Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon | Aari McDonald | Arizona | Duke | ||
| Megan Walker | UConn | Satou Sabally | Oregon | Tyasha Harris | South Carolina | |
| Michaela Onyenwere | UCLA | |||||
| Player | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Chennedy Carter | Texas A&M | |
| Lauren Cox | Baylor | |
| Kathleen Doyle | Iowa | |
| Dana Evans | Louisville | |
| Tyasha Harris | South Carolina | |
| Ruthy Hebard | Oregon | |
| Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon | |
| Aari McDonald | Arizona | |
| Satou Sabally | Oregon | |
| Megan Walker | UConn |
| Player | School | Year | AP | USBWA | WBCA | Notes[5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.5 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 2.7 blocks | |||||||
| 17.3 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 68.5 FG% Katrina McClain Award (top power forward) | |||||||
| 23.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 38.2 3P% | |||||||
| 17.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 9.1 apg Wooden Award Naismith Trophy Wade Trophy AP Player of the Year USBWA Player of the Year Senior CLASS Award Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard) | |||||||
| 19.7 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 47.7 FG% | |||||||
| 12.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 60.9 FG% Tamika Catchings Award (USBWA freshman of the year) WBCA Freshman of the Year Lisa Leslie Award (top center) | |||||||
| 21.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.5 apg | |||||||
| 18.1 ppg, 4.2 apg, 89.0 FT% | |||||||
| 20.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 79.1 FT% Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (top shooting guard) | |||||||
| 16.2 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 79.2 FT% Cheryl Miller Award (top small forward) | |||||||
| 14.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 50.0 FG% | |||||||
| 16.4 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 54.7 FG% | |||||||
| 18.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 6.3 apg | |||||||
| 18.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 4.4 apg | |||||||
| 12.1 ppg, 5.7 apg, 86.7 FT% Dawn Staley Award | |||||||
| 19.1 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 46.9 FG% |
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2020 Academic All-America team on March 9, 2020, divided into first, second and third teams with Brittany Brewer of Texas Tech chosen as women's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[6]
When a player is listed with two grade-point averages, the first is her undergraduate GPA. Players listed with two majors separated by a slash are double majors unless explicitly designated as undergraduate and graduate programs.
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittany Brewer | Texas Tech | GS | 4.00/3.66, Community, Family & Addiction Sciences | |
| Ciara Duffy | South Dakota | GS | 4.00/4.00, Political Science / History | |
| Erica Ogwumike | Rice | GS | 3.86/4.00, Post-Baccalaureate Program | |
| Mikayla Pivec | Oregon State | GS | 3.89/4.00, Biochemistry / Biophysics | |
| Sara Rhine | Drake | GS | 4.00/4.00, Elementary Education (UG) / Counseling (G) |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Cox | Baylor | Sr. | 3.77, Communications Studies | |
| Kathleen Doyle | Iowa | Sr. | 3.83, Journalism & Mass Communications / Spanish | |
| Ellie Harmeyer | Belmont | GS | 3.83/4.00, Nursing | |
| Becca Hittner | Drake | Sr. | 3.97, Marketing | |
| Peyton Williams | Kansas State | Sr. | 3.94, Anthropology / International Studies |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camryn Brown | High Point | Sr. | 3.97, Human Relations | |
| Hanna Crymble | Vermont | Sr. | 3.81, Biochmistry | |
| Vivian Gray | Oklahoma State | Jr. | 3.66, Marketing | |
| Chante Stonewall | DePaul | Sr. | 3.68, Psychology / Sociology | |
| Jocelyn Willoughby | Virginia | GS | 3.87/3.63, Leadership & Public Policy / Global Development Studies |
The finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 5, 2020. Due to a tie in voting, 11 finalists were named instead of the normal 10.[7] On March 31, Sabrina Ionescu was announced as the recipient, with the first and second teams also announced at that time.[8]
| Player | Position | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabrina Ionescu | Guard | Oregon | |
| Forward | Baylor | ||
| Ellie Harmeyer | Forward | Belmont | |
| Mikayla Pivec | Guard | Oregon State | |
| Brenna Wise | Forward | Indiana |
| Player | Position | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Brackmann | Forward | Bradley | |
| Forward | Maryland | ||
| Bailey Greenberg | Forward | Drexel | |
| Forward | Oregon | ||
| Guard | Rider | ||
| Peyton Williams | Forward | Kansas State |