| 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans | |
| Awarded For: | 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Main: | All-Americans |
| Next: | 2023 |
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 2022 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 2021–22 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.
Announced on March 16, 2022; listed in order of votes received. Of note:[2]
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Virginia Tech | ||||||
| Northwestern | ||||||
| Stanford | ||||||
| LSU | ||||||
The USBWA announced its 15-member team, divided into first, second, and third teams, plus honorable mention selections, on March 17, 2022. Vote totals were not released.[4]
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Aliyah Boston | South Carolina | Elissa Cunane | NC State | Cameron Brink | Stanford | |
| Caitlin Clark | Iowa | Ashley Joens | Iowa State | South Carolina | ||
| Naz Hillmon | Michigan | Haley Jones | Stanford | Elizabeth Kitley | Virginia Tech | |
| Rhyne Howard | Kentucky | Ayoka Lee | Kansas State | Khayla Pointer | LSU | |
| NaLyssa Smith | Baylor | Aneesah Morrow | DePaul | Maddy Siegrist | Villanova | |
The WBCA announced its All-America team on March 31, 2022, with Aliyah Boston announced as the Wade Trophy recipient.[5]
| Player | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Aliyah Boston | South Carolina | |
| Cameron Brink | Stanford | |
| Caitlin Clark | Iowa | |
| Elissa Cunane | NC State | |
| Naz Hillmon | Michigan | |
| Rhyne Howard | Kentucky | |
| Ashley Joens | Iowa State | |
| Haley Jones | Stanford | |
| Elizabeth Kitley | Virginia Tech | |
| NaLyssa Smith | Baylor |
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA; renamed in September 2022 as College Sports Communicators) announced its 2022 Academic All-America team on March 16, 2022, divided into first, second and third teams, with Aliyah Boston of South Carolina chosen as women's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year for the second straight season. Due to a tie for the fifth spot on the second team, the overall team had 16 members instead of the usual 15.[6]
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aliyah Boston | South Carolina | Jr. | 3.74, Mass Communications | |
| Caitlin Clark | Iowa | So. | 3.53, Pre-Business | |
| Lexie Hull | Stanford | Sr. | 3.90, Management Science & Engineering (UG & G) | |
| Ayoka Lee | Kansas State | GS | 3.89/4.00, Couple & Family Therapy (G) | |
| Sam Thomas | Arizona | GS | 4.00/4.00, Educational Leadership (G) |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conley Chinn | Belmont | Sr. | 4.00, Psychology | |
| Vivian Gray | Texas Tech | GS | 3.77/3.75, MBA (G) | |
| Caitlyn Harper | California Baptist | Sr. | 4.00, Accounting | |
| Lacie Hull | Stanford | Sr. | 3.89, Product Design (UG) / Management Science & Engineering (G) | |
| Dariauna Lewis | Alabama A&M | Sr. | 3.84, Biology | |
| Myah Selland | South Dakota State | Sr. | 3.97, Exercise Science / Community & Public Health |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Breen | UMass | GS | 3.74/3.90, Learning, Media, & Technology (G) | |
| Veronica Burton | Northwestern | Sr. | 3.78, Learning & Organizational Change | |
| Mary Crompton | Illinois State | GS | 4.00/4.00, Biology (UG & G) | |
| Makenna Marisa | Penn State | Jr. | 3.75, Education | |
| Erin Whalen | Dayton | GS | 3.87/3.88, Communication (G) |
The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 10, 2022.[7] Lexie Hull of Stanford was announced as the recipient on March 31, with the first and second teams also announced at that time.[8]
| Player | Position | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexie Hull | Guard | Stanford | |
| Guard | Kentucky | ||
| Guard | Indiana | ||
| Sam Thomas | Forward | Arizona | |
| Macee Williams | Forward-center | IUPUI |
| Player | Position | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center | NC State | ||
| Forward | Michigan | ||
| Morgan Jones | Guard | Florida State | |
| Sonya Morris | Guard | DePaul | |
| Forward | Baylor |