2023 NAIA Women's Basketball All-Americans, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2022-23 Women's Basketball All-America Teams. Ella Collier of Marian (Ind.) was named the 2023 NAIA National Player of the Year and Courtney Boyd of Clarke (Iowa) was named the 2023 NAIA National Coach of the Year.
There was only one school that had more than one player on a single team. Loyola (La.) had two players on the third team.
Central Methodist (Mo.) had one player on all three teams. Leianya Massenat was on the first team, Leah Johnson was on the second team and Daryna Bachkarova was on the third team.
Sterling (Kan.) had one player on two teams. Taya Wilson on the second team and Karsen Schultz on the third team.
Ella Collier of Marian (Ind.) was named the 2023 Player of the Year. Collier was also named the Crossroads League player of the year as she led her team in several categories on the season such as field goal percentage (55.6), free throw percentage (93.6) and points (593). As a junior, Collier has well surpassed 1,000 career points as she closed the 2023 season at 1,594 career points.
Coach Courtney Boyd of Clarke (Iowa), in her sixth season, was named the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year after finishing the season 33-4. Boyd coached her team to a win in the title game for the first time in program history this year and stands as the program’s all-time leader in head coaching wins with a record of 155-42. Boyd is also the ninth female head coach to coach her team to an NAIA Women’s Basketball national title.
All of the selections are made by the All-America Committee and are comprised of first, second and third teams as well as honorable mention. There are 12 members on each of the first three All-America teams.
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FIRST TEAM | |||
Name | School | Year | Position |
Kaitlynn Wilks | Campbellsville (Ky.) | Jr | F |
Jamie Pickens | Carroll (Mont.) | Sr | F |
Leianya Massenat | Central Methodist (Mo.) | So. | G |
Hannah DeMars | Jamestown (N.D.) | Sr | F |
Ella Collier*& | Marian (Ind.) | Jr | G |
Jordan Zrust | Mayville State (N.D.) | Sr | G |
Brynley Fitzgerald`~ | Montana Western | Sr | F |
Ella Skeens` | Rio Grande (Ohio) | SR | G/F |
Kertisa Amos | Texas Wesleyan | Sr | F |
Grace Beyer" | Health Sciences and Pharmacy (Mo.) | JR | G |
Melissa Akullu` | Vanguard (Calif.) | Jr | C |
Stefanie Berberabe"+ | Westmont (Calif.) | Sr | G |
SECOND TEAM | |||
Name | School | Year | Position |
Konnor Sudmann | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | Sr | G |
Leah Johnson | Central Methodist (Mo.) | So. | F |
Karly Gustafson | Dordt (Iowa) | Sr | F |
Maya Buckhanon | Fisk (Tenn.) | Sr | C |
Tianna Ayulo | Florida Memorial (Fla.) | Jr | SG |
Kyra Whitaker | Indiana Tech | Sr | G |
Lilli Frasure | Indiana Wesleyan | So | G |
Tarrah Stephens | John Brown (Ark.) | Sr | F |
Callie Stevens` | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | JR | G |
Jordan Pyle* | St. Francis (Ill.) | Sr | G/F |
Taya Wilson | Sterling (Kan.) | Sr | F |
Zoie Barth= | Thomas More (Ky.) | Sr. | G |
THIRD TEAM | |||
Name | School | Year | Position |
Daryna Bachkarova | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Sr. | G/F |
Kassie Monday | Cumberlands (Ky.) | So | G |
Elsie Aslesen | Dakota State (S.D.) | Sr | F |
Beverly Slater | Eastern Oregon (Ore.) | Jr | F |
Sandra Cannady | Loyola (La.) | Sr | F |
Kennedy Hansberry~ | Loyola (La.) | Sr | G |
Kiara Brown | Menlo (Calif.) | Jr | F |
Jordan Sweeney | Montana Western | Sr | G |
Kloie Thatcher | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Sr | G |
Claire Austin`~ | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | Sr | F |
Sha'kyia Parker | Siena Heights (Mich.) | Sr. | G |
Karsen Schultz | Sterling (Kan.) | Sr | G |
HONORABLE MENTION | |||
Name | School | Year | Position |
Chinna Fair | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | Sr | G |
Emily Weathers | Bethany (Kan.) | Jr | F |
Madison Evans | Brewton-Parker (Ga.) | Jr | G |
Destiny Kassner | Bryan (Tenn.) | SR | F |
Samantha Russell | Bryan (Tenn.) | Sr | F |
Kaitlynn Hennessee | Bryan (Tenn.) | Sr | G |
Courtney Pritchett | Campbellsville (Ky.) | R- | F |
Nicole McDermott | Clarke (Iowa) | Jr | G |
Mallory Shetley | Columbia (Mo.) | So | F |
Taysha Rushton | Concordia (Neb.) | So | G |
Savannah Walsdorf | Dakota State (S.D.) | Jr | F |
Matti Reiner | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | Sr. | F |
Mak Hatcliff | Doane (Neb.) | SO | G |
Bailey Beckman | Dordt (Iowa) | Sr | G |
Sailor Liefke | Eastern Oregon (Ore.) | Sr | G |
Nequoia Adams | Faulkner (Ala.) | So | G |
Morgan Holland | Faulkner (Ala.) | So | W |
Aliyah-Deen Ahmad | Florida Memorial (Fla.) | GR | G |
Karlee Feldman | Grace (Ind.) | Jr | C |
Ella Larsen | Grand View (Iowa) | SO | G |
Shiane Talley | Hope International (Calif.) | Jr | G |
Jeanette Fine | Hope International (Calif.) | So | F |
Katie Gard | IU Sout Bend (Ind.) | Sr | G |
Maddie Gard | IU South Bend (Ind.) | Sr | G |
Erika Foy | Indiana Tech | Sr | F |
Jade Nutley | Indiana Wesleyan | So | F |
Isabell West | Iowa Wesleyan | Jr | F |
Kyla Moore | Iowa Wesleyan | Sr | G |
Miya McKinney | Louisiana Christian | Sr | F |
Shy Christopher | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | So | G |
Jaci Littell | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | JR | G |
Trel'Shawn Smith | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | Sr | G |
Dezeree White | Midway (Ky.) | SR | G |
Tionne Taylor | Missouri Baptist | Sr. | G |
Tavia Rooney | Montana Tech | Jr | G |
Olivia Sprague | Oregon Tech | So | G |
Nicole Brown | Ottawa (Kan.) | Sr. | C |
Natalia Trevino | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | SR. | G |
Myia Yelder | Philander Smith (Ark.) | JR | G |
Morgan Stamper | Pikeville (Ky.) | Jr | G |
Mary Englert | Pikeville (Ky.) | Sr | G |
Katie Blackmon | Rust (Miss.) | Sr. | C |
Lainey Morrow | Science and Arts (Okla.) | So. | F |
Kam Elzy | Shawnee State (Ohio) | Sr | G |
Peyton Banks | Siena Heights (Mich.) | Sr. | F |
Gabby Suarez | Southeastern (Fla.) | Gr. | PG |
Kami Walk | Southern Oregon | Jr | F |
Alana Nelson | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | Jr | F |
Bailey Albright | Sterling (Kan.) | Sr | G |
Zoe Rust | Tabor (Kan.) | Sr | F |
Lovietta Walker | Texas A&M Texarkana | Jr. | G |
Makayla Coy | Texas Wesleyan | SR | F |
Ella Brubaker | The Master's (Calif.) | So | G |
Courtney Hurst | Thomas More (Ky.) | Sr. | G |
Emily Simon | Thomas More (Ky.) | Sr. | G |
Halle Si'i | Vanguard (Calif.) | Fr | G |
Jenna Cooper-Jackson | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | Sr. | F |
* 2nd team 2022 |
& 2nd team 2021 |
` 3rd team 2022 |
~ 3rd team 2021 |
" 1st team 2022 |
+ 1st team 2022 |
= 1st team 2022 |