NEW YORK – UConn women's basketball senior Napheesa Collier was named an AP First-Team All-American while fellow senior Katie Lou Samuelson was tabbed to the third team, as announced by the Associated Press Monday. The duo was again recognized on Tuesday as United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) announced its All-America lists, with Collier again landing on the First Team and Samuelson on the Second Team.
The senior duo have led UConn to its 12th straight NCAA Final Four this season, as well as the American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles. The pair has gone 145-4 in their four seasons at Connecticut. Collier and Samuelson have combined for 4,708 career points, the most by a pair of classmates in UConn history.
This season, Collier leads the Huskies with 21.0 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. She has 24 double-doubles on the season, the most for a UConn player. Collier is also shooting 61.5 percent from the field. The O'Fallon, Mo., native is UConn's single-season rebounds record holder with 398 this year. She was tabbed the American Athletic Conference's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Collier was named the NCAA Tournament Albany Region Most Outstanding Player.
Collier received 27 of 28 first-place votes and 138 points, the most of any player on the All-America team.
Samuelson is second on the team with 18.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. She leads UConn with 86 three pointers and has six double-doubles on the season. Samuelson was unanimously named All-American Athletic Conference First Team and was tabbed to the Albany Regional All-Tournament team.
Junior Crystal Dangerfield also earned AP Honorable Mention honors.
Courtesy UConn Athletics