Overview
- Sarah Strong was the only unanimous selection on the AP first team, earning all 31 votes from the national media panel.
- Strong and Azzi Fudd are the first teammates to make the AP first team since Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard in 2020.
- Strong averages 18.5 points and 7.6 rebounds on 60.1% shooting, while Fudd posts 17.7 points per game and connects on roughly 44% from three.
- The AP first team also features Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes, UCLA’s Lauren Betts and Texas’ Madison Booker, with Blakes leading Division I scoring at 27.0 points per game.
- The USBWA honored both Huskies on its first team and named Vanderbilt’s Shea Ralph National Coach of the Year.