Mar 22, 2025; Storrs, Connecticut, USA; UConn Huskies ahead Sarah Sturdy (21) drives the ball in opposition to Arkansas State Crimson Wolves guard Wynter Rogers (2) within the first half at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Necessary Credit score: David Butler II-Imagn Photos Sarah Sturdy of No. 1 UConn, one of many nation’s prime freshmen final season, was named to the Related Press All-America ladies’s faculty basketball preseason workforce, introduced Tuesday.
She joins a powerful group headlined by senior Lauren Betts of UCLA, junior Madison Booker of Texas and junior Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame — all postseason first-team All-America alternatives final season.
Additionally making the workforce was senior Ta’Niya Latson, who will play her first season for South Carolina after three at Florida State.
The gamers had been chosen by votes from 31 members of the nationwide media panel that selects the AP High 25 every week. Betts and Hidalgo earned 29 votes every, Sturdy bought 28, Booker 23 and Latson 14.
The 6-foot-7 Betts averaged 20.2 factors and 9.5 rebounds as UCLA reached its first Ultimate 4, shedding to UConn in a nationwide semifinal.
Hidalgo was named an All-American every of her first two seasons. In 2024-25, she averaged a Notre Dame-record 23.8 factors together with 5.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and three.7 steals per recreation.
Sturdy was a key contributor on a workforce that received UConn’s twelfth nationwide championship and averaged 16.4 factors and eight.9 rebounds.
Latson was the highest scorer within the nation for the Seminoles final season with 25.2 factors per recreation.
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