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Azzi on the Wall of Honor!

Well-deserved!
 

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Commentators have often noted that many teams are beaten before they take the court. I think two things just occurred to reinforce that phenomenon.
 
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You know you have a pretty good team when two of your starters are 1st team All American. Anyone know off-hand if UConn has had two 1st team All Americans in one year before this year? Any other team?
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Well USBWA only started doing 3 teams (5 member - before that it was one 10 member team) in 2018-2019

In 2019-2020 Oregon had two 1st team and one 2nd team (Ruthy Hebard, Sabrinia Ionescu, Satou Sabally)

On the 10 member teams, UCONN has had 2-3 members a few times.
 
Every March and April the same topic arises: Huskies of Honor criteria.
Some say it is being named to the 10-member WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) All-America first team.
Graduating from UConn.
Others say being named to the USBWA AA first team (like this thread)?
Anyone know which AA team it really is?
 
and one said:
You know you have a pretty good team when two of your starters are 1st team All American. Anyone know off-hand if UConn has had two 1st team All Americans in one year before this year? Any other team?
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UConn WBCA All-Americans | WBCA Index:
  • UConn had 2() or 3(#) WBCA AAs in: 1995, 1997*, 2000*, 2002#, 2008*, 2009#, 2010*, 2013*, 2014#, 2015#, 2016#, 2017#, 2018*, 2019*, 2024*, 2025*, 2026*.
  • 1 WCBA AA: 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2020, 2021
  • 0 WBCA AA: 1992, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2022, 2023
  • All 10-member teams. Lists from 1991 (earliest AA: Kerry Bascom).
 
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My guess is that Azzi's jersey will be added next season, when she has free time to come back to Gampel, much like the ceremony for Aaliyah Edwards this season.
 
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Huskies that made 1st Team AA per the AP:

1995 Rebecca
1996 Jennifer, Kara
1997 Kara
1998 Nykesha
2000 Sveta, Shea
2002 Sue
2003 Diana
2004 Diana
2008 Maya
2009 Maya, Renee
2010 Maya, Tina
2011 Maya
2014 Stewie
2015 Stewie
2016 Stewie, Moriah
2017 Phee, Lou
2018 Lou
2019 Phee
2020 Megan
2021 Paige
2024 Paige
2025 Paige
2026 Sarah, Azzi updated
 
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and one said:
You know you have a pretty good team when two of your starters are 1st team All American. Anyone know off-hand if UConn has had two 1st team All Americans in one year before this year? Any other team?
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See post #13. UConn is the only team with multiple first-teamers in the same season.
 
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So Sara will probably be an AA the next two years, but who else from UCONN over the next few years? According to Rebecca, by the time the current freshman class are seniors, Blanca will be the best in the class. That is for the entire NCAA.
 
Centerstream said:
Every March and April the same topic arises: Huskies of Honor criteria.
Some say it is being named to the 10-member WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) All-America first team.
Graduating from UConn.
Others say being named to the USBWA AA first team (like this thread)?
Anyone know which AA team it really is?
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Wbbfan1 said:
Its the WBCA All American Team
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Re the "official" AA criteria for induction into the Huskies of Honor:

I don't find anything definitively official on the UConn website or Wayback Machine or via AI. Making the WBCA 10-player AA team—formerly called the Kodak and State Farm AA team—is virtually always mentioned as a sufficient criterion in discussions and news reports.

The UConn women's basketball Media Guide does not mention the Huskies of Honor program, but does list players who have made AA teams sponsored by the AP and the USBWA along with the WBCA.

It's highly likely that every UConn player who has made either the AP or USBWA 5-player first team has also made the WBCA 10-player team. In the event that a player made one of those 5-player AA first teams but didn't make the WBCA 10-player team, I'd guess that Geno would induct her into the Huskies of Honor.

Graduating is also sometimes mentioned as a requirement for Huskies of Honor, but Renee Montgomery, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart and Paige Bueckers were all inducted while still active players. Paige, at least, already had her bachelors degree by that time. Not sure about the others.

Perhaps someone else can find and link the definitive AA criteria, if they officially exist.
 
MilfordHusky said:
My guess is that Azzi's jersey will be added next season, when she has free time to come back to Gampel, much like the ceremony for Aaliyah Edwards this season.
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That’s one possibility. The other could be during an on-campus celebration at Gampel of Championship #13 in a few weeks………just sayin…..
 
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mhshuskies said:
So Sara will probably be an AA the next two years, but who else from UCONN over the next few years? According to Rebecca, by the time the current freshman class are seniors, Blanca will be the best in the class. That is for the entire NCAA.
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She’ll need to clean some stuff up, but the potential is there.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Huskies that made 1st Team AA per the AP:

1995 Rebecca
1996 Jennifer, Kara
1997 Kara
1998 Nykesha
2000 Sveta, Shea
2002 Sue
2003 Diana
2004 Diana
2008 Maya
2009 Maya, Renee
2010 Maya, Tina
2011 Maya
2014 Stewie
2015 Stewie
2016 Stewie, Moriah
2017 Phee, Lou
2018 Lou
2019 Phee
2020 Megan
2021 Paige
2024 Paige
2025 Paige
2026 Not yet announced
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Look at Maya with 4 times AA...

I am surprised Stewart was only 3 times..

Back to who was better Maya or Stewart lol.
 
Teams with multiple WBCA selections in a single season:

1979 Valdosta State: Chason, Taylor
1979 Tennessee: Brogdon, Rankin
1980 Old Dominion: Lieberman, Nissen
1982 Louisiana Tech: Kelly, Turner
1983 USC: McGee, Miller
1984 USC: McGee, Miller
1986 Georgia: Edwards, McClain
1989 Maryland: Bullet, Tate
1992 Virginia: Reiss, Staley
1995 UConn: Lobo, Rizzotti
1997 UConn: Sales, Wolters
1997 ODU: Machanguana, Penicheiro
1998 Tennessee: Catchings, Holdsclaw
1999 Tennessee: Catchings, Holdsclaw, Randall
2000 UConn: Abrosimova, Ralph
2000 Tennessee: Catchings, Randall
2002 UConn: Bird, Cash, Taurasi
2004 Minnesota: McCarville, Whalen
2008 UConn: Montgomery, Moore
2009 UConn: Charles, Montgomery, Moore
2010 Stanford: Appel, N. Ogwumike
2010 UConn: Charles, Moore
2012 Stanford: C. Ogwumike, N. Ogwumike
2012 Baylor: Griner, Sims
2013 Notre Dame: Diggins, McBride
2013 UConn: Dolson, Mosqueda-Lewis
2014 UConn: Dolson, Hartley, Stewart
2014 Notre Dame: Loyd, McBride
2015 UConn: Jefferson, Mosqueda-Lewis, Stewart
2016 UConn: Jefferson, Stewart, Tuck
2017 UConn: Collier, Samuelson, Williams
2017 Washington: Osahor, Plum
2018 UConn: Samuelson, Williams
2019 UConn: Collier, Samuelson
2020 Oregon: Hebard, Ionescu, Sabally
2024 UConn: Bueckers, Edwards
2025 Uconn: Bueckers, Strong
2025 USC: Iriafen, Watkins

If I missed anything, please feel free to provide corrections.

My count of teams with 3 selection in a single year: Tennessee 1, Oregon 1, UConn 6.
 
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mhshuskies said:
So Sara will probably be an AA the next two years, but who else from UCONN over the next few years? According to Rebecca, by the time the current freshman class are seniors, Blanca will be the best in the class. That is for the entire NCAA.
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The announcer for our finals game on Monday called Blanca "a future All-American."
 
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