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Aliyah Boston of South Carolina Leads 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Team
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Aliyah Boston
AUSTIN, Texas – South Carolina sophomore guard
Aliyah Boston headline the 2020-21 Academic All-America® Division I men’s and women’s basketball teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Friday.
Boston earned the distinction of 2020-21 Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I women’s basketball.
Boston, a sophomore from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, becomes the first sophomore to be named the Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I women’s basketball (previously called the university division). The mass communications major holds a 3.81 GPA as she guided the Gamecocks to the NCAA Final Four. As a center, Boston averaged a double-double for the season with 13.7 points and 11.5 rebounds, to go along with 2.6 blocks. She is a two-time Lisa Leslie Award winner as the best center in the country, a two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Year, and this past season was a unanimous First Team All-American. Boston led Division I with 357 total rebounds, while ranking fifth with 17 double-doubles. She was one of 13 players to record a triple-double during the 2020-21 season.
Seven of the 15 members of the Academic All-America® Division I women’s basketball teams sport a perfect 4.0 GPA in either undergrad or graduate school.
Lainey Gosnell (Appalachian State) is the lone selection to earn a perfect GPA in both her undergrad and graduate courses. The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.81, with the complete15-member women’s team averaging a 3.84 GPA.
The lone repeat performer on the Academic All-America® Division I Women’s Basketball teams from last year is
Vivian Gray (Texas Tech University), who garnered third team honors a season ago.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division I
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Aliyah Boston |
University of South Carolina |
So. |
3.81 |
Mass Communications |
| Kailey Coffey |
Northern Kentucky University |
Sr. |
4 |
Chemistry / Biochemistry |
| Vivian Gray (3) |
Texas Tech University |
Gr. |
3.58/4.00 |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Lexie Hull |
Stanford University |
Jr. |
3.92 |
Management Science & Engineering |
| Sam Thomas |
University of Arizona |
Gr. |
3.97/4.00 |
Psychology (UG) / Educational Leadership (G) |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Dana Evans |
University of Louisville |
Sr. |
3.49 |
Sport Administration |
| Ayoka Lee |
Kansas State University |
Jr. |
3.88 |
Psychology |
| Ali Patberg |
Indiana University |
Gr. |
3.71/4.00 |
Finance (UG) / Recreational Administration (G) |
| Myah Selland |
South Dakota State University |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Exercise Science / Community & Public Health |
| Kiana Williams |
Stanford University |
Sr. |
3.38 |
Science, Technology & Society |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Laura Bagwell Katalinich |
University of Minnesota |
Gr. |
3.93/4.00 |
Communications (UG) / Sport Management (G) |
| Conley Chinn |
Belmont University |
Sr. |
4 |
Psychology |
| Elissa Cunane |
North Carolina State University |
Jr. |
3.34 |
Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology |
| Lainey Gosnell |
Appalachian State |
Gr. |
4/4.00 |
Psychology |
| Dariauna Lewis |
Alabama A&M University |
Jr. |
3.77 |
Biology |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Aliyah Boston, University of South Carolina
(3) – 2019-20 3rd team Academic All-America®
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Brian Alden, University of Louisville | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
brian.alden@louisville.edu | (502) 852-3088