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Associated Press
Aliyah Boston of South Carolina and Caitlin Clark of Iowa were unanimous picks for The Associated Press preseason women's hoops All-America squad released Tuesday.
Boston led South Carolina to its 2nd nationalist title and swept astir each large grant past season. Expectations are precocious erstwhile again for the top-ranked Gamecocks and Boston, who was connected each 30 ballots from the nationalist media sheet that selects the AP Top 25 each week.
"I don't deliberation each the awards specify who she is but besides puts her successful a presumption of she's successful a much relaxed mode due to the fact that she accomplished those things. She's inactive successful a spot of hunger," South Carolina manager Dawn Staley said. "She inactive wants to beryllium the best. When you've proven that astatine specified an aboriginal signifier of your career, you privation much and more. She's entered a signifier of wanting much yet is assured successful who she is, since she was capable to execute it."
Seniors Haley Jones of Stanford, Ashley Joens of Iowa State and Elizabeth Kitley of Virginia Tech were besides selected for the team, arsenic was sophomore Aneesah Morrow of DePaul.
Boston, who averaged 16.8 points and 12.4 rebounds, and Clark were some connected the preseason squad past year. Clark followed up a fantastic archetypal play with an adjacent amended 1 arsenic a sophomore, averaging 27 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists for the Hawkeyes, who are ranked 4th successful the preseason canvass for their champion people since 1994.
"She worked connected a small spot much affectional power successful her leadership. I deliberation that's truly important," Iowa manager Lisa Bluder said. "You privation those officials to beryllium your champion friends let's dainty them similar that."
Bluder besides said Clark has added immoderate station moves to her game: "That whitethorn dependable silly with Monika [Czinano] connected the block. She's astir 5-foot-10 and nary crushed she can't station up. She's looking for that a batch more."
Joens opted to enactment astatine Iowa State for different year, passing up a accidental to participate the WNBA draft. She averaged 20.3 points and 9.5 rebounds past play and is the archetypal preseason All-American successful schoolhouse history.
"This is simply a large grant for Ashley and the full Iowa State program," manager Bill Fennelly said. "To beryllium recognized with specified a large radical of players is an outstanding accomplishment. I cognize she volition proceed to enactment hard to play astatine an All-American level this season."
Jones helped Stanford spell 32-4 earlier falling to UConn successful the Final Four. She averaged 13.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists for the Cardinal. Last season, manager Tara VanDerveer called her prima the "Magic Johnson of women's basketball."
Kitley had a stellar year, averaging 18.1 points and 9.8 rebounds for the Hokies. Her instrumentality is simply a large crushed wherefore the squad is ranked No. 13 successful the preseason, its champion people since the last canvass of 1999 erstwhile the schoolhouse was besides 13th.
She is the archetypal subordinate from the schoolhouse to beryllium honored arsenic a preseason All-American.
"She's the hardest moving kid I've been around," Virginia Tech manager Kenny Brooks said. 'If she doesn't bash something, she has FOMO [fear of missing out]. She's added truthful overmuch to her crippled to marque america the champion we tin be. My work is to hole her for the adjacent level."
Morrow had an unthinkable archetypal season, averaging 21.9 points and 13.5 rebounds for the Blue Demons. She is the archetypal DePaul subordinate to gain preseason honors since Latasha Byears did it successful 1995.
"She earns it done her regular enactment ethic and competitiveness," DePaul manager Doug Bruno said of Morrow.
All six players were honored past outpouring connected the AP All-America teams. Boston, Clark and Jones were connected the archetypal squad portion Joens and Morrow were connected the second. Kitley made the 3rd team.
The AP started choosing a preseason All-America squad earlier the 1994-95 season.
VOTING:
The Associated Press' 2022-23 preseason All-America women's hoops team, with school, height, twelvemonth and votes from a 30-member nationalist media sheet (key 2021-22 statistic successful parentheses):
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina, 6-5, senior, 30 of 30 votes (16.8 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 2.4 bpg.)
Caitlin Clark, Iowa, 6-0, junior, 30 of 30 votes (27.0 ppg, 8.0 apg, 8.0 rpg)
Haley Jones, Stanford, 6-1, elder 28 of 30 votes (13.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 3.7 apg)
Ashley Joens, Iowa State, 6-1, senior, 24 of 30 votes (20.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 2.0 apg)
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, 6-6, senior, 9 of 30 votes (18.1 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.4 bpg)
Aneesah Morrow, DePaul, 6-1, sophomore, 9 of 30 votes (21.9 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 3.0 spg)
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Cameron Brink, Stanford; Rori Harmon, Texas; Hailey Van Lith, Louisville; Olivia Miles, Notre Dame; Angel Reese, LSU; Maddy Siegrist, Villanova; Azzi Fudd, UConn; Jade Loville, Arizona State; Jordan Horston, Tennessee; Deja Kelly, North Carolina; Tamari Key, Tennessee.
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