ATLANTA (March 25, 2020) — The Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced today Rutgers women's basketball junior guard Arella Guirantes as a Region 4 finalist for 2020 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America honors. The selection committee will select the 10-member WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America team from these 52 candidates on April 2.
Guirantes joins Tyler Scaife (2018) as Region 4 finalists from Rutgers women's basketball. She is seeking to earn the program's first WBCA All-America distinction since Cappie Pondexter in 2006.
This postseason, Guirantes has garnered honorable mention All-America status from the Associate Press and the United States Basketball Writers Association along with a nod to the All-Big Ten First Team. She led the Big Ten in scoring at 20.6 points per game and ranked No. 9 in the nation in scoring. Guirantes became the first Scarlet Knight in Rutgers' rich history to average 20 points, six rebounds and three assists per game for a season. In addition to leading the conference in scoring, she ranked in the Top 14 in eight different statistical categories across the second-ranked conference in the nation. She added averages of 6.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks.
The WBCA All-America selection committee uses an equation to determine an equitable number of finalists from each region. The number of NCAA Division I institutions in each region is divided by the number of NCAA Division I institutions overall to determine a percentage for each region. This percentage is then multiplied by 52 (the total number of desired finalists) to get the number of finalists for each region.
Here are the region finalists:
REGION 1
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Name
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School
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Bella Alarie
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Princeton University
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Bre Cavanaugh
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Fordham University
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Elissa Cunane
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North Carolina State University
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Nicki Ekhomu
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Florida State University
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Dana Evans
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University of Louisville
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Kiah Gillespie
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Florida State University
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Haley Gorecki
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Duke University
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Stella Johnson
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Rider University
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Jazmine Jones
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University of Louisville
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Beatrice Mompremier
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University of Miami
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Jocelyn Willoughby
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University of Virginia
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REGION 2
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Name
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School
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Aliyah Boston
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University of South Carolina
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Jessika Carter
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Mississippi State University
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Chennedy Carter
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Texas A&M University
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Rennia Davis
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University of Tennessee
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Tyasha Harris
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University of South Carolina
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Rhyne Howard
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University of Kentucky
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Rickea Jackson
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Mississippi State University
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Erica Ogwumike
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Rice University
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Chelsey Perry
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University of Tennessee at Martin
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Alexis Tolefree
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University of Arkansas
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REGION 3
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Name
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School
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Brittany Brewer
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Texas Tech University
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Te'a Cooper
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Baylor University
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Lauren Cox
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Baylor University
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Crystal Dangerfield
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University of Connecticut
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Vivian Gray
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Oklahoma State University
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Keri Jewett-Giles
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Florida Gulf Coast University
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Ashley Joens
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Iowa State University
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Antoinette Miller
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University of Cincinnati
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Olivia Nelson-Ododa
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University of Connecticut
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NaLyssa Smith
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Baylor University
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Ilmar'l Thomas
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University of Cincinnati
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Megan Walker
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University of Connecticut
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Christyn Williams
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University of Connecticut
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REGION 4
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Name
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School
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Grace Berger
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Indiana University
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Kaila Charles
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University of Maryland
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Kathleen Doyle
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University of Iowa
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Arella Guirantes
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Rutgers University
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Naz HIllmon
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University of Michigan
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Becca Hittner
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Drake University
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Dorka Juhasz
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Ohio State University
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Ali Patberg
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Indiana University
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Lindsey Pulliam
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Northwestern University
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Chante Stonewall
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DePaul University
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REGION 5
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Name
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School
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Ruthy Hebard
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University of Oregon
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Sabrina Ionescu
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University of Oregon
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Aari McDonald
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University of Arizona
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Michaela Onyenwere
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University of California – Los Angeles
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Mikayla Pivec
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Oregon State University
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Satou Sabally
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University of Oregon
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Destiny Slocum
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Oregon State University
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Kiana Williams
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Stanford University
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About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
