Guirantes Named Region 4 Finalist for WBCA All-America
Mar 24 | Women's Basketball
Guirantes is now a two-time WBCA Regional All-American, the first repeat honoree since Cappie Pondexter earned four consecutive nods from 2003-06. Guirantes will now seek to become the program's first WBCA All-American since Pondexter's First Team distinction in 2006.
The Bellport, New York native played her final collegiate game in the NCAA Tournament, producing the fourth highest individual scoring total in the national tournament's first round with 30 points.
During her final season "On the Banks," Guirantes claimed an ESPN National Player of the Week honor, two Big Ten Player of the Week accolades and two Big Ten Honor Roll nods, while becoming just the third player in Rutgers history to record a triple-double in a game. She ranks 17th in the nation in scoring (21.6 points per game) with a quartet of 30-plus-point performances. Guirantes is the only player in the Big Ten to rank in the Top 5 in each of the points, assists, steals and blocks per game categories.
There have only been two individual seasons in Rutgers history when a player averaged at least 20 points, six rebounds, and three assists, and both belong to Guirantes. She again stuffed the stat sheet this season, averaging 6.0 rpg, 5.2 apg, 2.2 spg and 1.8 bpg in 2020-21. She leaves the college game with 1,696 career points, which is the ninth most of any player to wear the Scarlet Knight uniform.
Guirantes did consistent damage against some of the nation's top teams. She averaged 24.1 points per game in seven contests against teams ranked in the NET Top 50.
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
|
Player |
Institution |
|
Janelle Bailey |
University of North Carolina |
|
Lorela Cubaj |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
|
Elissa Cunane |
North Carolina State University |
|
Anna DeWolfe |
Fordham University |
|
Dana Evans |
University of Louisville |
|
Morgan Jones |
Florida State University |
|
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
|
Tiana Mangakahia |
Syracuse University |
|
Maddy Westbeld |
University of Notre Dame |
Region 2
|
Player |
Institution |
|
Shakira Austin |
University of Mississippi |
|
Aliyah Boston |
University of South Carolina |
|
Zia Cooke |
University of South Carolina |
|
Rennia Davis |
University of Tennessee |
|
Chelsea Dungee |
University of Arkansas |
|
Anastasia Hayes |
Middle Tennessee State University |
|
Rhyne Howard |
University of Kentucky |
|
Rickea Jackson |
Mississippi State University |
|
N'dea Jones |
Texas A&M University |
|
Micaela Kelly |
Central Michigan University |
|
Que Morrison |
University of Georgia |
|
Destiny Slocum |
University of Arkansas |
|
Jenna Staiti |
University of Georgia |
|
Unique Thompson |
Auburn University |
|
Jasmine Walker |
University of Alabama |
Region 3
|
Player |
Institution |
|
Kierstan Bell |
Florida Gulf Coast University |
|
Charli Collier |
University of Texas |
|
Kysre Gondrezick |
West Virginia University |
|
Vivian Gray |
Texas Tech University |
|
Ashley Joens |
Iowa State University |
|
Ayoka Lee |
Kansas State University |
|
Natasha Mack |
Oklahoma State University |
|
DiDi Richards |
Baylor University |
|
NaLyssa Smith |
Baylor University |
|
IImar'I Thomas |
University of Cincinnati |
Region 4
|
Player |
Institution |
|
Grace Berger |
Indiana University |
|
Paige Bueckers |
University of Connecticut |
|
Caitlin Clark |
University of Iowa |
|
Rutgers University |
|
|
Naz Hillmon |
University of Michigan |
|
Selena Lott |
Marquette University |
|
Diamond Miller |
University of Maryland |
|
Olivia Nelson-Ododa |
University of Connecticut |
|
Ashley Owusu |
University of Maryland |
|
Christyn Williams |
University of Connecticut |
Region 5
|
Player |
Institution |
|
Aleah Goodman |
Oregon State University |
|
Mya Hollingshed |
University of Colorado |
|
Charlisse Leger-Walker |
Washington State University |
|
Aari McDonald |
University of Arizona |
|
Michaela Onyenwere |
University of California, Los Angeles |
|
Charisma Osborne |
University of California, Los Angeles |
|
Myah Selland |
South Dakota State University |
|
Kiana Williams |
Stanford University |
