PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers women's basketball forward Destiny Adams has been named to the All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association First Team, following her historic season "On The Banks."
This marks the second All-MET award for Adams, as she was also named to the Third Team in 2024. Adams is the first Scarlet Knight to earn an All-MET First Team honor since Diamond Johnson and Arella Guirantes did it in 2021.
Adams was dominant on both ends of the floor for RU this season. She led her team and ranked sixth in the Big Ten with 17.9 points per game. She ended the season ranked fourth in the conference averaging 9.6 rebounds and is tied for first with 2.4 steals. The 6-foot-3 guard/forward reached double-digit points in 26 games, including seven outings with 20+ and three with 30+ points. She also finished the regular season with 15 double-doubles, the third most in the Big Ten.
Adams kicked off the 2024-25 season with a historic performance over NJIT (Nov. 10), recording a career best double-double of 36 points and 22 rebounds. She became the first player in program history with over 30 points and more than 20 rebounds in a regular season game in over 12 seasons. Her 36 points set the new Jersey Mike's Arena record and tied for 8th most points in a single game in program history.
In addition, Adams had 30 points and 15 boards in the game prior versus Cornell (Nov. 7), to make her the first Scarlet Knight since Sue Wicks (1988) to net back-to-back 30+ point games.
Adams earned the first Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 11) honor of her career in addition to being selected as one of the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week and an AP Player of the Week Honorable Mention for her performance.
Adams was also named to the USBWA 2024-25 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List in the beginning of February.
In the final game of the regular season, Adams recorded 19 points, 14 rebounds and a career best seven assists. She became the first Scarlet Knight (man or woman) in 15 seasons to reach those marks as well as the only women's player in the Big Ten this season.
Adams ended the season on a high, helping the Scarlet Knights in their deepest run in the WNIT since 2015-16, advancing to the Great 8. In the WNIT Super 16, Adams recorded the seventh triple-double in program history and the first since 2020 with 18 points, 15 rebounds and a career best 10 assists.
The Manchester, New Jersey product became the 38th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone with her performance against Minnesota (Jan. 8). She finished her career with 1,312 total points to rank top 25 on the all-time scoring list.
At the end of the season, the Manchester, New Jersey native was selected as an All-Big Ten Second Team (coaches & media) honoree as well as to the All-ECAC Second Team.
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