KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2023-24 NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America Teams. Jamie Pickens of Carroll (Mont.) was named the 2024 NAIA National Player of the Year and Bill Harmsen of Dordt (Iowa) was named the 2024 NAIA National Coach of the Year.
Jamie Pickens of Carroll (Mont.) was named the 2024 NAIA Women’s Basketball Player of the Year as she helped her team to its first NAIA Semifinal appearance. Pickens ranks first in the nation in field goals (250-487), free throws (159-197), defensive rebounds (297), total rebounds (396), rebounds per game (11.3), blocks (54), points (661), points per 40 minutes (23.3) and is second in the nation in offensive rebounds (99) and points per game (18.9). The center recorded 25 double-doubles on the season and posted 32 of 34 games in double-digit points, with 11 games in 20+ points and four games in 30+ points. The senior posted her highest career totals this season in minutes (1,115), field goals (246), free throws (155), free throw percentage (75.4%), total rebounds (391), offensive rebounds (99), defensive rebounds (292), average rebounds (11.5), assists (82), blocks (51), points (649) and points average (19.1).
Bill Harmsen of Dordt (Iowa) was named the 2024 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. Harmsen led DU to its first NAIA Women’s Basketball Red Banner in 2024, with only two losses on the season to South Dakota State and Northwestern (Iowa). This was Dordt’s fifth appearance in the national tournament in as many years and the second championship game appearance since Harmsen started his tenure during the 2018-19 school year. At the close of the 2024 season, the Defenders ranked No. 1 nationally in 12 categories (CLICK HERE for more of Dordt’s season stats).
Ella Collier of Marian (Ind.) is the only All-American this year who has been named to an All-America team four times. Callie Stevens of Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Grace Beyer of UHSP (Mo.) and Melissa Akullu of Vanguard (Calif.) are all three-time All-Americans.
All of the selections are made by the NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America Committee and are comprised of first, second and third teams.
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2024 NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America Teams (Alphabetical order by institution)
| FIRST TEAM | ||||
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Kaitlynn Wilks* | Campbellsville (Ky.) | F | Gr | Stanford, Ky. |
| Lauren Lee | Campbellsville (Ky.) | G | Jr | Dunnville, Ky. |
| Jamie Pickens* | Carroll (Mont.) | C | Sr | Helena, Mont. |
| Kassie Monday# | Cumberlands (Ky.) | G | Jr | Clarkrange, Tenn. |
| Savannah Walsdorf | Dakota State (S.D.) | F | Sr | Kiel, Wis. |
| Macy Sievers | Dordt (Iowa) | G | So | Storm Lake, Iowa |
| Lilli Frasure^ | Indiana Wesleyan | G | Jr | Winamac, Ind. |
| Ella Collier*@& | Marian (Ind.) | G | Sr | Danville, Ind. |
| Jordan Zrust* | Mayville State (N.D.) | G | Sr | Buffalo, Minn. |
| Ashlee Maldonado | Providence (Mont.) | G | Sr | Sunnyside, Wash. |
| Grace Beyer*% | UHSP (Mo.) | PG | Sr | Eagle, Wis. |
| Melissa Akullu*~ | Vanguard (Calif.) | C/F | Sr | Kampala, Uganda |
| SECOND TEAM | ||||
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Konnor Sudmann^ | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | G | Gr | Treynor, Iowa |
| Nicole McDermott | Clarke (Iowa) | G | Sr | Cascade, Iowa |
| Taysha Rushton | Concordia (Neb.) | G | Sr | Midland, Texas |
| Mak Hatcliff | Doane (Neb.) | G | Jr | Beatrice, Neb. |
| Erika Foy | Indiana Tech | F | Gr | Gas City, Ind. |
| Jessica Carrothers | IU Northwest (Ind.) | G | So | Highland, Ind. |
| Tarrah Stephens^ | John Brown (Ark.) | F | Gr | Wyandotte, Okla. |
| Callie Stevens^~ | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | G | Sr | Puyallup, Wash. |
| Abbey McNally | Marian (Ind.) | F | So | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Kiara Brown# | Menlo (Calif.) | G | Sr | Puyallup, Wash. |
| Jordan Sweeney | Montana Western | G | Sr | Oakley, Calif. |
| Alana Nelson | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | F/C | Sr | Springport, Mich. |
| THIRD TEAM | ||||
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Alyssa Alvarez | Arizona Christian | G | Sr | Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| Samantha Russell | Bryan (Tenn.) | F | Sr | Tellico Plains, Tenn. |
| Kayley Frank | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | G | Sr | Strafford, Mo. |
| DeLaney Horstman | Columbia (Mo.) | F | Jr | Mokane, Mo. |
| Karly Gustafson^ | Dordt (Iowa) | F | Gr | Ethan, S.D. |
| Maya Buckhanon^ | Fisk (Tenn.) | PF | Sr | Talladega, Ala. |
| Erin Toller | Georgetown (Ky.) | G | So | Louisville, Ky. |
| Ella Larsen | Grand View (Iowa) | G | Jr | Fonda, Iowa |
| Jordan Reid | Indiana Wesleyan | F | Sr | New Palestine, Ind. |
| Tenleigh Phelps | IU South Bend (Ind.) | G | Jr | Shelbyville, Ind. |
| Sandra Cannady# | Loyola (La.) | F | Fr | The Woodlands, Texas |
| Molly Schany | Northwestern (Iowa) | F | Sr | Emmetsburg, Iowa |
| Haley Cox | Ohio Christian | G | Sr | Columbus, Ohio |
| Olivia Sprague | Oregon Tech | G | Jr | Clatskanie, Ore. |
| Kayla Schroeder | Park Gilbert (Ariz.) | G | So | Neenah, Wis. |
| Tanea Sims | Saint Mary (Kan.) | F | Sr | Houston, Texas |
| Bekki Kalaydjiev | Southeastern (Fla.) | G | Gr | Vienna, Austria |
| Kami Walk | Southern Oregon | F | Sr | Eugene, Ore. |
| Kayla Williams | Texas A&M Texarkana | F | Jr | San Diego, Calif. |
| Megan Nestor | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | P | So | Canaries, St. Lucia |
Previous All-America Key
- * 2023 1st team
- ^ 2023 2nd team
- # 2023 3rd team
- % 2022 1st team
- @ 2022 2nd team
- ~ 2022 3rd team
- ` 2021 1st team
- & 2020 2nd team
