Women's Basketball | 04/16/24 | 12:00 PM

AUSTIN, Texas – College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced Tuesday the 2023-24 Academic All-America® women's basketball teams for NCAA Division I-II-III and NAIA. Jamie Pickens of Carroll College has been named a First Team NAIA Academic All-American.

Academic All-American is a title reserved for college student-athletes who perform at an elite level in their chosen sport and in the classroom. The all-time list of 40,000+ Academic All-Americans includes major sports stars and some of the world's most accomplished individuals in medicine, business, science and the arts. Established in 1952 and selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC), Academic All-America is the longest running and premier award for athletic and academic success across championship college sports at all NCAA levels, the NAIA, two-year colleges and Canadian institutions.

Jamie Pickens can now add yet another title to her impressive, and growing, list of accomplishments in her storied four-year Carroll career. The senior, who is majoring in Nursing, carries a 3.57 GPA, having to work around a rigorous academic schedule, as well as clinical rotations during a senior campaign in which she helped lead her team to unprecedented success.

Pickens was named both Frontier Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-American, as well as NAIA National Player of the Year in 2023-24.

She is the first Carroll Women's Basketball player to hold the distinction of First Team Academic All-American.

Nominating and voting for Academic All-America® is an exclusive right of College Sports Communicators members.

The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.93, with the entire NAIA team carrying a collective average GPA of 3.90.
 
The NAIA Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 NAIA Academic All-America® program.
 
For more information regarding the Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com/.

The full list of NAIA CSC Academic All-American selections are as follows:

FIRST TEAM

Name                                  School                                                                   Yr.         GPA            Major

Grace Beyer (1)(4)              University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy            Gr.         3.97/3.89   Pharmacy

Sandra Cannady                 Loyola University New Orleans                              Gr.         4.00/4.00   Business Administration (G)

Lilli Frasure                         Indiana Wesleyan University                                  Jr.          3.97           Elementary Education

Ashlee Maldonado              University of Providence                                        Jr.          4.00/4.00   Organizational Leadership

Jamie Pickens                    Carroll College                                                       Gr.         3.57           Nursing & Health Sciences

SECOND TEAM

Name                                     School                                                                   Yr.         GPA            Major

Jessica Carrothers              Indiana University Northwest                                    So.        3.67            Criminal Justice

Mak Hatcliff                          Doane University                                                      Jr.          3.82            Pre-Medicine

Bekki Kalaydjiev                  Southeastern University                                           Gr.         3.90/4.00    Kinesiology (G)

Olivia Sprague (2)                Oregon Tech                                                            Jr.          4.00            Dental Hygiene

Callie Stevens                      Lewis-Clark State College                                       Sr.         3.69            Business Informatics

Jordan Sweeney                  Montana Western                                                    Sr.         4.00            Education Studies

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:

Grace Beyer, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy

(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(4) = 1st team Academic All-America® in 2021-22

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