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Albrecht, Crane Named 2025-26 NAIA All-Americans

04/01/26 | 10:53 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced its 2025-26 Men's and Women's Basketball All-American Teams. Both the Carroll Men and Women had a representative on the lists, as Isaiah Crane was named Second Team All-American and Willa Albrecht was named Third Team All-American.

A three-year standout and one of the most prolific scorers to ever grace the PE Center hardwood, Willa Albrecht (Billings, Mont. / R-SR) earned Third Team All-American honors following an impressive campaign in which she led the Saints in several categories.

The redshirt-senior led the team with 30.4 minutes per game across 30 starts, shooting 40.3 percent from the floor (161-400). Albrecht led the team, and finished No. 4 in the Frontier Conference in scoring, averaging a career-high 15.8 points per game, while also doling out 50 assists. The two-way standout also led the Saints in several defensive categories, recording a career-high 31 blocks and 127 defensive rebounds, as well as 63 steals - the fifth-best mark in the Frontier Conference. Her 158 total rebounds and 5.3 rebounds per game were both team-highs.

In January, Albrecht cemented herself in the Carroll WBB annals with a historic performance against Valley City State. Albrecht scored 35 points to help spur a comeback win, the second-highest scoring game in program history. That same month she joined the Carroll WBB 1,000-point club, becoming the 25th Fighting Saint to score 1,000 points or more.

Albrecht ended her storied career at No. 2 all-time in free throw percentage. Over her three seasons, Albrecht went 279-326 at the free throw line for an average of 85.5 percent. She totaled 1,263 career points, the 15th-most in program history, and is No. 6 all-time in career points per game (13.3 ppg).

In the 52-year history of the program, Albrecht is the only Saint to record 1,200 or more points in less than 100 career games.

In addition to the NAIA Third Team All-American honors, Albrecht was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Isaiah Crane (Portland, Ore. / R-SO) earned his first career All-American honor, being named a Second Team All-American after one of the best scoring seasons in program history.

For the second-straight season, Crane led the Frontier Conference in scoring throughout league play, averaging a career-best 20.0 ppg. He shot a career-best 54.3 percent from the floor (214-394), and finished the year No. 20 in the NAIA in total scoring with 589 points. Crane was highly-impressive from range, shooting a career-high 50 percent from beyond the arc (48-96), while leading the team with a career-high 89 assists. The redshirt-sophomore also ranked No. 2 on the team with 136 total rebounds and 4.5 rebounds per game.

Following a Frontier Conference Freshman of the Year honor last season, Crane made it back-to-back years with a postseason award, being named the 2025-26 Frontier Conference Player of the Year.

Crane became the 17th player in program history to be named Frontier Conference player of the year, and the first underclassmen since Andy Garland in 2009-10 to win the award.

The All-American had one of the most memorable nights in program history in January, matching a 55-year-old program record for single game individual points at Providence. Crane tied the school record with a 48-point performance, a game in which he went 18-20 from the floor.

He became the 40th member of the Carroll Men's Basketball 1,000-point club in early February, and finished the season at No. 27 on the program's all-time points list (1,158 points).

In addition to the Second Team NAIA All-American honor, Crane was recognized as a National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-Region selection for his performance this season.
 
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