NEW YORK — Kelsey Plum left quite the mark at Washington.
Now the senior guard, who became the NCAA's all-time career leading scorer this season, is the first from the school to earn Associated Press All-America honors.


"It's really such a blessing to be recognized, just a blessing," Wilson said. "Every time we're on the court, I feel like I'm doing the same things I've been doing, trying to be efficient and going out there to help my team get a win."
Samuelson and Collier's play this season has impressed their coach as the two sophomores really developed this year and were key reasons the Huskies are still unbeaten. Samuelson averaged 21 points a game, just a tad more than Collier's 20.2.
"It's not like, freshman year they did this, sophomore year they did this, junior year they were second team and now as seniors they finally broke through," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "This is their second year playing college basketball and so for them to do what they have done and to do it in this spotlight, under this kind of pressure against the teams that we've played is absolutely unbelievable."
This marked the fourth consecutive year that UConn had at least one All-American. Huskies junior Gabby Williams earned second team honors.
"They are tough individuals and they are only going to get better," Auriemma said. "When I see our young players play, I close my eyes and I like to think, 'Man, this is the worst they are going to be. They are only going to get better. You cross your fingers when you say that."


While the two UConn players have two more years, Jones played her final one at Maryland and made it special.
She averaged 19.8 points and 10.8 rebounds, shooting nearly 70 percent from the field.
"It definitely means a lot to me, just to see all the hard work I've put in over the years, seeing how it's played out in my senior season," said Jones. "I'm really excited to have this honor and share it with my teammates. This is something I strived for. I worked hard. Coming into the season I was talking to coach, telling her everything I wanted to accomplish, and this is definitely one of the things I wanted to push myself to do."
Joining Williams on the second team were Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell, Notre Dame's Brianna Turner, Washington's Chantel Osahor and Syracuse's Alexis Peterson.
The third team includes Oregon State's Sydney Wiese, Notre Dame's Lindsay Allen, Maryland's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Duke's Lexie Brown and Mississippi State's Victoria Vivians.
Plum and Wilson were on the preseason team, along with Mitchell, Turner and Nina Davis of Baylor.
Here is the full All-America team breakdown: 
Statistics are through March 12.
First Team
Kelsey Plum, Washington, 5-8, senior, Poway, Calif., 31.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 4.7 apg, 53.3 fg pct, 42.9 3-pt fg pct, 88.8 ft pct, 37.1 minutes (33 first-place votes, 165 points)
A'ja Wilson, South Carolina, 6-5, junior, Hopkins, S.C., 17.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 58.7 fg pct, 2.6 blocks (27, 153)
Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn, 6-3, sophomore, Huntington Beach, Calif., 21.0 ppg, 43.7 3-pt fg pct, 84.5 ft pct, 1.4 steals (23, 138)
Napheesa Collier, UConn, 6-1, sophomore, O'Fallon, Mo., 20.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 68.9 fg pct, 83.8 ft pct, 2.0 blocks (21, 132)
Brionna Jones, Maryland, 6-3, senior, Havre de Grace, Md., 19.8 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 69.8 fg pct (17, 126)
Second Team
Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State, 5-8, junior, Cincinnati, 23.0 ppg, 4.0 apg, 44.2 fg pct, 82.4 ft pct (13, 107)
Brianna Turner, Notre Dame, 6-3, junior, Pearland, Texas, 15.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 62.4 fg pct, 2.5 blocks (8, 96)
Gabby Williams UConn, 5-11, junior, Sparks, Nev., 13.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 5.3 apg, 57.3 fg pct, 2.7 steals (8, 87)
Chantel Osahor, Washington, 6-2, senior, Phoenix, 15.7 ppg, 15.3 rpg, 4.2 apg (4, 59)
Alexis Peterson, Syracuse, 5-7, senior, Columbus, Ohio, 23.3 ppg, 7.1 apg, 3.0 steals, 35.6 minutes (3, 58)<
Third Team
Sydney Wiese, Oregon State, 6-1, senior, Phoenix, 15.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 4.6 apg, 45.9 3-pt fg pct, 85.3 ft pct (1, 56)
Lindsay Allen, Notre Dame, 5-8, senior, Mitchellville, Md., 9.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 7.6 apg, 50.0 fg pct (4, 54)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland, 5-11, junior, Aliquippa, Pa., 18.6 ppg, 3.7 apg, 53.1 fg pct, 44.7 3-pt fg pct, 81.1 ft pct (0, 52)
Lexie Brown, Duke, 5-9, junior, Suwanee, Ga., 18.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.6 apg, 92.2 ft pct, 2.8 steals (0, 40)
Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State, 6-1, junior, Carthage, Miss., 16.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg (1, 34)
Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)
Evelyn Akhator, Kentucky; Kristine Anigwe, California; Kalani Brown (1), Baylor; Jordin Canada, UCLA; Alaina Coates, South Carolina; Asia Durr, Louisville; Nia Coffey, Northwestern; Sophie Cunningham, Missouri; Makayla Epps (1), Kentucky; Tori Jankoska, Michigan State; Alexis Jones, Baylor; Tynice Martin, West Virginia; Erica McCall, Stanford; Brooke McCarty, Texas; Kia Nurse, UConn; Leticia Romero, Florida State; Mercedes Russell, Tennessee; Karlie Samuelson, Stanford; Brooke Schulte, DePaul; Jennie Simms, Old Dominion; Shakayla Thomas, Florida State; Lizzy Wendell, Drake; Morgan William, Mississippi State.  
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