An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), ESPN, The Sporting News (TSN), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The AP, TSN and USBWA choose three teams, while ESPN has two teams and the WBCA has one list of 10 honorees.
A consensus All-America team in women's basketball has never been organized. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by AP, USBWA, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and Sporting News to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus All-America men's basketball team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.
Before the 2017–18 season, it was impossible for a consensus women's All-America team to be determined because the AP had been the only body that divided its women's selections into separate teams. The USBWA first named separate teams in 2017–18. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), continues the USBWA's former practice of selecting a single 10-member (plus ties) team. Before the 2023–24 season, Sporting News did not select an All-America team in women's basketball.
By selector Associated Press (AP) Announced on March 18, 2026. The three teams are selected by the same 28-member media panel that vote the AP poll during the season.
First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Sarah Strong* UConn Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame Olivia Olson Michigan Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt Joyce Edwards South Carolina Kiki Rice UCLA Lauren Betts UCLA Olivia Miles TCU Flau'jae Johnson LSU Madison Booker Texas Audi Crooks Iowa State Toby Fournier Duke Azzi Fudd UConn Jaloni Cambridge Ohio State Raven Johnson South Carolina * Unanimous selection
AP Honorable Mention Honorable mention selections are those who did not make one of the first three teams, but received at least one vote from the media panel.
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma Zanai Barnett-Gay, Navy Jazzy Davidson, USC Maggie Doogan, Richmond MiLaysia Fulwiley, LSU Rori Harmon, Texas
Ava Heiden, Iowa Gianna Kneepkens, UCLA Avery Koenen, North Dakota State Ta'Niya Latson, South Carolina Liv McGill, Florida Cotie McMahon, Ole Miss
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State Oluchi Okananwa, Maryland Khamil Pierre, NC State Marta Suarez, TCU Clara Strack, Kentucky Riley Weiss, Columbia Mikaylah Williams, LSU
United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) On March 17, 2026, the USBWA announced its 16-member selection, divided into first, second, and third teams.
First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Lauren Betts UCLA Madison Booker Texas Raegan Beers Oklahoma Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt Jaloni Cambridge Ohio State Toby Fournier Duke Azzi Fudd UConn Audi Crooks Iowa State Rori Harmon Texas Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame Joyce Edwards South Carolina Flau'jae Johnson LSU Sarah Strong UConn Olivia Miles TCU Olivia Olson Michigan Kiki Rice UCLA
USBWA Honorable Mention
Shay Ciezki, Indiana Jazzy Davidson, USC Maggie Doogan, Richmond Ava Heiden, Iowa Raven Johnson, South Carolina Liv McGill, Florida
Cotie McManon, Ole Miss Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State Clara Strack, Kentucky
The Sporting News (TSN) On March 16, 2026, The Sporting News announced its 15-member selection, divided into first, second and third teams.
First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Sarah Strong UConn Joyce Edwards South Carolina Toby Fournier Duke Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt Cotie McMahon Ole Miss Flau'jae Johnson LSU Madison Booker Texas Olivia Miles TCU Jaloni Cambridge Ohio State Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame Azzi Fudd UConn Olivia Olson Michigan Lauren Betts UCLA Audi Crooks Iowa State Raegan Beers Oklahoma
ESPN On March 11, 2026, ESPN.com was the first to announce its 10-member selection, divided into first and second teams.
First team Second teamPlayer SchoolPlayer School Sarah Strong UConn Madison Booker Texas Lauren Betts UCLA Joyce Edwards South Carolina Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt Olivia Miles TCU Azzi Fudd UConn Jaloni Cambridge Ohio State Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame Olivia Olson Michigan
Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) The Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced a single 10-member team on April 2, 2026.
Player School Lauren Betts UCLA Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt Madison Booker Texas Jaloni Cambridge Ohio State Joyce Edwards South Carolina Azzi Fudd UConn Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame Raven Johnson South Carolina Olivia Miles TCU Sarah Strong UConn
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