Louisiana State University’s women’s basketball player Angel Reese was named to the Associated Press All-America First Team. Reese is also on the All-SEC First Team and All-Defensive Team.
She transferred to LSU from Maryland as the nation’s No. 1 impact transfer and led the SEC with 23.4 points per game and 15.5 rebounds per game. Reese is also a finalist for the Katrina McClain Award as one of the nation’s top five players and a semifinalist for the Naismith Player of the Year Award.
Her double-double records are impressive as well. In the first 23 games of the season, she recorded a double-double in each game which is the longest streak in LSU history and the longest streak by an SEC player ever to begin a season.
Reese has 27 double-doubles through 28 games, tied with Sylvia Fowles, for the most ever in a season by an LSU player. She received seven SEC Player of the Week honors throughout the season.
As per LSU’s press release, “Reese is the only NBA, WNBA or Division I men’s or women’s player in the last 20 years to have at least 30+ points, 15+ rebounds, 4+ assists, 4+ steals and shoot over 80-percent in the same game.”
LSU finished the regular season ranked 9th amongst Division 1 NCAA women’s basketball teams with a 28-2 record. They will play their first game in the 2023 March Madness women’s NCAA tournament against Hawaii at 5:30 pm ET on ESPN2 on Mar. 17, in the first round of the tournament.