South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston named unanimous preseason All-American by AP
The preseason accolades continue to roll in for South Carolina.
Aliyah Boston was named Tuesday to The Associated Press preseason All-American team. She was a unanimous selection.
Boston averaged 16.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2.4 blocks for the Gamecocks last season and helped them capture the national championship.
Ahead of this season, she was also named SEC preseason Player of the Year and a member of the SEC preseason first team.
Last week, Boston was placed on the Lisa Leslie Award Watch List, given to the nation’s best center. She’s won the award three times.
Boston won National Player of the Year last season for the first time and is a three-time member of the All-SEC First Team as well as the SEC All-Defensive Team.
AP WBB preseason All-America team
The Associated Press’ 2022-23 preseason All-America women’s basketball team, with school, height, year and votes from a 30-member national media panel (key 2021-22 statistics in parentheses):
- Aliyah Boston, South Carolina, 6-5, senior, 30 of 30 votes (16.8 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 2.4 bpg.)
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa, 6-0, junior, 30 of 30 votes (27.0 ppg, 8.0 apg, 8.0 rpg)
- Haley Jones, Stanford, 6-1, senior 28 of 30 votes (13.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 3.7 apg)
- Ashley Joens, Iowa State, 6-1, senior, 24 of 30 votes (20.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 2.0 apg)
- Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, 6-6, senior, 9 of 30 votes (18.1 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.4 bpg)
- Aneesah Morrow, DePaul, 6-1, sophomore, 9 of 30 votes (21.9 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 3.0 spg)
Others receiving votes: Cameron Brink, Stanford; Rori Harmon, Texas; Hailey Van Lith, Louisville; Olivia Miles, Notre Dame; Angel Reese, LSU; Maddy Siegrist, Villanova; Azzi Fudd, UConn; Jade Loville, Arizona State; Jordan Horston, Tennessee; Deja Kelly, North Carolina; Tamari Key, Tennessee.
This story was originally published October 25, 2022 at 12:00 PM.
