Green Street Who made my preseason AP All-American teams?
- Story byThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
- Green Street Who made my preseason AP All-American teams?
Oct. 16—My preseason Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball ballot wasn't the only thing that was due on Monday. I was also tasked with coming up with my preseason AP All-American first, second and third teams.
There were more than a few familiar names on my ballot. Nine of the 15 players that made it on my All-American teams happened to be returning players. But there was also some new blood on my teams.
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Look no further than Illinois forward . I wrote earlier this week in my column about my key takeaways from Tuesday's open practice for the Illini women's basketball team that I felt really good about naming Wallace as a preseason All-American.
And from what I saw — and what I've been hearing coming out of Ubben Basketball Complex this summer and early fall — this could be Wallace's best season in an Illinois uniform.
Ultimately, here's how my All-American teams shook out (I bolded the names of returning All-Americans).
JuJu Watkins, Guard, Southern Cal
Jazzy Davidson, Guard, Southern Cal
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Sayvia Sellers, Guard, Washington
Liv McGill, Guard, Oklahoma State
Berry Wallace, Forward, Illinois
Ava Heiden, Center, Iowa
The finalized AP preseason All-American teams from the full panel of AP voters will be released on Thursday, Oct. 22. That comes two days after the AP preseason Top 25 is revealed.
