ATLANTA, GA - Florida Southern College women's basketball standouts Camille Giardina and Anja Fuchs-Robetin have been named as all-America selections by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), it was announced on Monday evening. Giardina earned all-America honors while Fuchs-Robetin was an honorable mention selection.
The WBCA selected 10 all-Americans and 30 honorable mention award winners.
Giardina, who was previously named as a D2CCA Honorable Mention all-American and the D2CCA South Region Player of the Year, also earned SSC Player of the Year honors and was the SSC Tournament MVP after guiding the Mocs to their 12th SSC Tournament and 14th SSC Regular-Season titles this season. She averaged 19.8 points per game, the top mark in the SSC, and shot 48.3 percent from the floor as a senior. Her 654 total points this year were the second-most in a single season in school history, and she ended her career with 1,939 points, fourth-most in program history.
Fuchs-Robetin was a D2CCA First Team all-South Region selection, a first-team all-SSC honoree, and a Google Cloud Third Team all-American. She averaged 18.4 points per game, third in the SSC, and also pulled down 7.0 rebounds per game while shooting a conference-leading 53.6 percent from the floor. Her 607 total points as a senior were the fourth-most in a season in school history, and she finished her career with 1,677 points, good for eighth all-time.
This is the second-straight year that the duo has earned WBCA all-America honors after grabbing Honorable Mention accolades last season.
2018-19 WBCA All-Americans
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School
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Seairra Barrett
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California University of Pennsylvania
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Marissa Brown
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West Liberty University
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Hailey Diestelkamp
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Drury University
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Camille Giardina
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Florida Southern College
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Lexy Hightower
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West Texas A&M University
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Jessica Kelliher
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Lewis University
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Alexy Mollenhauer
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Anderson University
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Hailey Tucker
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Southwestern Oklahoma State University
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Dana Watts
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American International College
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Mikayla Williams
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University of California - San Diego
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2018-19 WBCA Honorable Mention All-Americans
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Name
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School
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Michaela Barnes
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Edinboro University
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Daejah Bernard
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Drury University
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Ay'Anna Bey
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Benedict College
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Cassidy Boensch
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Grand Valley State University
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Toni Brewer
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University of West Florida
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Addy Clift
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Oklahoma Christian University
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Marquita Daniels
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Angelo State University
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Natalie Diaz
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Dominican University
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Jaylyn Duran
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Colorado Mesa University
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Raziyah Farrington
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University of Charleston
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Anja Fuchs-Robetin
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Florida Southern College
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Savanna Hanson
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Azusa Pacific University
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Jessica Harris
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Lander University
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Felecity Havens
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University of Mount Olive
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Jodi Johnson
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Ashland University
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Tyra Jones
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Emporia State University
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Tatyana Legette
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Fort Hays State University
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Ellie Logan
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Northwest Nazarene University
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Kylie Lorenzen
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Southern New Hampshire University
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Shareka McNeill
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Virginia Union University
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Halee Nieman
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University of West Florida
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Haris Price
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Carson-Newman University
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Hayden Priddy
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Southwestern Oklahoma State University
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Paige Redmond
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University of Central Missouri
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McKayla Roberts
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Le Moyne College
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Olivia Robertson
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Lubbock Christian University
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Alex Thomas
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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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Hannah Wandersee
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University of Alaska - Anchorage
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Kianna Wynn
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Barton College
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Irisa Ye
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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.