Beers Collects All-America Honors

NORMAN – Oklahoma center Raegan Beers solidified her place among the nation's top players, earning Associated Press and United States Basketball Writers Association All-America honors for the second consecutive year, the organizations announced Wednesday.

The 6-foot-4 junior has been a key contributor for the No. 11 Sooners, leading the team in scoring (17.5 ppg), rebounding (8.9 rpg) and blocks (1.1 bpg) while ranking fourth nationally in field goal percentage (66.0%). She was selected as an honorable mention by both groups, and received the most votes among players that earned an honorable mention nod from the AP.

A first-team All-SEC selection and finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award, Beers has recorded 12 double-doubles this season, the most by a Sooner since Joanna McFarland had 14 in 2012-13. She became the first SEC player in more than 25 years to average at least 17.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and shoot 65% from the field while playing fewer than 23.0 minutes per game in the regular season.

Beers leads the SEC in player efficiency rating (36.7, 7^th NCAA) and is the only player in the country averaging 31.0 points and 16.0 rebounds per 40 minutes. She has delivered in high-profile matchups, averaging 17.6 points on 65% shooting, 9.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 blocks per game in 13 contests against teams ranked or receiving votes in the AP Top 25.

She posted 12 games with 20+ points, and two where she scored 30. She was named USBWA National Player of the Week after posting 30 points in back-to-back games against Vanderbilt and Arkansas as she shot 85.2% from the field in those games, becoming the first Sooner since Courtney Paris to post consecutive 30-point games. She reached double-figure scoring in 26 of her 30 games played this season and grabbed seven or more rebounds 25 times.

After not producting an All-America honoree from 2014-21, Oklahoma has produced at least one honoree in each of head coach Jennie Baranczyk's first four seasons. Beers joins Skylar Vann, Madi Williams and Taylor Robertson as AP All-America honorees under the fourth-year head coach.

A third-team AP All-American last season, Beers is now a two-time All-America honoree. She leads No. 3 seed Oklahoma (25-7) into the NCAA Tournament, where the Sooners will host No. 14 seed FGCU at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU.

Full USBWA All-America Teams

First Team
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
JuJu Watkins, USC

Second Team
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, Texas
Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame

Third Team
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Sarah Strong, UConn
Hailey Van Lith, TCU

Honorable Mentions
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Katie Dinnebier, Drake
Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
Izzy Higginbottom, Arkansas
Aziaha James, NC State
Chloe Kitts, South Carolina
Sedona Prince, TCU

Full AP All-America Teams

First Team
JuJu Watkins, USC
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Madison Booker, Texas

Second Team
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State
Olivia MIles, Notre Dame
Sarah Strong, UConn
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky

Third Team
Hailey Van Lith, TXU
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Audi Crooks, Iowa State

Honorable Mentions (alphabetical)
Raegan Beers; Oklahoma, Sonia Citron, Notre Dame; Katie Dinnebier, Drake; Joyce Edwards, South Carolina; Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga; MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina; Rori Harmon, Texas; Izzy Higginbottom, Arkansas; Aziaha James, N.C. State; Lauren Jensen, Creighton; Taylor Jones, Texas; Chloe Kitts, South Carolina; Ayoka Lee, Kansas State; Cotie McMahon, Ohio State; Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina; Sedona Prince, TCU; JJ Quinerly, West Virginia; Kiki Rice, UCLA; Shyanne Sellers, Maryland; Serena Sundell, Kansas State; Makayla Timpson, Florida State; Harmoni Turner, Harvard; Mikayla Williams, LSU.

Players Mentioned

Raegan Beers

Skylar Vann

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