KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Montana Western’s Sammi Bignell and Carroll College’s Torrie Cahill received mention today as the NAIA released the Division I Women’s Basketball All-American team.
Bignell received an honorable mention, while Cahill was named to the third team.
Bignell, a 5-foot-10 junior from Helena, averaged a team-leading 16.1 points per game to lead the Bulldogs. The former Helena Capital star also grabbed a team-best 6.3 rounds.
Cahill, a 5-foo-11 senior from Miles City, averaged a team-leading 15.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
Frontier champion Westminster College saw two players receive honor. Senior Nicole Yazzie was named first-team All-American. She was third-team last year.
Classmate Cydney Tibbitts earned a spot on the third team.
| First Team | ||||
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Class | Hometown |
| Brittney Carter | Faulkner (Ala.) | F | So. | Montgomery, Ala. |
| Natalie Shumpert* | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | G | Sr. | Paducah, Ky. |
| Hollie German^ | Lee (Tenn.) | G | Jr. | Benton, Tenn. |
| Ashley Rainey* | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | F | Sr. | Bowling Green, Ky. |
| Nicole Hampton | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | G | So. | Canyon, Texas |
| Lauren Gober% | Oklahoma City | F | Sr. | Newcastle, Okla. |
| Katie Hall | Oklahoma City | C | Sr. | Hazelton, Idaho |
| Nicole Ballestero | Vanguard (Calif.) | G | Jr. | Orange, Calif. |
| Nicole Yazzie% | Westminster (Utah) | G | Sr. | West Valley City, Utah |
| Tugce Canitez* | Westmont (Calif.) | F | Sr. | Izmir, Turkey |
| Second Team | ||||
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Class | Hometown |
| Heather English% | Columbia (Mo.) | G | Jr. | Boonville, Mo. |
| Jessica Pace | Cumberland (Tenn.) | F | Sr. | Nashville, Tenn. |
| Kourtney Tyra | Georgetown (Ky.) | G | Jr. | McKee, Ky. |
| Kelsey Balcom | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | G | Jr. | Olathe, Kan. |
| Ashlie Billingslea | Southern Poly (La.) | G | Sr. | Stone Mountain, Ga. |
| April Perry | Southern-NO (La.) | G | Sr. | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Janae Howard | St. Catharine (Ky.) | F | Sr. | Owensboro, Ky. |
| Jacquelyn Marshall | The Master’s (Calif.) | F | Jr. | San Clemente, Calif. |
| Esther Timmermans | Vanguard (Calif.) | F | Sr. | Melbourne, Australia |
| Priscila Santos | William Woods (Mo.) | G | Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Third Team | ||||
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Class | Hometown |
| Adijat Adams | Biola (Calif.) | C | Jr. | Inglewood, Calif. |
| Courtney Clifton | Campbellsville (Ky.) | G | Sr. | Lexington, Ky. |
| Torrie Cahill | Carroll (Mont.) | G | Sr. | Miles City, Mont. |
| Ashley Tate | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | G | Sr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Schera Sampson | Shawnee State (Ohio) | C | Sr. | Austin, Texas |
| Sarah Ogoke | Southern Poly (Ala.) | G | Jr. | Sugarland, Texas |
| Reilly Poirier | St. Catharine (Ky.) | F | Sr. | Dennis, Mass. |
| Leticia Silva | St. Gregory’s | G | Sr. | Whitesboro, Texas |
| Cydney Tibbitts | Westminster (Utah) | F | Sr. | Pasco, Wash. |
| Aliesha Carruthers | Wiley (Texas) | F | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| Honorable Mention | ||||
| Name | Institution | |||
| LaKenya Drayton | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | |||
| Alisha Fanshier | Baker (Kan.) | |||
| Justice Payne | Benedictine (Kan.) | |||
| Jasmine Taylor | Bethel (Tenn.) | |||
| Anna Brooke Page | Blue Mountain (Ky.) | |||
| Gabby Harvey | Brenau (Ga.) | |||
| Mackenzie Lee | Campbellsville (Ky.) | |||
| Ralyn Nuss | Central Methodist (Mo.) | |||
| Crystal Chaney | Coastal Georgia | |||
| Lily Abreu | Columbia (Mo.) | |||
| Dace Bicane | Cumberlands (Ky.) | |||
| Jazzmin Smith | Dillard (La.) | |||
| Kaylyn Young | Emmanuel (Ga.) | |||
| Sierra McSpadden | Evangel (Mo.) | |||
| Christina Hayes | Faulkner (Ala.) | |||
| Maria Bagwell | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | |||
| Ashley Hurd-Spencer | Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) | |||
| Andrina Rendon | Hope International (Calif.) | |||
| Jenna Adams | Lee (Tenn.) | |||
| Annie Kane | Lewis Clark (Idaho) | |||
| Jenna Diakos | LSU Shreveport (La.) | |||
| Sharde Henry | LSU Shreveport (La.) | |||
| Kelsey Canavan | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | |||
| Phagen Altom | Lyon (Ark.) | |||
| Jessy Christopher | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | |||
| Kourtni Williams | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | |||
| Stephanie Malone | Mid-Continent (Ky.) | |||
| Sammi Bignell | Montana Western | |||
| Zbeyda Aremi | Oklahoma Baptist | |||
| Desiree Jeffries | Oklahoma City | |||
| Nashae Owens | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | |||
| Nikkia Davis | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | |||
| Courtney Ward | Peru State (Neb.) | |||
| Uniqua Hampton | Robert Morris (Ill.) | |||
| Logan Froese | Roger’s State (Okla.) | |||
| Sierra Cornwell | Roger’s State (Okla.) | |||
| Brittany Daniel | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | |||
| Sabrina Scott | Southern New Orleans (La.) | |||
| Amber Arceneaux-Francis | St. Thomas (Texas) | |||
| Lena Rivera | The Master’s (Calif.) | |||
| Chasity Kearney | Tougaloo (Miss.) | |||
| Portia Craft | Tougaloo (Miss.) | |||
| Chelsea Cluesman | UVA-Wise (Va.) | |||
| Kierra Patterson | Vorhees (S.C.) | |||
| Esther Lee | Westmont (Calif.) | |||
| Kelsie Sampson | Westmont (Calif.) | |||
| Cheyenne Childers | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | |||
| Courtney Sturdivant | WVU Tech | |||
| SiMon Franklin | Xavier (La.) | |||
| * 2012 First Team All-American | ||||
| ^ 2012 Second Team All-American | ||||
| % 2012 Third Team All-American | ||||
