An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that will include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Both AP and USBWA choose three teams, while WBCA lists 10 honorees.

A consensus All-America team in women's basketball has never been organized. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by AP, USBWA, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and the Sporting News to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus All-America men's basketball team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.

Before the 2017–18 season, it was impossible for a consensus women's All-America team to be determined because the AP had been the only body that divided its women's selections into separate teams. The USBWA first named separate teams in 2017–18. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), continues the USBWA's former practice of selecting a single 10-member (plus ties) team. The Sporting News does not select an All-America team in women's basketball.

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Associated Press (AP)

First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Napheesa Collier UConn Arike Ogunbowale Notre Dame Katie Lou Samuelson UConn Megan Gustafson Iowa Kalani Brown Baylor Jessica Shepard Notre Dame Sabrina Ionescu Oregon Kristine Anigwe UC Berkeley Lauren Cox Baylor Asia Durr Louisville Alanna Smith Stanford Sophie CunninghamMissouri Teaira McCowan Mississippi State Bridget Carleton Iowa State Jackie Young Notre Dame

AP Honorable Mention

Bella Alarie, Princeton Chastadie Barrs, Lamar Kenisha Bell, Minnesota Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M Kaila Charles, Maryland Crystal Dangerfield, UConn

Cierra Dillard, Buffalo Reyna Frost, Central Michigan Ae’rianna Harris, Purdue Ruthy Hebard, Oregon Natisha Hiedeman, Marquette Jazzmun Holmes, Mississippi State

Anriel Howard, Mississippi State Kiara Leslie, N.C. State Tiana Mangakahia, Syracuse Aari McDonald, Arizona Beatrice Mompremier, Miami Destiny Slocum, Oregon State

United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Napheesa Collier UConn Kristine Anigwe UC Berkeley Bridget Carleton Iowa State Megan Gustafson Iowa Kalani Brown Baylor Kaila Charles Maryland Sabrina Ionescu Oregon Chennedy Carter Texas A&M Lauren Cox Baylor Teaira McCowan Mississippi State Asia Durr Louisville Sophie Cunningham Missouri Arike Ogunbowale Notre Dame Katie Lou Samuelson UConn Alana Smith Stanford

Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Player School Kalani Brown Baylor Bridget Carleton Iowa State Napheesa Collier UConn Asia Durr Louisville Megan Gustafson Iowa Sabrina Ionescu Oregon Teaira McCowan Mississippi State Arike Ogunbowale Notre Dame Katie Lou Samuelson UConn Alanna Smith Stanford

By player PlayerSchoolYearAPUSBWAWBCANotes UConn Sr 20.9 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 61.4 FG% Iowa Sr 28.0 ppg, 13.3 rpg, 1.8 blocks, 69.6 FG% Oregon Jr 19.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 8.1 apg, 42.3 3P% Louisville Sr 21.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.6 steals Mississippi State Sr 17.8 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 2.4 blocks, 65.5 FG% Notre Dame Sr 21.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 3.9 apg, 1.9 steals Baylor Sr 15.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.5 blocks, 62.3 FG% UC Berkeley Sr 22.9 ppg, 16.3 rpg, 1.8 blocks, 51.9 FG% Stanford Sr 19.6 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 2.4 blocks Iowa State Sr 21.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 4.1 apg, 84.8 FT% UConn Sr 18.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 88.1 FT% Notre Dame Sr 16.5 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 60.8 FG% Baylor Jr 12.6 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.5 blocks, 50.5 FG% Missouri Sr 18.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.8 apg Notre Dame Sr 14.8 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 5.3 apg, 55.4 FG% Texas A&M So 23.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.4 apg Maryland Jr 17.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 80.9 FT%

Academic All-Americans The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2019 Academic All-America team on March 11, 2019, divided into first, second and third teams with Mikayla Ferenz of Idaho chosen as women's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.

When a player is listed with two grade-point averages, the first is her undergraduate GPA. Players listed with two majors separated by a slash are double majors unless explicitly designated as undergraduate and graduate programs.

+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Brittany Brewer Texas Tech Jr. 4.00, Community, Family & Addiction Sciences Ciara Duffy South Dakota Sr. 4.00, Political Science Mikayla Ferenz Idaho Sr. 4.00, Mathematics Sara Rhine Drake Sr. 4.00, Elementary Education Amanda Thompson Mercer Sr. 3.98, Electrical Engineering + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Amanda Johnson Houston Baptist Sr. 4.00, Biology Mikayla Pivec Oregon State Jr. 3.93, Bio-health Sciences Alanna Smith Stanford Sr. 3.47, Psychology Clara Tapia Wyoming Sr. 4.00, Molecular Biology / Chemistry Mikayla Voigt Northern Illinois Sr. 3.93, Nursing + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Mary Dunn Youngstown State Jr. 4.00, Communications / Sociology Reyna Frost Central Michigan Sr. 3.68, Mathematics Carmen Grande Ohio GS 3.95/3.92, Mathematical Science (UG) / Ind. & Sys. Engineering (G) Becca Hittner Drake Jr. 3.96, Marketing Taylor Stahly Louisiana Tech Sr. 4.00, Exercise & Health Promotion

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