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 2018 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 2017–18 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 Asia Durr Louisville Kalani Brown Baylor Lexie Brown Duke Sabrina Ionescu Oregon Megan Gustafson Iowa Jordin Canada UCLA Katie Lou Samuelson UConn Kelsey Mitchell Ohio State Napheesa Collier UConn Victoria Vivians Mississippi State Arike Ogunbowale Notre Dame Myisha Hines-AllenLouisville A'ja Wilson South Carolina Gabby Williams UConn Teaira McCowan Mississippi State

AP Honorable Mention

Ariel Atkins, Texas Kenisha Bell, Minnesota Tashia Brown, Western Kentucky Natalie Butler, George Mason Bridget Carleton, Iowa State Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M Lauren Cox, Baylor Sophie Cunningham, Missouri

Katelynn Flaherty, Michigan Loryn Goodwin, Oklahoma State Marie Gülich, Oregon State Ruthy Hebard, Oregon Kaylee Jensen, Oklahoma State Maria Jespersen, South Florida Brooke McCarty, Texas Brittany McPhee, Stanford

Tinara Moore, Central Michigan Teana Muldrow, West Virginia Kia Nurse, UConn Jaime Nared, Tennessee Shakayla Thomas, Florida State Morgan William, Mississippi State Imani Wright, Florida State

United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) First team Second teamPlayer SchoolPlayer School Asia Durr Louisville Kalani Brown Baylor Sabrina Ionescu Oregon Jordin Canada UCLA Kelsey Mitchell Ohio State Megan Gustafson Iowa Katie Lou Samuelson UConn Arike Ogunbowale UCLA A'ja Wilson South Carolina Victoria Vivians Mississippi State     Gabby Williams UConn

Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Player School Kalani Brown Baylor Asia Durr Louisville Sabrina Ionescu Oregon Teaira McCowan Mississippi State Kelsey Mitchell Ohio State Arike Ogunbowale Notre Dame Katie Lou Samuelson UConn Victoria Vivians Mississippi State Gabby Williams UConn A'ja Wilson South Carolina

By player PlayerSchoolYearAPUSBWAWBCANotes Louisville Jr 18.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 42.5 3P% Oregon So 19.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 7.8 apg, 43.7 3P% UConn Jr 17.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, 53.1 FG%, 46.2 3P% Mississippi State Sr 19.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.5 steals South Carolina Sr 22.6 ppg, 11.8 rpg, 3.2 blocks, 55.0 FG% Baylor Jr 20.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 1.2 blocks, 66.3 FG% Iowa Jr 25.6 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 2.1 blocks, 66.8 FG% Ohio State Sr 24.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.2 apg, 40.8 3P% Notre Dame Jr 20.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.6 steals UConn Sr 10.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.2 apg, 2.6 steals, 59.1 FG% Duke Sr 20.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.4 apg, 3.5 steals UCLA Sr 16.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 6.9 apg, 3.2 steals UConn Jr 15.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 56.5 FG% Louisville Sr 13.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 53.1 FG% Mississippi State Jr 17.7 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 2.0 blocks, 60.2 FG%

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