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Kiki Rice Earns Academic All-America First Team Honors
April 16, 2025 | Women's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas – UCLA junior Kiki Rice has been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-America Division I women's basketball team, the College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced Wednesday.
Rice, a communications major, boasts a 3.85 GPA at the number one public university in the nation. The Bruin point guard was also awarded the NCAA Elite 90 trophy for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The Elite 90 is given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships.
USC's Kiki Iriafen was named the CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year.
See the full list of honorees below.
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major
Sarah Ashlee Barker | Alabama | Gr. | 3.63/3.75 | Sport Management
Raegan Beers | Oklahoma | So. | 3.51 | Multidisciplinary Studies
Katie Dinnebier | Drake | Sr. | 3.74 | Pharmacy
Kiki Iriafen | USC | Sr. | 3.52/3.54 | Entrepreneurship & Innovation (G)
Peyton McDaniel | James Madison | R-Jr. | 3.96/4.0 | Adult Education & Human Resource Development
Kiki Rice | UCLA | Jr. | 3.85 | Communications/Education
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major
Kelsey Rees | Oregon State | Gr. | 3.97/3.93 | Bioengineering
Morgan Maly | Creighton | Sr. | 3.93 | Exercise Science
Lauren Ross | Purdue Fort Wayne | Gr. | 4.00/4.00 | Organizational Leadership
Serena Sundell | Kansas State | Sr. | 3.84/3.83 | Business Administration
Haleigh Timmer | South Dakota State | Jr. | 4.00 | Mathematics & Data Science
THIRD TEAM
Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major
Yvonne Ejim | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.60 | Human Physiology
Emily Ryan | Iowa State | Sr. | 3.56 | Kinesiology and Health
Addy Brown | Iowa State | So. | 3.79 | Business Management
Amaya Battle | Minnesota | Jr. | 3.73 | Sociology
Rice, a communications major, boasts a 3.85 GPA at the number one public university in the nation. The Bruin point guard was also awarded the NCAA Elite 90 trophy for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The Elite 90 is given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships.
USC's Kiki Iriafen was named the CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year.
See the full list of honorees below.
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major
Sarah Ashlee Barker | Alabama | Gr. | 3.63/3.75 | Sport Management
Raegan Beers | Oklahoma | So. | 3.51 | Multidisciplinary Studies
Katie Dinnebier | Drake | Sr. | 3.74 | Pharmacy
Kiki Iriafen | USC | Sr. | 3.52/3.54 | Entrepreneurship & Innovation (G)
Peyton McDaniel | James Madison | R-Jr. | 3.96/4.0 | Adult Education & Human Resource Development
Kiki Rice | UCLA | Jr. | 3.85 | Communications/Education
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major
Kelsey Rees | Oregon State | Gr. | 3.97/3.93 | Bioengineering
Morgan Maly | Creighton | Sr. | 3.93 | Exercise Science
Lauren Ross | Purdue Fort Wayne | Gr. | 4.00/4.00 | Organizational Leadership
Serena Sundell | Kansas State | Sr. | 3.84/3.83 | Business Administration
Haleigh Timmer | South Dakota State | Jr. | 4.00 | Mathematics & Data Science
THIRD TEAM
Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major
Yvonne Ejim | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.60 | Human Physiology
Emily Ryan | Iowa State | Sr. | 3.56 | Kinesiology and Health
Addy Brown | Iowa State | So. | 3.79 | Business Management
Amaya Battle | Minnesota | Jr. | 3.73 | Sociology
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