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
Peyton McDaniel James Madison R-Jr. 3.96/4.00 Adult Education & Human Resource Development
Kiki Rice UCLA Jr. 3.85 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