Breanna Stewart has already etched her name as one of the best in college women’s basketball history.Now the UConn star has earned The Associated Press All-America honors three times, becoming just the sixth player to do so. Stewart headlined the team announced Monday, along with teammate Moriah Jefferson, Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell, Minnesota’s Rachel Banham and South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson. Stewart once again did it in dominating fashion, appearing on all 32 ballots selected by the national media panel that votes in the weekly Top 25. It’s the third consecutive year that the 6-foot-5 phenom was a unanimous choice. Voting was done before the NCAA Tournament. Baylor’s Brittney Griner, Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw, Duke’s Alana Beard, Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris and UConn’s Maya Moore are the only other players to earn first-team honors at least three times. Paris and Moore were All-Americans all four years. “To be given such a prestigious award three times in a row is unbelievable,” Stewart said. “When you name those great players and to be in the same, I guess, class as them it’s kind of crazy, because they’ve done so much for women’s basketball and it makes me excited for what’s to come.” While Stewart has been a fixture on the first team, Jefferson has steadily climbed her way up the list the last few seasons. She was an honorable mention All-American as a sophomore and second team last season. “It’s one of those moments that it’s so surreal,” Jefferson said. …
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