TAMPA – Drake University women's basketball junior Becca Hittner (Urbandale, Iowa) earned 2019 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America honorable mention honors, the WBCA Thursday, April 4.
 
Hittner is Drake's first WBCA All-America nominee since Lizzy Wendell in 2017. Hittner, who has been named the Jackie Stiles Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year each of the last two seasons, is the first Bulldog to be named the conference player of the year twice since Drake legend Wanda Ford in 1985 and 1986.
 
This year, Hittner, who was the MVC's top scorer last season, averaged a league-best 19.7 points per game while her name is found among the MVC leaders in several other statistical categories, including three-point percentage (40.4, 4th), field goal percentage (46.9, 7th), free throw percentage (82.1, 6th) and rebounding (5.2, 15th). Hittner recorded a league-best 15 20-point plus scoring games, a league-high four 30-point plus scoring games and scored in double digits in 32-of-34 games. She was named to the All-MVC First Team for the third-consecutive season and joins Wendell as the only Bulldogs to earn All-MVC First Team honors in each of their first three seasons. Hittner made 76 three-pointers, which tied for fifth most in a season in school history.  
 
Her 1,565 career points are accompanied by 98 steals, 188 three-pointers, 221 assists and 503 rebounds while shooting a program-leading 44.2 percent from three (leads all active NCAA players), 48.7 percent from the floor and 83.5 percent from the free throw line (3rd all-time at Drake). Her points total and career scoring average of 16.1 rank 17^th and seventh, respectively, going into her final season.  
 
An excellent student, Hittner, who holds a 3.96 GPA in marketing, was selected to the Google Cloud (CoSIDA) Academic All-American Third Team, to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team and was named MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week during the regular season.
 
Here are the 2019 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-Americans:
 

Name	School
Kalani Brown	Baylor University
Bridget Carleton	Iowa State University
Napheesa Collier	University of Connecticut
Asia Durr	University of Louisville
Megan Gustafson	University of Iowa
Sabrina Ionescu	University of Oregon
Teaira McCowan	Mississippi State University
Arike Ogunbowale	University of Notre Dame
Katie Lou Samuelson	University of Connecticut
Alanna Smith	Stanford University

 
Here are the student-athletes who received 2019 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America honorable mention:
 

Name	School
Bella Alarie	Princeton University
Kristine Anigwe	University of California - Berkeley
Kenisha Bell	University of Minnesotta
Allazia Blockton	Marquette University
Chennedy Carter	Texas A&M University
Kaila Charles	University of Maryland
Lauren Cox	Baylor University
Sophie Cunningham	University of Missouri
Crystal Dangerfield	University of Connecticut
Rennia Davis	University of Tennessee
Reyna Frost	Central Michigan University
Kiah Gillespie	Florida State University
Vivian Gray	Oklahoma State University
Mart'e Grays	DePaul University
Tyasha Harris	University of South Carolina - Columbia
Ruthy Hebard	University of Oregon
Natisha Hiedeman	Marquette University
Becca Hittner	Drake University
Emese Hof	University of Miami
Anriel Howard	Mississippi State University
Rhyne Howard	University of Kentucky
Presley Hudson	Central Michigan University
Megan Huff	University of Utah
Paris Kea	University of North Carolina
Kiara Leslie	North Carolina State University
Marina Mabrey	University of Notre Dame
Darby Maggard	Belmont University
Tiana Mangakahia	Syracuse University
Tynice Martin	West Virginia University
Aari McDonald	University of Arizona
Beatrice Mompremier	University of Miami
Maci Morris	University of Kentucky
Michaela Onyenwere	University of California - Los Angeles
Teniya Page	Penn State University
Mikayla Pivec	Oregon State University
Caliya Robinson	University of Georgia
Satou Sabally	University of Oregon
Jessica Shepard	University of Notre Dame
Destiny Slocum	Oregon State University
Hallie Thome	University of Michigan
Brianna Turner	University of Notre Dame
Jackie Young	University of Notre Dame

 
About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit  www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.