ATLANTA, Ga. – Drake's Katie Dinnebier has landed on another nationally-recognized list of women's basketball stars as one of 50 finalists for the WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America team.
 
Dinnebier was named First Team All-MVC, an All-MVC Defensive Team selection, and won her second straight Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year. She was listed on the All-MVC Tournament Team, First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete, and earned eight MVC Player of the Week honors this season. The senior guard is a Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year finalist for second straight year and was included as a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year.
 
Statistically, Dinnebier is the top distributor in the country with the most total assists and assists per game while scoring upwards of 23 points per game. She has recorded 12 30-plus point games this season, the most in the NCAA, and is the first player since NCAA tracked assists as official state (1985) to average at least 22 points, seven assists, and 2.5 steals in a single season. Dinnebier had the third all-time 40+ point MVC Tournament game in Drake's semifinal loss to Murray State.
 
She currently ranks highly in Drake records for career steals (3rd), assists (2nd), points (7th) free throw pct. (4th), 3pt. pct. (5th), made 3-pointers (5th), minutes played (3rd), and scoring average (8th). Dinnebier recently surpassed 2000 career points and hit the 700 career assists mark earlier this season. She is just 11 dishes from becoming Drake's all-time leading distributor.
 
Off the court, Dinnebier received the 2025 MVC State Farm Good Neighbor award as well as her previously mentioned academic honors. She has been a standout member of the Drake and Des Moines community as a participant in community service events like Books with Bulldogs, Miracle League, the John Stoddard Cancer Center, the Katie Dinnebier Youth Basketball Camp, and the Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa.
 
Katie was the first Bulldog All-American since Becca Hittner was an honorable mention for WBCA in 2019 and 2020. Also, she is the first to receive an AP All-America honor since Lizzy Wendell earned an honorable mention in 2017. She is seeking her third All-America nod of the season.
 
The entire list of WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team is listed below:
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, Texas
Zoe Brooks, NC State
Paige Buecker, UConn
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Sonia Citron, Notre Dame
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Katie Dinnebier, Drake
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga
Rori Harmon, Texas
Stailee Heard, Oklahoma State
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Maud Huijbens, Gonzaga
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Aziaha James, NC State
Lauren Jensen, Creighton
Flau'jae Johnson, LSU
Kymora Johnson, Virginia
Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State
Ayoka Lee, Kansas State
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Emeralda Morales, Montana State
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
S'Mya Nichols, Kansas
Aaliyah Nye, Alabama
Lucy Olsen, Iowa
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Khamil Pierre, Vanderbilt
Sedona Prince, TCU
JJ Quinerly, West Virginia
Kiki Rice, UCLA
Saniya Rivers, NC State
Emma Ronsiek, Colorado State
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
Sarah Strong, UConn
Serena Sundell, Kansas State
Makayla Timpson, Florida State
Allie Turner, Gonzaga
Harmoni Turner, Harvard
Hailey Van Lith, TCU
JuJu Watkins, USC
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
 
NCAA Division I head coaches who are WBCA members may nominate players from their own teams for Coaches' All-America. They then vote for the top players in their respective regions from among those players who are nominated. The WBCA NCAA Division I Awards Committee, which is composed of head coaches from each region who are elected by their peers, may select up to 12 additional at-large finalists from the remaining pool of nominees.
The committee will meet in Tampa, Florida, in conjunction with the annual WBCA Convention to select the 2025 Wade Trophy winner and the 2025 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America team. Both will be announced on April 3.

About the WBCA
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, 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 WBCA.org for more details about the association.