IRVING, Texas – A pair of standouts from the American Athletic Conference landed on the 2022 All-America honorable mention team of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, as announced by the WBCA on Thursday night. UCF senior guard Diamond Battles became the first Knights player to claim All-America honors in program history, and Temple graduate forward Mia Davis earned a third straight All-America award (2020 and 2021 USBWA All-America honorable mention).
Battles, the 2022 American Player of the Year, joined Chariya Davis (1998-99) and Kristy Burns (1995-96) as UCF recipients of a conference player of the year award, with the first two winners playing for the Knights during the program’s time in the Atlantic Sun.