AMES – Ashley Joens has her path to another All-America honor, as the Big 12 Player of the Year and Iowa State star was named a Regional Finalist for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Team.
Joens, who made the WBCA All-America Team last year and was a WBCA Honorable Mention All-American in 2019-20, is one of 52 players on the ballot for the All-America Team that will be announced next week.
Joens has already made a pair of All-America teams, as she was named a USBWA Second Team All-American and Associated Press Third Team All-American last week.
The Iowa State record books were rewritten by Joens, who will leave ISU as the career record holder for points (3,060), rebounds (1,391), games played and started (158), field goals (988), 3-pointers (344), free throws (740), double-doubles (65) and points per game (19.4). Her career points total ranks ninth in NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball history, while games played and started are both Big 12 records.
Her final season in Ames saw Joens lead the Big 12 and rank ninth nationally averaging 21.6 points per game. She scored in double figures in 31 of 32 games for the Cyclones this season, going over 20 on 20 occasions, including each of Iowa State’s final 10 games. She also had 16 double-doubles on the season.
Joens helped lead the Cyclones to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship title two weeks ago with an all-time legendary weekend, being the unanimous selection as Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 26.7 points and 11.0 rebounds per contest, helping the Cyclones claim a first Big 12 trophy in 22 years.
