Heiden, Stuelke Earn WBCA All-America Honors

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa sophomore Ava Heiden and senior Hannah Stuelke earned All-America Honorable Mention the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced on Thursday. P. Sue Beckwith, MD, head women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen was also named a finalist for the WBCA Division I Coach of the Year Award.

Heiden led Iowa with 18.0 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per games while shooting 64 percent from the floor this season. She recorded the third-most points (612) and the seventh-most (246) rebounds by an Iowa sophomore in program history.

Heiden also earned honorable mention All-America honors from the Associated Press and United States Basketball Writers Association earlier this month and was a First Team-All Big Ten selection.

Stuelke averaged 13.4 points per game and a team-best 9.0 rebounds per game. She recorded the 14th-most points (1,565) and the fifth-most (910) rebounds in school history. Stuelke is the fourth Hawkeye in program history to record 1,500+ points and 900+ rebounds in a career. In her final game as a Hawkeye, Stuelke tied the school record in an NCAA Tournament game with 19 rebounds. She was also named Second Team All-Big Ten for the third time in her career earlier this month.

Jensen led the Hawkeyes to a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament and became the fastest coach in program history to record 50 wins in just two seasons.