Women's Basketball

WBB: 2 Named CoSIDA Academic All-District

DALLAS - Two Conference USA women's basketball seniors were selected to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-District Team, chosen by CoSIDA, the organization announced Thursday. Louisiana Tech's Taylor Stahly and UAB's Deanna Kuzmanic appear on the Division I District 4 and 6 squads, respectively. The list recognizes the country's top student-athletes and highlights their success both on the court and in the classroom.

CoSIDA Release (PDF)

First-Team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America ballot. First-, Second- and Third team (if applicable) Academic All-America honorees will be announced in mid-March.

Kuzmanic received the all-district accolade for the second season in a row, becoming the only UAB player in the program's history to claim the award twice. The senior boasts a 3.945 GPA as a mathematics major and STEM education minor and has spent her free time student teaching at a local Birmingham high school. Kuzmanic has cemented herself in UAB history in more ways than one. She has twice been named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team and is one of four players in school history to do so, while being just one of three to earn a spot on the roster two times.

The 5-9 guard has started all 121 games in her four-year tenure at UAB and ranks fourth all-time in career 3-pointers and total points. This season, she ranks second among all Blazers in scoring, 3-point field goals and has claimed two C-USA Player of the Week nods.

Stahly makes an appearance on the academic all-district squad as the only player from a Louisiana state Division I college. The Kansas product showcases an unblemished 4.0 in health and exercise promotions after claiming NJCAA Academic All-American honors while at Hutchinson Community College.

The guard has made 14 starts for the Lady Techsters this season, seeing action in 25 games and averaging 8.7 points and 1.6 rebounds. She ranks among the league leaders in 3-pointers and sits fourth in Louisiana Tech history with 141 3s made in just 56 career games.