ATLANTA - Bates senior captain Elsa Daulerio
is just the third Bobcat in program history to be named a WBCA Coaches' All-American, as the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced their NCAA Division III award winners for the 2025-26 season.
Daulerio joins Emily King '00 and Olivia Zurek '05
as the three Bobcats to earn this prestigious honor. Daulerio etches her name in the record book as one of just 10 players nationally selected to the WBCA Coaches' All-America team. Daulerio led Bates to a 26-4 record, the second NESCAC title in program history, and a berth in the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament.
Meanwhile, Alison Montgomery
was one of 10 finalists for the WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year award, her second time earning this honor. She was also a finalist following the 2021-22 NESCAC Championship season. Montgomery has led Bates to the NCAA Tournament four times in the past five years and to the Sweet 16 twice in the past three seasons.
The latest honor for Daulerio comes on the heels of her getting selected as the D3hoops.com Region 1 Player of the Year, 1st Team All-New England, NESCAC Player of the Year, and NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year. Daulerio led the Bobcats in scoring (13.9 ppg), rebounding (6.9 rpg) and blocked shots (77) this season.
Montgomery's recognition from the WBCA follows her winning New England Women's Basketball Association Coach of the Year, D3hoops.com Region 1 Coach of the Year, and she and her staff taking home the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year award.
The Bowdoin and Williams duos of Grace Kinum and Abbie Quinn and Kathleen Smith and Micah Walton garnered WBCA All-America Honorable Mention nods.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and Coaches’ All-America team are selected by the WBCA NCAA Division III Awards Committee from coaches and student-athletes who are nominated by WBCA member coaches.
2026 WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches’ All-Americans:
| Name |
Institution |
| Jaycie Christopher |
University of Southern Maine |
| Elsa Daulerio |
Bates College |
| Brianna Fitzgerald |
SUNY New Paltz |
| Natalie Gricius |
Carroll University |
| Kaci Kranson |
University of Scranton |
| Macy Miller |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Caroline Peper |
New York University |
| Mary Schleusner |
Washington & Lee University |
| Paige Seckar |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
| Ada Taute |
Denison University |
2026 WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches’ All-America honorable mention honorees:
| Name |
Institution |
|
| Addisyn Banks |
Shenandoah University |
| Ava Bardic |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Carolae Barton |
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy |
| Brooke Batchelor |
New York University |
| Elaina Beckett |
McDaniel College |
| Jacqueline Berry |
Hardin-Simmons University |
| Sammi Beyer |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
| Riley Brady |
Hendrix College |
| Zoey Buchan |
University of Wisconsin-River Falls |
| Kristin Bukata |
Elmhurst University |
| Helana Chadwick |
McMurry University |
| Alexa Charles |
Hunter College |
| Abby Cooch |
Denison University |
| Alyssa Craigwell |
Montclair State University |
| Bri Frongillo |
Emerson College |
| Grace Galgano |
SUNY Geneseo |
| Lexy Harris |
Washington University (St. Louis) |
| Grace Jaffray |
Johnson & Wales University |
| Stephanie Jean-Baptiste |
SUNY Brockport |
| Virginia Johnson |
Smith College |
| Grace Kinum |
Bowdoin College |
| Caydee Kirkham |
Coe College |
| McKenzie Matheny |
Randolph-Macon College |
| Maya Metcalf |
Concordia College-Moorhead |
| Liv Monturo |
Messiah University |
| Makenna Mummert |
Elizabethtown College |
| Samaree Perkins |
Capital University |
| Jelena Perovic |
Union College |
| Abbie Quinn |
Bowdoin College |
| Keimarya Rivera |
Oglethorpe University |
| Kaeli Romanowski |
University of Scranton |
| Ava Ryncarz |
John Carroll University |
| Lauren Sansano |
Texas Lutheran University |
| Emma Shinney |
Endicott College |
| Kathleen Smith |
Williams College |
| Micah Walton |
Williams College |
| Elyse Warren |
Millsaps College |
| Renee Wells |
William Paterson University |
| Sawyer White |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Ashtyn Wick |
University of Redlands |
