ATLANTA – UVA Wise sophomore Caroline Mullins has earned another honor for the 2025-26 season – and it's the highest one she can receive. She is now an All-American. The Women's Basketball Coaches Association made the announcement earlier today in advance of the National Semifinals. Mullins joins three other South Atlantic Conference players in earning the honor this season and is the first women's basketball player at UVA Wise to earn the honor in the program's NCAA era and the sixth student-athlete overall.

The sophomore from Jasper, Georgia, led the team and the South Atlantic Conference in scoring this season, averaging 19.7 points a game to go along with 8.7 rebounds, 2.32 assists, 1.50 steals and 0.79 blocks per game. Her 551 points scored this season were the most since Sarah Helton in 2007 and she is the third player in UVA Wise women's basketball history to score more than 550 points in a season.

She earned SAC Player of the Week honors twice and was the school's first NCAA Division II National Player of the Week back in November.

A few weeks ago she became the first player in program history to be named to a D2CCA squad and is the first women's basketball player to be named All-American since Sarah Helton in the early 2000s.

She now joins Sarah Helton (NAIA – 2006), Christy Gray-Dalton (NAIA – 1998), Wanda Slone (NAIA – 1992), Mendee Davis (NLCAA – 1988), and Dana Mathes (NLCAA – 1988) in the ranks of UVA Wise women's basketball All-Americans.

Joining Mullins on the honorable mention team from the SAC are Lenoir-Rhyne's Aaliyah El, Lincoln Memorial's Kamil Collier, and Coker's Shawnteanna Tillman. Abbie Smith from Concord, who played UVA Wise early in the season, also made the list. Lenoir-Rhyne Head Coach Emry Tsitouris was a finalist for Coach of the Year.

The WBCA lists an All-America team of nine players on the first team and several honorable mentions. There were 29 honorable mentions this season, so Mullins is one of the top 40 players in the nation, according to the coaches.

About the WBCA 
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.
 

Coaches' All-America

Here are the 2026 WBCA NCAA Division II Coaches' All-Americans:

Name	Institution
Natalie Bremer	Minnesota State University, Mankato
Asher Cai	Central Washington University
Taylor Hinkle	Holy Family University
Olivia Lee	Union University
Sydney Nelson	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Olivia Reed Thyne	Colorado Mesa University
Reese Schaaf	University of Central Missouri
Paige VanStee	Grand Valley State University
Talexa Weeter	Fort Hays State University
Lili Wilken	University of Alabama in Huntsville

Here are the student-athletes who received 2026 WBCA NCAA Division II Coaches' All-America honorable mention:

Name	Institution
Nevaeh Asiasi	California State University, Los Angeles
Kennedy Chappell	Lubbock Christian University
Bri Claxon	Gannon University
Kamil Collier	Lincoln Memorial University
Kiara Croskey	Francis Marion University
Emma Egan	Eckerd College
Aaliyah El	Lenoir-Rhyne University
Gabby Elliott	Texas Woman's University
Madeline Evans	Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Tatum Forbes	Saint Anselm College
Sydney Gomes	Florida Southern College
Olivia Hodges	Western Washington University
Mia Kalich	Seton Hill University
Erin Kaufman	Malone University
Bergan Kinnebrew	University of Mary
Averee Kleinhans	Texas Woman's University
Ieva Korzane	Eckerd College
Grace Lesko	Mercy University
Brooke Loewe	Fort Hays State University
Amyah Moore-Allen	University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Niya Morgen	Bentley University
Caroline Mullins	University of Virginia's College at Wise
Izzy Navarro	Point Loma Nazarene University
Mara Rieder	University of Missouri-St. Louis
Abbie Smith	Concord University
Maeve St. John	Northwood University
Rheyna Steinauer	Southern Connecticut State University
Taylor Thompson	Wayne State University
Shawnteanna Tillman	Coker University
Nyshae' Weaver	Indiana University of Pennsylvania