Sarah Ashlee Barker, Aaliyah Nye Named WBCA Coaches’ All-America Honorable Mentions
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker and Aaliyah Nye have been named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America team, the league announced Thursday.
With the recognition, the two become the seventh and eighth players in program history to earn All-America accolades. Barker and Nye are the first Crimson Tide players to earn All-America honors in the same season, and the first to earn the recognition since Dominique Canty (1999).
- Two-time First Team All-SEC honoree (2024, 2025)
- Appeared and started in 27 games, after missing five games due to injury during the 2024-25 season
- Led Alabama in scoring average with 18.2 points per game
- Became the program’s leader for most points in a single game with 45 in the 2025 NCAA Second Round at Maryland (3/24/25)
- Holds the school’s mark for most field goals made in a game after going 17-of-25 from the field vs. the Terrapins
- Recorded back-to-back double-doubles in Alabama’s road wins over Florida (Feb. 6 – 18 pts, 10 rebs) and at Mississippi State (Feb. 9 – 19 pts, 12 rebs)
- Accumulated 1,642 career points across her five seasons
- Became the fifth player in Alabama history to surpass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists while at The Capstone (2024-25)
- One of four UA players to average double digit scoring this season, with 15.2 points per game
- Set the program single-game record with nine made three pointers at Florida (Feb. 6)
- Surpassed 1,500 career points, behind a career-high 32-point performance, in the Crimson Tide’s win at Ole Miss (Jan. 12)
- Became Alabama’s career leader in made three pointers during the Crimson Tide’s comeback win over Auburn (Feb. 23)
- Led the SEC three-pointers made (111) and three pointers per game (3.4)
- Ranked fourth in the NCAA for made three pointers (111)
- Named the SEC Player of the Week during non-conference play (12/31/2024)
- Collected 1,739 career points over her five seasons
- Set the Alabama record for three-pointers made in a single season (111) during the 2024-25 season, after first breaking the initial record in 2023-24 (108)
- Became the record leader for most made three-pointers with 293
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