The Iowa Hawkeye star frontcourt duo of sophomore center Ava Heiden and senior forward Hannah Stuelke were both named WBCA All-America Finalists. They are are two of the 48 finalists for this season’s 10-member WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America team.
Heiden led Iowa in scoring throughout the regular season, averaging 17.4 points per game on 64.7% shooting. The 6-foot-4 native of Sherwood, Ore., also averaged 7.3 rebounds per game to rank second on the Hawkeyes. Heiden’s 64.7% field goal shooting ranks second in the Big Ten and third nationally, and is just the 10th player in program history to shoot 64.0% or better.
Stuelke, the 6-foot-2 native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, averaged 13.4 points per game on 58.5% shooting. The senior forward also averages a team-high 8.5 rebounds per game. She also leads Iowa with 20 games of at least eight rebounds this year and was also named to the second-team All-Big Ten squad for the third time in her career earlier this month.
Heiden earned honorable mention All-America honors from the Associated Press and USBWA earlier this week and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection this season.
This duo 🤩
Hannah Stuelke & Ava Heiden have been named WBCA All-America Team Finalists. pic.twitter.com/95S6VhqxMV
— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) March 18, 2026
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