Indiana guards Ali Patberg and Grace Berger have been named to the 2020 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America honorable mention team.
The duo is the first pair of All-American selections from Indiana since 1986 when Karna Abram and Cindy Bumgarner earned Fast Break All-American Special Mention honors. They were both named to the All-Big Ten First Team this season as the pair led Indiana to a 24-8 overall record and 13-5 finish in Big Ten play. It also marks Indiana’s third and fourth selection to the WBCA Coaches’ All-American honorable mention teams, as Tyra Buss was named an honorable mention selection in 2017 and 2018.
Patberg led Hoosiers with 15.6 points and 5.3 assists per game, finishing as one of 10 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award for the nation’s top point guard. She started in all 32 games where she also added 4.6 rebounds per game, shot 49 percent from the floor and 38.6 percent from the 3-point line. In addition, the redshirt junior guard dished out 168 assists this season, which ranks fourth in a single season in school history, as she also held a +2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Patberg scored in double figures 26 times including the last 15 consecutive games, scored 20 or more points seven times and led the team in scoring in 18 games. The Columbus, Ind. native was also on a variety of national award lists this season including the Wooden Award watch list, Naismith Trophy watch list and midseason team, Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list.
In a breakout sophomore campaign, Berger was the team’s second leading scorer with 13.1 points per game. The Louisville, Ky. native also averaged 5.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and a team-high 1.4 steals per game while she paced IU in scoring five times and had four 20-point or more scoring games. A sophomore guard, Berger shot 45.6 percent from the floor and 76.9 percent from the free throw line while scoring in double figures 21 times. She improved her scoring by 7.6 points from her freshman season while also tripling her made 3-pointers this season.
WBCA Coaches All-Americans
| Name | School |
| Chennedy Carter | Texas A&M University |
| Lauren Cox | Baylor University |
| Kathleen Doyle | University of Iowa |
| Dana Evans | University of Louisville |
| Tyasha Harris | University of South Carolina |
| Ruthy Hebard | University of Oregon |
| Sabrina Ionescu | University of Oregon |
| Aari McDonald | University of Arizona |
| Satou Sabally | University of Oregon |
| Megan Walker | University of Connecticut |
WBCA Honorable Mention All-Americans
| Name | School | |
| Bella Alarie | Princeton University | |
| Grace Berger | Indiana University | |
| Aliyah Boston | University of South Carolina | |
| Brittany Brewer | Texas Tech University | |
| Jessika Carter | Mississippi State University | |
| Bre Cavanaugh | Fordham University | |
| Kaila Charles | University of Maryland | |
| Te’a Cooper | Baylor University | |
| Elissa Cunane | North Carolina State University | |
| Crystal Dangerfield | University of Connecticut | |
| Rennia Davis | University of Tennessee | |
| Nicki Ekhomu | Florida State University | |
| Kiah Gillespie | Florida State University | |
| Haley Gorecki | Duke University | |
| Vivian Gray | Oklahoma State University | |
| Arella Guirantes | Rutgers University | |
| Naz Hillmon | University of Michigan | |
| Becca Hittner | Drake University | |
| Rhyne Howard | University of Kentucky | |
| Rickea Jackson | Mississippi State University | |
| Keri Jewett-Giles | Florida Gulf Coast University | |
| Ashley Joens | Iowa State University | |
| Stella Johnson | Rider University | |
| Jazmine Jones | University of Louisville | |
| Dorka Juhasz | Ohio State University | |
| Antoinette Miller | University of Cincinnati | |
| Beatrice Mompremier | University of Miami (FL) | |
| Olivia Nelson-Ododa | University of Connecticut | |
| Erica Ogwumike | Rice University | |
| Michaela Onyenwere | University of California – Los Angeles | |
| Ali Patberg | Indiana University | |
| Chelsey Perry | University of Tennessee at Martin | |
| Mikayla Pivec | Oregon State University | |
| Lindsey Pulliam | Northwestern University | |
| Destiny Slocum | Oregon State University | |
| NaLyssa Smith | Baylor University | |
| Chante Stonewall | DePaul University | |
| Ilmar’I Thomas | University of Cincinnati | |
| Alexis Tolefree | University of Arkansas | |
| Kiana Williams | Stanford University | |
| Christyn Williams | University of Connecticut | |
| Jocelyn Willoughby | University of Virginia | |
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