Kelly, Ustby Earn WBCA All-America Region 1 Honors

Tar Heel juniors Deja Kelly and Alyssa Ustby have been selected as Region Finalists for WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America honors, as announced Wednesday by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

The WBCA will announce All-America honors later this month. Kelly earned WBCA All-America honorable mention last season.

Kelly was the leading scorer and Ustby the leading rebounder for the 2022-23 UNC women's basketball team, which finished the season on Monday with a 22-11 record. The Tar Heels reached the NCAA Tournament for the third year in a row, spanning the entire career so far of both Kelly and Ustby.

Both Kelly and Ustby also were named first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference this season. They are among 11 ACC players named to the 12-member WBCA Region 1 list.

Kelly finished the season averaging a team-high 16.5 points per game, sixth in the ACC. She also led UNC in assists (3.2 per game, 13^th in the ACC) and minutes (35.5 per game, fifth in the ACC).

Ustby led Carolina in rebounding with 8.3 per game, fourth in the ACC. She ranked third in the ACC in field goal percentage (.506), ninth in blocks (1.1 per game) and 10^th in steals (1.9), leading UNC in all of those categories.

The 2022-23 WBCA region finalists are:
Region 1

Player	Institution
Georgia Amoore	Virginia Tech
Sonia Citron	Notre Dame
Dyaisha Fair	Syracuse
Abbey Hsu	Columbia
Diamond Johnson	North Carolina State
Deja Kelly	North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley	Virginia Tech
Ta'Niya Latson	Florida State
Olivia Miles	Notre Dame
Celeste Taylor	Duke
Alyssa Ustby	North Carolina
Hailey Van Lith	Louisville

Region 2

Player	Institution
Angel Baker	Mississippi
Aliyah Boston	South Carolina
Kamilla Cardoso	South Carolina
Zia Cooke	South Carolina
Jordan Horston	Tennessee
Rickea Jackson	Tennessee
Alexis Morris	Louisiana State
Angel Reese	Louisiana State

Region 3

Player	Institution
Sarah Andrews	Baylor
Rori Harmon	Texas
Taiyanna Jackson	Kansas
Ashley Joens	Iowa State
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu	South Florida
Tishara Morehouse	Florida Gulf Coast
Taylor Robertson	Oklahoma
Elena Tsineke	South Florida
Keishana Washington	Drexel
Madi Williams	Oklahoma

Region 4

Player	Institution
Grace Berger	Indiana
Leigha Brown	Michigan
Caitlin Clark	Iowa
Makira Cook	Illinois
Monika Czinano	Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards	Connecticut
Mackenzie Holmes	Indiana
Taylor Mikesell	Ohio State
Diamond Miller	Maryland
Aneesah Morrow	DePaul
Lou Lopez Sénéchal	Connecticut
Madison Siegrist	Villanova

Region 5

Player	Institution
Raegan Beers	Oregon State
Cameron Brink	Stanford
Yvonne Ejim	Gonzaga
McKenna Hofschild	Colorado State
Haley Jones	Stanford
Gianna Kneepkens	Utah
Charlisse Leger-Walker	Washington State
Charisma Osborne	UCLA
Alissa Pili	Utah
Kaylynne Truong	Gonzaga

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Players Mentioned

Deja Kelly

Alyssa Ustby

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